Pieced and quilted on a 1938 Kayser treadle sewing machine. The stars were paper pieced first, then incorporated into the larger design. This quilt was made for the daughter of an Army Colonel. I chose both a patriotic pattern and fabrics to commemorate her July birth.
Florida Star
1994
Machine pieced and quilted
I made this blue and yellow quilt to celebrate my nephew Nicholas' birth. I copied this block from an antique quilt. Only later did I find out that it is the Florida block. How appropriate as he was born in Florida! This quilt really rekindled my interest in quilting.
The other quilt, a scrappy broken dishes, was made for me by my paternal grandmother, Marion. There is a picture of her with her quilting group on my quilting snapshots page.
Musical Cats
1999 Guild Challenge, UFO
My cats are always talking to me in a sing-song. This guild challenge used a block from Traditional Quiltmaker called "Mom's Unwanted Block" My color was teal. Because I wanted to use a large character print, I redesigned the block into a two block pattern (see a closeup) that allowed me to use larger teal squares, instead of triangles. The black and white fabrics have musical notes, etc. and the polka-dot pink makes me think of a cat's rough tongue!