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My Husband is an abstract painter. He has piles of completed sketchbooks. Not all of his ideas end up on canvas. A friend saw a modern quilt online, and asked me if I could make something like it. Thinking back on it, I’m pretty sure it was really a duvet cover. It reminded me ofContinue reading “Shelby’s Quilt”

Aleister’s Quilt My second baby quilt belongs to Aleister. I was looking through my books at a tree of life qiults. I have never appliquéd anything before. The quilts looked so intimidating. We have a painting in our kitchen of two birds sitting on two branches. It’s a simple image. My husband found it inContinue reading “Aleister’s Quilt”

There is a baby girl named Meret. When I first heard about her, she was still baking in her momma’s oven. Baking time allowed enough months to sew my first baby quilt. I envisioned a baby quilt with an abstract vintage circus design. I was thinking of floating elongated diamonds in a field of white.Continue reading “Meret’s Quilt”

Bob is a long time family friend. His house is located at the beginning of the road that takes you to the neighborhood I grew up in, and the house where my mother lives. After my dad passed away, Bob would come over and help my mom out, and visit. They became good friends. BobContinue reading “Bob’s Quilt”

When I decided to sew a quilt for my brother for Christmas. My mom advised me to make it masculine, and not feminine looking. At this point I had started to research quilts. Whenever I’m learning to make something. I make a trip to library. I’ll check out as many books as I can find,Continue reading “My Brother’s Quilt”

This is my first quilt I started and the second I finished. I title it Insanity. That is a word used by my husband after I finished it. His exact words were, “That is what insanity looks like to me.” My sister-in-law is a quilter. I mentioned to her that I would like to tryContinue reading “Insanity”