Mark's quilt

Here are pictures of Mark's quilt. I made it for him for Christmas. He loves gambling and I found a collection of fat quarters depicting various aspects including poker and slots. It seemed the only way to pull such a variety of fabrics together was with the use of a tone-on-tone black border. This quilt was also stipled.

He loved it!

Remembering Jay

I'm still catching up.

It's been 2 months since my step-dad passed away. After a long, courageous battle with cancer, he died at home, under the quilt I made him. I put it together in just a few weeks after he cancer returned. While a simple pattern, it has a variety of fabrics that represented his favorite things such as University of Kentucky, Nascar, Jack Daniels and his beloved chihuahua Peanut. I wanted him to remember that I was with him, even when I wasn't and hoped the quilt would be a replacement.

I'm glad he enjoyed the quilt for as long as he did and now my mom has it as part of her many memories of him.

Catching up

While I'm pretty slow to make quilts, it seems I'm even slower to post pictures!

Because of some homework, I just realized how dated my blog was.

This a quilt I made for myself. While the piecing was pretty simple, it was by design. In order to use the bold pansy fabric, I needed to find a large pattern. It was machine quilted with a stipling design. The quilt has pink flannel on the back and is very comfy when curling up on the couch.