Here are some quilts I've finished in the past few months.
Sew, How Do You Take Your Tea?
For retiring co-worker Karen L.
Original design
59" square
Completed 7/8/2015
Inspiration ideas
provided by Karen: purple, royal blue, mauve, quilts and tea. Karen hopes to
learn to quilt, and the quilt's title is a deliberate pun, combining sewing and
tea.
Improv
- Aqua Room
Pieced improvisationally. Color combo
inspiration came from an aqua room seen on Pinterest. Completely from scraps.
Free motion quilted.
20" x 25"
Pieced units, sewn improvisationally, trimmed to workable sizes. I worked with multiples of 5" finished, so my units were trimmed dimensions of 5.5", 10.5", etc. This helps the pieces fit together easily. I recommend Cheryl Arkison's class
Improv Quilting Basics at CreativeLive.com, which I enjoyed.
Jeweled
Stars
For coworker Becky T.
Inspired by one of her shirts that already
looked like a quilt.
Original design
52"
square
Completed 8/27/2015
Close-up of Becky's shirt,
which inspired the quilt. I borrowed the shirt at least once. She knew that I
might make a quilt based on it, but she had no idea that the quilt would be for
her.
Improv
3
Free form and improv
style. Most blocks made during various quilting trips.To be donated to local
agency that helps people who have been abused.
56" square
Completed 11/8/2015
Some of the blocks above began as units made during quilting trips, I added strips and scraps to make the blocks bigger.
New units made from trimmings and smaller scraps
Debbie
