Doodle-head Quilts!
It probably goes without saying, but I love to create quilts. Because it takes longer to make a quilt than to complete some other projects, I don't usually update this part of the site as often as the other sections. I am usually working on at least one or more quilting projects though!
Updates 2012
- January 14: Getting ready to join the SSS 2012 Block of the Month quilt-along.
- January 8: CC's new flannel plaid quilt top is finished, the quilt is basted, and it's ready for me to quilt.
Updates 2011
- December 15: CC's new flannel plaid quilt top is 3/4 pieced, just a little more to go before the quilting begins.
- October 28: Feathered Fantasy got some love on a quilting retreat.
- October 2: CC's Flannel Plaid quilt is nearly worn out, so I am making him a second one
- September 4: Finished the One Block Wonder quilt! Also made a couple more blocks for my Blocks From the Past quilt and finished my Trip to New England quilt.
- September 2: Finished the 3 versions of the MCQG 2011 Mystery Quilt tops!
- July 30: I've finished the quilting on the Stacked Coins 2 Baby Quilt top, and need to make and attach the binding.
- July 1: I've posted my June and July blocks for the MCQG 2011 Mystery Quilt
- May 27: Finished the One Block Wonder quilt top. Need to seam my back so I can have it ready to be quilted.
- May 12: Finished the Stacked Coins Baby Quilt top - now I need to finish the back, put it all together and quilt it.
- April 23: Finally finished quilting the March block for the Country Baskets.
- April 17: A quilt-y weekend comes to an end. Today I was able to finish piecing the March block for the Country Baskets (it's now ready for quilting), put a few more hexagons into my Grandmother's Flower Garden and piece another column and a half of the One Block Wonder.
- April 16: A quilt-y weekend in progress! I've completed piecing my Waterlily Pond Quilt top (a cross-stitch/quilt combo), started the Feathered Fantasy quilt I've had kitted up for a couple of years, and pieced together a block for my Blocks from the Past.
- April 2: My Trip to New England quilt top is nearly complete. I just need to finish cutting out the appliqué leaves and then sew them on.
- March 29: I've started two new quilts at my quilt guild's annual retreat, Trip to New England, and I'm learning how to make the One Block Wonder.
- March 1: The MCQG Mystery Quilt is humming along - 3 clues have now been disseminated to the guild, and I've posted my versions of them.
- February 1: After more than a year of hand quilting (okay, most of that was spent on other projects... my Quilter's Palette Online Class quilt is finished!
- January 9: I finally finished putting the binding on my Figgy Pudding Charm Bracelet quilt, woohoo!
A Little Bit of History
While I was experimenting with polymer clay designs in 1995, a friend commented that some of the designs were very much like patchwork. She loaned me several magazines for inspiration, and my love affair with quilts and quilting was born. I attended the AQS Quilt Show in Paducah that year with a friend, and by the end of the year had finished my very first quilt - a baby quilt for my niece, rail fence design.
Allison's Rail Fence Quilt
Check out this quilt and some of the other quilts I have made since then in my Finished Quilts section - they are listed in reverse order in which I made them.