I absolutely loved making this quilt. I have always had a love for history so thinking about Lewis and Clark and all their adventures gave me happiness while I was putting this quilt together. There were a log of extra items I added to the quilt. The arrowheads being one. I just drew off about [...]
I am amazed at when I look at this quilt. First of all IF my mother ever owned a quilt book or pattern it was news to me. When it was time to clear out her house there never was one to be found. There were some brown paper sack pattern pieces. This was the [...]
These are two pictures of a real old quilt that was my mothers. I am not sure where she got the pattern or when she made it.. Karen my sister known on here as IT has it in her collection of mothers work.
Mother always used a white background. I never thought about it until I [...]
Gary made this pink and black retro type quilt. I love the fabric. He does a great job. In addition to quilting he does ALL the cutting in this family and squaring up the blocks. His work is perfect. I don’t know how he does it but he can take a yard of fabric and [...]
I made this quilt about 2 years ago for a friend of mine. It is called a 6 hour quilt. When you finish with the quilt it is finished, no taking to the longarm person to quilt it for you. However on this one I wanted to try free motioning on my regular home sewing [...]
This quilt was the first quilt I entered in local competition. I won 3rd place. I was so proud. It was made for Aunt Janice. She was so happy when she came and saw her name on the quilt. She still has it and loves it. I call this quilt “There’s one in every crowd!” [...]
I made this quilt for my niece, LeAnna. I just loved it.. When I found the pattern I just knew I had to make it for her. It was real simple. Just cut out the butterfly wings, put them in a paper sack and pull out the pieces out of the sack and go to [...]
I wanted to make my brother Tommy a quilt. I thought about it for a long time until I found the right pattern. I really enjoyed making it. Especially the log cabin. I took alot of different colored strips in the brownish family and sewed them together and then cut out the log cabin. I [...]