Gallery of Quilts

My mom has sewn all my life. I, however, only recently really came to sewing. A few years ago, I bought Lotta Jansdotter’s book Everyday Style and became obsessed with making the Esme top–which led to adaptations, hacking patterns, and then…what I’m really enjoying…quilting.

My first quilt was a king-sized design of my own, using the log-cabin motif as a design element, with lots of negative space, and tons of free-motion quilting, all on a small Brother home machine. It’s probably still my favorite quilt. I don’t let a big project deter me; I had a vision, learned what I needed to learn, and let my intuition guide my choices to incorporate traditional piecing and improvisation. I still think it’s my favorite quilt!Log-cabin-hanging

After this, I began making memorial quilts for friends and experimenting with other very simple designs. Hop over to Memorial Quilts, to see quilts made with clothing from the deceased beloved. 

Log cabin, an old heritage pattern, but true to my aesthetic–wonky! Work in progress. Deciding how I want to quilt this throw-sized work. I sometimes baste with glue, and sometimes quilting pins.
These quilts above were made from the leftovers of my first quilt, the king-sized log cabin-esque design. The first three photos are of a strip quilt, inspired by Gees Bend quilters. The last two are wall-hanging sized, inspired by a springtime trip to Big Sur.

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This is a “flying geese pattern.” Triangles were a stretch for me. Some of the geese are wholecloth, some are pieced from leftovers from another project. The backside is how I love to make back sides: wonky, using a similar color palette to the front, but with a life all its own.
This quilt is based on “Canadian Red Cross” from Cassandra Ellis’s book, World of Quilts. Free-motion quilted on my domestic machine.
The wall quilt on the left, Provence, was inspired by the beach and hillsides of Nice. The hues in this work are mostly all the same value (on the dark-light scale), and use a primarily blue & orange palette to evoke the Mediterranean, the hillsides of terra cotta houses and lush gardens, and the sky of the Riviera. There’s even a ceramic beach “rock” that I found captivating.

The wall quilt on the right was an early creation that provides a good example of how contrasting hues can work to create a unified design, and was also a canvas for experimenting with free-motion quilting.
This pattern is “Free-Wheeling Single Girl”–a Denyse Schmidt pattern. Made with scraps from another project and some thrift-store lightweight denim. Free-motion quilted on my domestic machine.
Table runner made with scraps from another project. Straight-line quilting.
Mosaic quilt 1
Mosaic quilt 2
Mosaic quilt 3

Currently ungrouted. Will grout with white.