Quilting like a madwoman since somewhere around 1984!
This was a quick project, chosen simply because I thought it was perfect for my sewing room. It is partially paper-pieced and partially traditionally pieced. I quilted it on my Bernina 790Pro, using feathers to contrast with the ruler work straight lines filled with large-ish pebbles.
The quilt measures approximately 31″ square and has multi-colored corded piping next to the binding. I finished it in February, 2024.
Blog posts: Sew Speedy, Texture, Got the Point?
This was something I made to practice a technique (Pieceliqué) I’d learned from Sharon Schamber many years ago and more or less forgotten about. It’s a very good way to piece smooth curves. The piece has corded piping next to the binding, and I also practiced ruler work quilting. I used curved rulers next to the edges of the circles and straight rulers in the large triangular sections. There are a few feathers in the circles and in the black triangles.
The quilt measures 30″ x 30″ and was finished in January, 2024.
Blog posts: Curves, curves and more curves, The curves are done
This quilt was the result of seeing a pattern that resembled a dog we used to have, Dexter, at our local quilt show. The design is from Pacific Rim Quilt Company. It’s all machine appliqué and machine quilting. It measures approximately 24″ x 36″, and I finished it in September, 2023.
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This quilt was inspired by one in a book by Susan Cleveland, where alternate blades are camouflaged by matching the background and quilting right over them as though they don’t exist. The lavender blades of of my Dresdens are machine embroidered with floral motifs, and there are alternating purple wedges with corded piping edging to connect the ring.
The quilting is mostly free-motion with lots of feathers, as well as some ruler work. Two corners have partial faux Dresdens quilted into them, and there are also two feathered wreaths. There is double corded piping next to the binding.
The quilt measures 48″ x 36.5″ and was finished in July, 2023.
Blog posts: Dresden Plates, Dresden Plates progress, Miles and Miles, Camouflaged Dresdens
This is a small quilt (about 18.5″ x 21″) made to hang in my sewing room. The pattern is called Stitched with Love, by Camille Roskelley. I machine pieced and machine quilted it with a combination of ruler work and free motion swirls and feathers. I finished it in May, 2023.
Blog posts:New wall hanging, …a small finish
I began this quilt in August, 2022, and finished it in April, 2023. It came from a design by Heidi Pridemore and was a gift for a grandson who hopes to become a pilot. The free-motion quilting is mostly a design called Road Trip (Sue Heinz), with a some echoed X-shapes in a few of the square-ish blocks. The corners have a mandala, and there is ruler work straight lines in the outer borders. The quilt measures approximately 68″ x 69″ and has corded piping next to the binding.
Blog post: Beginning, Finished
The San Francisco Stitch Co. gave away the embroidered designs for this quilt for a time; they add onto a theme from the other seasons they’ve done. The finished quilt measures about 18.5″ x 18.5″, and I finished it in February, 2023.
Blog posts: Block 1, Block 2, Block 3, Block 4, Borders, Quilt top
This quilt, which measures 58″ x 72″, was designed by Christina Cameli. It reminded me of the saguaros we used to see everywhere when we lived in southern Arizona, and my husband loved the picture of the design. I machine pieced and free-motion machine quilted it, using straight lines with jagged spines for the saguaro and swirls for the background. I added my usual piping next to the binding, and finished the last stitches in August, 2022.
Batting: Quilter’s Dream Bamboo
Blog posts: Saguaro, Saguaro, part 2, Saguaro quilt
I made this quilt as a gift for our third grandson, who is going to be a dentist. The design is called Ribbon Weave by Basic Grey. I didn’t pay close enough attention to the size of the design, and it turned out to be quite a bit larger than the lap-sized quilt I’d intended to make. It’s 85″ x 85″! I machine pieced and quilted it, putting feathered wreaths into each of the white blocks with purple center squares. There are feathered rows in the white strips between the colored strips, and those colored ones were quilted simply with straight lines done with ruler work.
I began the quilt in December, 2021, and finished it in March, 2022. Here are photos of the quilt and some details of the quilting, as well as one of the label. 
Here’s another photo, taken while it was hanging in our local quilt show.
Batting: Quilter’s Dream Blend (poly/cotton)
Blog posts: Ribbon Weave Quilt, Update, It’s Started, Slow Progress, Another finish
This quilt is the result of a drafting/piecing lesson in a series of online classes offered by Philippa Naylor. Since I love both feathered stars and LeMoyne stars, I jumped right in to make it. I fussy cut the Paula Nadelstern print and filled in the other pieces with solids. Rulerwork straight lines and free-motion feathered quilting motifs, as well as corded piping completed it.
The finished quill measures about 39″ square, and I finished it in October, 2021.
This is the center of the quilt, with lots of feathered quilting.
Feathered wreath in the setting squares and feathered spray in the border, along with straight lines.
This quilt has now traveled to the Road to California show (January, 2023) and also won an Honorable Mention ribbon at our local Desert Quilters of Nevada show in March.
Now this same quilt has returned from hanging in the Paducah AQS show!
Blog posts: Next project, A little progress, The top is finished, Adding quilting, Feathered LeMoyne Star, Our local quilt show, Home from Paducah