I love making quilts. Over the years, I have learned new techniques, taught myself traditional methods, and made many mistakes. These days I design original quilt patterns and play with improvisational quilting methods.
Here’s how to make the quilt display ladder I have in my studio (pictured above)
I wrote a post on quilting books and links for the new quilter here.
A post here about my favorite vintage and unique quilting books.
I explain how I baste my quilt layers together here.
The original quilt patterns I have designed can be found both in my online shop and at Pink Chalk Fabrics.
Day of the Dead quilt, completed September 2013.
Spool mini-quilt turned into a sewing machine dust cover, completed August 2013.
Cocktails on the Beach Quilt, completed August 2013.
Fantasy Four Patch Toile, completed July 2013.
Flower Star, completed June 2013
Sliced Swoon, completed May 2013
Jewel Boxes, completed March 2013
Friendship Bracelet quilt version 2, completed March 2013, pattern available here.
Echo Star original quilt design, a modern play on traditional star quilt blocks. I wrote about the making of this quilt here.
PDF pattern available here.
Jelly Roll Race quilt, an easy to make quilt out of pre-cut fabric jelly rolls, completed Winter 2013.You can watch a video of me free motion quilting on this quilt here.
Emerald Blocks original quilted pillow, completely Winter 2013, available for purchase here.
Plaid Windows original quilted pillow, completed Winter 2013, available for purchase here.
Echo Star original quilted pillow, completed Winter 2013, available for purchase here. Will also be available as a pattern soon.
Neon Blah pillow, completed Winter 2013, available for purchase here.
Crazy Star Quilt, completed in Fall of 2012.
“Fractured Circles” quilt made as a gift for Lisa Solomon, completed in early Fall 2012.
Friendship Bracelet original quilt pattern, August 2011, available for sale as a downloadable PDF here.
“Waves” framed piece for Assemble‘s “This Will Be Our Year” exhibition, January 2011. Tiny patchwork squares pieced together,with beading and embroidery added as a final layer.
Sunshine Medallions original quilt pattern, available for sale as a downloadable pdf here.
Facets original quilt pattern, in the Fall 2010 issue of Stitch Magazine.
Marquee (or as we now call it, the Lego quilt) for Ian
The Simple quilt for a girl who is anything but
May 2006 What A Bunch of Squares quilt (king size)
(my first blog project)
A patchwork quilt made of Emma’s baby clothes
before I started the blog, 2000