A blue ribbon winner . . .

I entered my Double Bubble quilt in the March 2010 quilt show sponsored by the String-A-Long quilt show and earned a blue ribbon in the Mystery Division.  Yea me!!! Click on the link to see the quilt.

Aunt Barb's pink ribbon fleece

My Aunt is fighting breast cancer for the second time.  I made this for her.  the flip side is plain pink, but I put both layers on my long arm and quilted a pantograph with hearts.  March 2010

Aunt Barb lost her battle in April 2011

Kim S t-shirts and leotards

Kim was a gymnast at a school that has a fabulous gymnastics programs.  Lots of state championships, and great memories.  Two of her leotards are in the middle, and some of the sashings are made from the waistband of a pair of pants, or little bags they had made for their gear.  April 2010

Megan's t-shirts

Megan is a great volleyball player, and these are most of her shirts.  Purple sashings, and the back is pink with lots of multi-colored flowers.  March 2010

Victor's t-shirts

Victor was in the Univ of Ill marching band.  The sashings are blue multi-colored, and the back is orange U of I fabric.  I used a pantograph that has trumpets and saxophones.  He played the trumpet, and his wife played the sax.  I have her t-shirts too - for a second quilt - someday!!

Jan 1 mystery quilting

This was Cindy Roth's 1-1-10 mystery quilting class.  The top is made ahead of time, then on New Year's Day there are periodic internet postings on how to long arm quilt each seciton.  A good way to practice and learn new things.

Happy Halloween

Made from flag nylon for a friend who is absolutely Halloween crazy.  They decorate their  house for Halloween like most people do for Christmas.  Oct 2009

ties memory quilt

I made this for a friend after her husband passed away.  It's from all of his ties, plus his picture in the middle.  The border is from the narrower part of the ties.  The backing is navy with a maroon paisley print - looks like a pattern that would be used on ties.  This is one of the first things I quilted on my new Gammill machine.  50" square - Feb 2010

Gertie Gammill

I finally got a long-arm machine.  What a fabulous new "toy".  I named her Gertie!!  Lots of learning to do here. 

Musical t-shirt quilt

Tom's brother passed away.  These are t-shirts from all the radio stations where he was a DJ.  It was a birthday gift for his Mom.  What a wonderful thing for her to have as a memory of her son.  2009

Christmas quilted projects

Christmas wall hanging, mantle cover, and table runner.  Made for several different Christmases

Lauren O t-shirt quilt

Lauren's high school and college memories.  Lots of black and white fabrics.  Dec 2009

Molly G's T-shirts

Made for Molly - sashings are flannel - she wanted a bright green, with blue fleece on the back.  Nov 2009

Memory quilts

I made these two quilts for a friend who's Mom and sister had both passed away.  I used their clothes, and the disappearing 9-patch pattern.  One for her and one for her brother.  Oct/Nov 2009

Liz C T-shirts

Liz wanted a quilt from some of her favorite vacation t-shirts

MIssing Pieces

This one was fun.  Used up lots of scraps.  I had made a small one for fun and had it displayed at a craft show.  This lady ordered a double bed size of the same version.  the black spots are the "missing Pieces"  July-Aug 2009

John S.

July 2009-  twin bed t-shirt quilt.  I was able to balance the shirt colors - white in the corners, and orange across the middle.

Sandy H T-shirts

Made for her 27 year-old son.  Took her a while to find me!!  June 2009

Andrea F T-shirts

Made for Andrea's HS graduation party -          May 2009

Topsy Turvy Lane

Made for a co-worker.  It was a gift for a bride who wanted lots of green!!  It's a Bonnie Hunter pattern - Happy Scrappy Houses.  I embroidered the newlyweds last name on the roof of one of the houses in the middle of the quilt.  May 2009