Philadelphia

Charity Quilt Blocks

At the last modern quilt guild meeting, we did a lot of talking about "wonky log cabins."  When Jon from the quilt guild asked for black, white, red blocks for a charity quilt, I knew I had to try it.

His quilt is going to be titled "Coming Out."  So, a quite literal interpretation, I made another wonky log cabin, cut it into fourths, turned it inside out, and put it back together.

I hope he likes these blocks and I hope they work into the quilt he is making.  It is my understanding the quilt will be auctioned at the Utah Aids Foundation Annual Oscar Party.

Jens Quilt

Jen Wilcox pieced this quilt and I quilted it on a HQ 16 longarm.  I used yellow variegated thread in polyester (since the back had polyester as well).

Amy Butler Fabric

I wanted to tell you the name of the pattern book this came from, but I can't find it.  It has very lovely and fun patterns.

I used a stipple pattern to quilt it.

 I started this quilt with a yard of Amy Butler fabric (the turquoise and olive large print floral).  It was originally purchased for a shower curtain, but ended up as a quilt instead.

I found all the rest of the fabrics in my Grandma Gallaghers (my maternal grandmother's) stash.  She has enough fabric in her basement to fill a fabric store.  For some reason she likes to buy BOLTS of fabric.  No messing around with charm packs or fat quarters for her.  It makes it convenient for me.  This is intended to give to my mom for my sisters room.

The First quilt I EVER loved

My Great Grandma Johnson (my mother's grandmother) made this quilt for me when I was very young (I think I was 2), so around 1980 (It's not considered an antique yet is it????)  You can see she used polyester fabric that she came by either free or very inexpensively from her work.  It was some sort of clothing or fabric factory in Kearns, Utah.  She put a very soft fabric on the back (think minky of the eighties) and then trimmed the edges with lace.  I used this quilt on my bed until I was 12.  The reason I remember the age is because the year my sister Kelli was born, my parents built me a bedroom in the basement of our old house and I got new carpet and bed quilt that matched.  This has been in storage in my parents basement until about two years ago when I finally cleaned out all my old stuff.

Skulls & Roses

This is a very simple two fabric quilt in a simple pattern.  I did not fussy cut the fabric because I couldn't decide if I should focus on the skulls or roses.  It ended up being a very dramatic quilt (if I may say so myself).  It was quilted by Shari Fisher.  This quilt was intended to be given away.  If I ever finish the binding on it - I will certainly give it to the intended recipient.

Kites

This is an early quilt I did - but still one of my favorites.  I love the all warm colors together.  I saw an Atkinsons Design pattern that used a block layout like this (I think the original pattern used pin wheel triangles in the center of each window) - instead of buying the pattern, I used AutoCAD to lay it out and figure out the fabric yards I would need.  I also made a KITE template using AutoCAD.  I cut all the colors and whites into the shape of the kites, sewed them together, and then trimmed the white ends so my blocks were square.

I wanted to use white blocks as the solid blocks in between the "kite" blocks - so I chose a white/white pattern. Since it was a first quilt, I did not pay attention that the pattern was directional.  I ended up with some of the solid blocks facing one way and others facing another.  It was all sewn together before I realized it.  Instead of fixing it - I left it, even though I was very disappointed.  You really can't tell (unless you analyze very closely) and I chalk it up to another quilt lesson learned by experience.

This quilt was quilted by a relative of Shari Fishers.