Reader Creativity

I love seeing quilters, artists and crafters creating pieces inspired by my patterns and creations.

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Mary created quilted bags as a surprise for the members of her sewing group, the Quilting Queens, to use as project bags. Each is approximately 23” x 17” x 7” and has high heels on one side and a girl on the other. What a great gift and fun use for the girls.

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Cindy sent me this photo of her youngest daughter taken in Kona, Hawaii. She loved the photo so much, she created a quilt with my Happy Girls pattern in mind.

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Cindy writes:

I had to enlarge the picture enough to trace her body parts on my sunny west facing window, to make the pattern for her body and swimsuit cover-up.  The rest of the quilt was done free form and appliqué from just repeatedly looking at the photograph.  The quilt measures approximately 20” x 25″.  I named it “She’s Kona Jump!”, and gave it to her on June 3rd, for her 28th birthday.   She was actually at a loss for words, she loves it so much!  It hangs in her new apartment in her bathroom, with another one I made for her replicating her dancing on a beach.  

I love all the colors that she captured in the quilt with the sand, sea, sky, rock and tree. The quilt is as happy as the photo.

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This Family Fun quilt was created by Mary. She has been enjoying some of my new patterns. I really love seeing them all together in one quilt and it’s such a fun way to capture the joy of your family.

1 thought on “Reader Creativity”

  1. Lut Vandenborre

    What a lovely idea from the big-hearted Mary to make all the bags for her sewing group and I also like your Family Fun quilt, all the patterns nicely in harmony.

    Congratulations to Cindy (name ?) for her very beautiful “She’s Kona Jump!”quilt, your daughter must be very glad. I think you pictured her very well, it’s such a personal gift. I love the details of the rock appliqué and tree, the movement and colour of the water.

    And thanks to Carrie for all her inspiring artistic work! I am now making a Family Quilt myself for the 60th anniversary of my husband. Starting with your Happy patterns , it was such a fun to make it, it was amazing to see that using a pattern from you, and selecting a fabric typicall for my husband, how suddenly this ‘standard pattern’ turned into my husband.
    Thanks to the use of these patterns, I got more trust to start from a real photo from my children, the way Cindy describes, enlarging, tracing the body.
    There are still 2 blocks to go, if you like, I can send a picture when it is finished.

    Looking forward to all your work to come,

    Lut Vandenborre

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