Posted in Miscellaneous, Works In Progress, handmade, tagged babies, baby, blanket, blankets, bunny, children, craft, crafts, fabric, fabrics, handmade, quilt, quilting, quilts, sewing, vermont on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some more shots of the blocks for the memory quilt:
I had to leave the spit up stain on the white fabric. Such a great memory with the fuzzy bunny from her bib!
Look at the little bunny from one of her booties. Isn’t it sooo cute!! My son says both bunnies look like a [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Works In Progress, handmade, tagged applique, art, baby, craft, crafts, folk art, handmade, quilt, quilting, sewing on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite things about doing custom orders for people is that I often get to work on techniques that I don’t always get to play with in the course of a normal day (for me anyways!). I was sent this lovely quilt that an entire family worked on as a gift for a [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Organic, Organic Quilts, Works In Progress, handmade, tagged blanket, blankets, envoronment, green, handmade, quilt, quilts, sewing on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am pleased to be able to finally announce the first of the environmentally friendly Toddler Blankets! These blankets still contain designer 100% cotton fabrics and chenille fleece, but the batting is a unique 100% fire retardant rayon made from plantation trees! These trees are harvested and processed in a green facility where the fibers [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Works In Progress, handmade, tagged babies, baby, bedding, blanket, blankets, crib, cribs, free, free quilt pattern, free quilt patterns, handmade, quilt, quilt pattern, quilting, sewing on August 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Here it is, my newest quilt pattern, Crib Rails, based on the traditional quilt block, split rails. It is my hope that you will enjoy making this pattern as it is fairly quick to do, and good for all skill levels. This quilt is also available for sale on my website as the Safari Baby [...]
Posted in Works In Progress, handmade, tagged baby, craft, crafts, grandmother, handmade, quilt, quilts, rose on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many people do not realize that I offer custom personalization on my quilts. This is something I don’t do on any of my inventory of already made quilts (not very attractive on the back!), but I am happy to add it to any custom order.
One quilt I just completed is for a little girl, Scarlett, [...]
Posted in Classes, Turtle Tracks, craft, handmade, tagged crafts, handmade, quilting, quilts, sewing, teaching on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In May, I will be teaching another class at Maplewood Quilts using my own technique developed in the Turtle Tracks Quilt. In preparing for this class, I made a sample for the shop to display and I am very pleased with how it came out. Inside, I am jumping up and down since this quilt [...]
Posted in Quilted Bags, Works In Progress, handmade, tagged bags, bobbin, christmas, fabric, grandmother, handmade, Quilted Bags, quilting, sewing on March 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
First, I must thank my Grandmother who has been so very patient in waiting for her Christmas present. Yes, I said Christmas present. So you now know exactly how patient she is. This year I wanted to give everyone handmade quilted bags for the holidays, but I ran out of time. Grandma (or Gigi as [...]
Posted in Classes, Quilted Bags, Works In Progress, handmade, tagged bags, class, handmade, quilt, quilts, sewing, star, teach on February 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have been invited to teach a class at one of our local quilt shops, Maplewood Quilts in Northfield, VT! On May 3rd, I will be teaching a paper pieced star class to make this quilted bag. The pattern is the China star from Carol Doak’s Mariner’s Compass Stars book and the bag is from [...]
Posted in Raspberry Sherbet, Works In Progress, handmade, tagged baby, quilt, quilting, quilts, rainbow on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, I put the finishing touches on my newest baby quilt, Rainbow Sherbet. It is now up on my site and ready to order! This was such a fun quilt to make and I have enjoyed showing it off to my quilting friends. They all enjoyed the bright, fun colors and agree it is [...]
Posted in Quilted Bags, handmade, tagged Australia, bag, christmas, craft, handmade, quilt, sewing on January 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
At a loss for what to make my friend Alison for Christmas, I was thumbing through Carol Doak’s - Mariner’s Compass Stars book when that proverbial light-bulb went off. So I called Alison and asked her, “If you could travel to any country in the world, what would it be?” She replied, “Australia.” Perfect! Problem solved.
Each [...]
