Tuesday, October 25, 2022



 Daughter Jessi asked me to make this quilty star pattern ..........a gift for friends. She chose the fabrics.  Very bright and happy.
 

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

This pattern is called mini flower power.  English paper piecing which is super fun.  Then I hand sewed them to black background.  Used a blanket stitch around the centers.  Which I should practice more!  Fun to do a smaller project.



 

Sunday, October 2, 2022

Back of Wilma's quilt.  Color is much prettier...........bright peach.



 Wilma's quilt.  Again, the colors are quite muted.  I'm not sure why my camera does not capture the true colors.  Same pattern as Etta's new quilt but with the fabrics Wilma chose and the backing is bright peach.  

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Etta's new quilt for her new apartment in Brooklyn.  Etta and Wilma will share a bedroom and have day beds.  So matching quilts.  Etta picked out all the fabrics.  I'm still working on Wilma's.  Scrappy star pattern.
 

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

My new home in Galloway, New Jersey.  Turned the dining and living room into my quilting studio.  It is incredibly fun.....everything at my finger tips.  Difficult to pace myself!!


Backing fabric..........6 yards each.


Fat quarters and larger pieces.  Thread.



Sculptures done by my daughter when she attended School of Visual Arts.





This wall sculture was done by Dottie Freemantle.  All sewing items surrounding the figure.  Love it.




Librarian at my school made this embroidered piece.......goodbye gift.  It says don't let your sewing machine know you are in a hurry.  My grandson was worried about that........Why don't you want your sewing machine to know you are in a hurry!







Cutting Table.


 


My innova longarm........named Betty.



Ikea shelves for all my scraps.
  


Seven foot farmers table was perfect for sewing machine and cutting station.  I can spread out all my work.


Large rectangle ironing board in front of my backyard windows.  Great view and lots of light.



My Bernina Sewing machine.  Maybe 15 years old.....still works so well.  I bought this machine because it had a stitch regulator........for free motion quilting.  Now I have my longarm for quilting.



Quilts decorate almost every wall in my new Galloway, New Jersey home.


 

Sunday, July 10, 2022

This pattern is called Swiss Miss.  It was a kit from Jillily studio.  I bought it at the quilt retreat last October.  All the pieces were cut out.  My first time doing scalloped borders.  I like the look of it.  I hand sewed those like applique.  Fun to make one bird red. 



Students and parents in Wilma's 3rd grade class did indigo tie dye squares.  I sewed them together and made a baby quilt.  It is a gift for Wilma's teacher, Anna Park. Her new baby, Ruby Rhee.  This is round two.  Made an other quilt that was mailed but stolen.  This quilt actually came out better so all good.


My guest bathroom in Portland was all about crows.  This is my Galloway guest bathroom.  Sparrows this time!
 

 Sew spooky quilt pattern by The Quilt Company.  Used steam a seam for smaller pieces.  Some embroidery and extra accessories were also used...