Circles Baby Quilt (42†x 42â€) This quilt finally has a home with a new baby girl and her proud parents. Cream fabric with fabric from the Basic Grey Urban Couture. The circle were fused and then free motioned stitched. I washed and dried it a few times so the circles frayed which makes it […]
Month: August 2011
MQG Habitat Challenge
portable baby changing/play mat (25†x 28â€) After reading about the Modern Quilt Guild Habitat Challenge, Krista gave us fat eighths and challenged the members of Anchorage Modern Quilt Guild to make anything with it. I struggled with the challenge – the prints are not my thing. After seeing the thick and thin quilt pattern […]
Perfect Day
Harding Icefield and glacier We celebrated our wedding anniversary with an overnight in Seward, AK and 9 hour wildlife/fjord/glacier tour. The weather was ideal, especially after almost 2 weeks of rain. We traveled 120 miles during the tour through the Kenai Fjords National Park. Orca Whales Orca Whales We saw orca whiles, humpback whales and […]
Feeling Better
Fabric book cover (8†x 8â€) Not feeling well lasted a week. I’m not very good at being sick and resting to get better. I’m okay with staying home to not spread germs, but I work from home so I usually keep working when I’m sick. Last week I kept telling myself: it was just […]
Community with Quilts
Cincinnati Community Quilt top I’m not feeling well; no new projects today. Instead how about a project from a few year ago. When I moved to Cincinnati in 2005, my friend Denise encouraged me to join the quilt guild there. I showed up to my first meeting feeling awkward and out of place, but a […]
Baby Quilt
Baby Quilt (44†x 44â€) I finished the baby quilt. It took a few tries before I found the right layout. I backed it with the DS Quilts Red and Pink Dots fabric which worked well with the other fabrics. I quilted it with my walking foot both in the ditch and on the diagonals. […]