Endless Summer

I saw this quilt in the window at the Cherry Pit Quilt Shop in Sevierville, Tennessee. I knew that I had to make it. I love the beautiful blue batiks against the striking white on white fabric. This quilt was accepted into the AQS Quilt Show in October 2008 in Des Moines, Iowa. I pieced and Debbie McMurray quilted her.

My Beautiful Contrary Wife

Debbie McMurray designed this quilt using the Contrary Wife quilt block. We enjoy making two color quilts that show off the perfect piecing and beautiful machine piecing. My Beautiful Contrary Wife was accepted into the Amercian Quilter's Society Oct. 2008 Show in Des Moines, Iowa. I pieced this quilt and Debbie McMurray completed her with beautiful machine quilting.

Celestial Guides - The Space Quilt is redefined

"The project is a "space elevator" and some experts now believe that the concept is well within the bounds of possibility--maybe within our lifetime." This quote is from CNN.com/europe

Sometimes we support our family members as best as we can. My brother-in-law Bert and my son Aaron are on the National Space Society team to build a space elevator. You can read more about this at http://www.nssspaceelevator.org/

My sister Dawn and I decided that we would help the team out by making this Space Quilt. There are many shades of grey in this quilt to give it depth. Caryl Bryer-Fallert's gradation fabric was perfect for one of the colorful borders. The outside wide border gave paper-piecing a new meaning. It took me over 4 hours to complete one side of the border. Dawn painstakingly paper-pieced each of the moons and stars and then appliqued them to the quilt. I cannot begin to determine how many different fabrics and how many hours went into the designing and sewing of this quilt. Debbie McMurray took machine quilting to a whole new level on this quilt. Thank you Debbie!!

Donna's Quilt

My youngest sister Donna is not a quilter even though she loves them. My other sister Dawn and I decided that we would make a quilt for Donna to give her for Christmas 2006 (I know I'm a little slow posting pics to my blog!)

Dawn and I decided that we would make the Wuthering Heights by 3 Sisters Quilt Kit by Moda-their fabrics are so wonderful. We also decided that we should each have the quilt since it was made by 3 sisters and we are 3 sisters. (What were we thinking??)

Dawn is also a proficient quilter and loves to paper piece and work on smaller projects while I love to piece large quilts. Dawn made the center block, mailed it to me in Tennessee and I finished the quilt piecing. Debbie McMurray, my business partner, machine quilted the quilt with exquisite stitches. When she was finished I put the binding on and mailed it back to Dawn in Baltimore to put on the special label.

We all met at Donna's house in New York and surprised her with Wuthering Heights.

PS We still do not have our quilts made yet---

Dr. Chelle receives her childhood in a quilt

Ginger and Bill had saved T-shirts from their daughter Chelle's childhood through her college and medical school experiences. When they brought 80 T-shirts to me I couldn't even imagine how large this quilt would be!!! Well, after much deliberation Ginger narrowed it down to 57 shirts. The finished quilt measured 80" x 100". Ginger and Bill took Chelle and her husband on a trip to San Francisco to celebrate Chelle's birthday. There they presented her with the quilt that was a history of her life.

Jason's Special 50th Birthday "The Dale Earnhardt" Quilt

Periann wanted to surprise her husband Jason on his 50th birthday. As an avid Dale Earnhardt fan Jason had collected many T-shirts over the years. Periann brought them to me to make into a quilt for his 50th birthday. These were some of the most colorful, detailed shirts I have ever seen. The final quilt was 88.5" x 88.5".

The back of the quilt had a custom label which included a special song for Periann and Jason, the words from Bette Midler's song "The Rose."

Birthday present quilt for Laura

At the Foothills Craft Show I met Faye and Bill. They wanted a special quilt for their daughter Laura who works in Washington, D.C. It took them many hours to pick out just the right shirts for their beautiful gift. They spend many hours with me designing and placing the shirts. It was wonderful working with parents who had kept every shirt their daughter ever owned!!! They even had her YMCA Tadpole shirt when she baby swimming lessons. We had so much fun putting this quilt together for Laura.

Elizabeth's Graduation Quilt

Elizabeth shows off her graduation quilt.

Rae is ready for her Special Day

Rae was pleased with the design and fabric choices for her Prayer Shawl

Rae's Prayer Shawl for her Bat Mitzvah

Many times I am commissioned to make items that have special meaning. One day I received a call from "Debbie" who was wondering if I was willing to make a prayer shawl for her daughter "Rae" who was celebrating her Bat Mitzvah in November, 2008. Of course I couldn't say no to such a challenge.

Rae's platform for her Bat Mitzvah was an awareness for taking care of the environment. She decided on a beautiful blue and purple hemp fabric that would showcase her grandmother's hand embroidered hankies. These were very special to Rae since she was named after her grandmother.

Curves - Only 30 minutes a day!!!

Curves Quilt - Maryville, TN

Having time for exercise is always a challenge. After joining curves here in Maryville I was asked by Denise the owner to make a quilt using some of the T-shirts she has collected over the years.