Archive for the 'quilts' Category

UFO Completed: Harmonic Convergence Quilt

Published Date: March 4th, 2009
Category: Personal, quilts

Although I usually prefer to design my own quilts, I still browse through the numerous quilt books out there for new ideas.  Several months ago (like about 6 or 7), I was captivated by Ricky Tims’ Convergence designs. 
I thought, “Cool! This’ll be a nice, easy project.”
Famous last words.
Actually, I did get the quilt [...]

Quilted Comfort

Published Date: November 30th, 2008
Category: Blocks, quilts

Recently a young girl in our church was diagnosed with leukemia. Knowing from (second-hand) experience how miserable hospital stays are, especially for chemo, I thought it would be appropriate for our church’s quilt ministry to make her a big, soft blanket to snuggle in when things got tough.

The information I was given [...]

Cup O’ Joe to Sew–Completed.

Published Date: November 10th, 2008
Category: patterns, quilts

Finally.
Started this in August for a contest. Got the top done in a weekend, as the contest required, but the quilting took much, much longer. Didn’t help that I kept getting side-tracked to other projects.
This is one of the quilt patterns I’ve actually sold in our Ebay store. You can [...]

Hoffman Challenge Revisited

Published Date: October 20th, 2008
Category: Personal, quilts

So, I’ve been waiting for my non-winning Hoffman Challenge quilt entry to return home. I finally broke down and emailed the coordinators, asking when I should get worried. This was the reply I received:
I’ve researched your entry and your quilt was selected to travel in Quilt Collection “D”… CONGRATULATIONS on being selected to [...]