September 8, 2018
Cocktails on The Beach
Inspired by Summers spent with family on Useppa Island in Florida. Blue water, white sand, and tanned men and women wearing their best madras and Lilly Pulitzer.
September 8, 2018
Flower Star
The brightest quilts happen when I don’t know where I’m going…
Scrap yellows, golds, pinks, fuchsias. Free motion stitched flowers.
June 17, 2018
Jewel Boxes
Small bright boxes surrounded by men’s shirtings, woven dobbys, and low value prints.
June 17, 2018
Echo Star
One of my favorite quilts of all time. Made with scraps, my husband’s old shirts, and other thrifted clothing. Free motion quilted by me.
June 17, 2018
Willy Loman
From my book Wise Craft Quilts. Made from a collection of salesman sample swatches from the 1950’s. Wool, Rayon, Nylon, Sharkskin, you name it, its in here. Some swatches were overdyed with Koolaid.
Instructions to make a quilt similar to this are in my book. If you are ever lucky enough to get your hand’s on mid-century salesman sample swatches, grab them.
Instructions to make this quilt are in my book Wise Craft Quilts
June 17, 2018
Friendship Bracelet
Inspired by making friendship bracelets with my daughter one summer.
June 17, 2018
Indigo Lone Star
Originally made to try and see how denim performed in fussy piecing like the star points. Made of thrifted denim, free motion quilted by me.
June 17, 2018
Interwoven
Made with dark and light value play between all the fabrics in Denyse Schmidt’s Washington Depot fabric collection.
June 17, 2018
Value
This is my favorite kind of quilt. Scrappy, showing off dark and light values of as many fabrics as I can find.
Instructions on how to make this quilt can be found in Wise Craft Quilts book.