X BLOCKS

X Blocks - The pieced blocks (approx. 1850-1860) were given to me by the same elderly man who gave me the Devil's Claw blocks. I set them together with reproduction fabric from the Smithsonian Museum in 2008. The gray border is from the inherited stash of my grandma. It was machine quilted by RLM in April 2009. I bound it in late 2009. Size: 46" x 42". (#521)

ONE PATCH

One Patch - I only cut this one out, it was actually used as a math project by a family member who thought it should be on here too. The back is wool/cotton red and black check. The blocks on the front were picked out by the student from my scrap bag. Student tied it. Size is 32.5" square.

LAST ROSE OF THE SUMMER (or a trial in Yo-Yo's)

Quilt #153 in my scrapbook

I have a 1930's doll quilt that was my mom's when she was little.  It was done with yo-yo's and I had a brilliant (no, not really) idea to try my hand at making some for a quilt. I discovered very quickly that it was not a technique I wanted to do for anything bigger than a wall hanging.

I made an even dozen of them and used them as "roses" for this 30" x 33" project.  I actually entered it in a local contest at Ben Franklin store - no ribbon, but lots of comments about it being unusual.  I just machine quilted it "in the ditch" around the various straight lines of the quilt.  

Cotton fabric and poly batting.

Pieced and machine quilted Sept - Nov. of 1995 in Laurel, MT.

I have since given it to my daughter. 

ANGELS

Angels - Size: 27" square. Pieced in 1993 in Montana for a Ben Franklin Store contest in MT. Didn't win anything, but fun to do. It is machine and hand appliqued and machine and hand quilted in 1993. Currently owned by female family member. (#128)

PIECEMAKERS

PIECEMAKERS - The blocks and x-stitched center were made for me as a good-bye gift from the quilt guild I was a member of before moving to Indiana. I put it all together and added the buttons instead of tying or quilting it. It usually hangs in my office. Size: 24" x 16".(#193)

JACOB'S LADDER

JACOB'S LADDER: I purchased the top at an antique shop in Farmerburg, IN for $5 in 1997. It was in really poor shape and I ended up cutting about 18" off all the way around because mice had obviously been chewing on it and having a wonderful time. After cutting that off, I added a border of feedsack fabric from my grandma's inherited stash and had it machine quilted in Nov. 1999. It is now proudly owned by a girl in the family. Finished size: 66" x 58". Bubblegum pink and unbleached muslin.(#272)