I received a phone call a while back from a young lady who had spent three years with the Peace Corps in Tanzania. She had had to leave suddenly, and the only souvenirs of her time consisted of several t-shirts and some…
Have you ever made a bottle block? They’re so easy: Take a rectangle of fabric, add black triangles to each corner, add a lid and, there you go, a bottle. Now take lots of bright, happy bug fabrics and you have the…
This one was made for my son Dan’s 18th birthday. The block couldn’t be much more simple, it’s basically the first round of a log cabin. Make up a bunch of them and set with plain squares on point. In these colors,…
This fun pattern is called Topsy-Turvy Sailboats and it’s from a book called Sweet and Simple Baby Quilts, which I use a lot. You could do this setting with any block, just make sure to keep your triangles organized, or else your blocks…
These quilts were a commission by my sister-in-law for my nieces. Once again, I used my Electric Quilt Design Software to make up several designs and the girls each picked the one they liked. I found it interesting that one girl chose the…
I designed this one as a commission for a friend. She wanted a special birthday gift for her daughter. All she knew was she wanted blue toile. I took it from there, using Electric Quilt Design Software to experiment with various layouts. It’s…
A “rag” quilt made for a wedding gift. My hands hurt just to look at it. All that snipping. Ouch. All the snipping aside, it’s a very simple pattern: Cut 8″ squares of fabric and sandwich them right sides out with 6″ squares…
Sometimes I drive myself insane, ya know? I bought these fabrics at a quilt show simply because they were packaged in a lovely bundle of fat quarters and I adored the combination of colors. I also bought the pattern because the people…
Of all the quilts I’ve made, this is one of my favorites. Keepsake Quilts is a store that sends out a wonderful catalog every so often (you can find them here) and this quilt was featured on one of their covers. They…
