Taylor's Quilt

This is one of my favorites quilts. I made it for the first grandchild of my best friend. Even though they live over 100 miles away, we've been friends for over 30 years & have watched each other's kids grow up, get married & start their own families. We just enjoyed the weekend together & got to spend time with all our kids & grandkids. It was like one big family reunion.

State Fair Winner

Take a look at the quilt in the center of this photo. It's the Star Medallion in red, gold, black & tan. I made this as part of a local quilt shop's BOM program during 2008. I had it professionally quilted because I wanted to give it to my son & his wife for their wedding in October. It was finished in time to enter at the Iowa State Fair & won a second place ribbon. I had won only a 4th place ribbon for Circle of Life (see previous post) in 2006, so I felt like I must be improving.

I received high praise from the judge for my binding. I enjoy almost every aspect of creating quilts from designing the pattern to piecing the top, etc., but really get a lot of satisfaction from hand-stitching the binding. This was a king-sized quilt & it took me 12 hours to do the binding.

Another of My Quilts

If this quilt looks familiar, it's because it was published in Love of Quilting in March 2006. I made it in 2004, just before my first grandchild was born, as a quilt for the crib at Grandma's house. Marianne Fons asked if they could publish it & I even got to help style the photo for the magazine.

Unfortunately, they own the rights to the pattern, so I can't publish it myself, but if you're interested in making it you can purchase the pattern at their retail store in Winterset, IA, or online at www.fonsandporter.com

Doodle Bug

I designed & made this quilt a year ago for my granddaughter's second birthday. Her name is Tess, but I have always called her my little "doodle bug." I am currently trying to remake it so I can publish the design & pattern.

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My Blog

As a new blogger I feel a little puzzled about what I should post. Are my followers at all interested in my personal life or should I just stick to sewing & quilting? My decision is...it's my blog, I'll write about whatever I choose! So...most of the time it will focus on the project of the day, week or month, but occasionally I may digress. Check in often as you never know when your name might appear!