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All manner of quilt making specializing in commemorative quilts - T-shirt quilts, wedding dress quilts, quilts from baby clothes, memory quilts, loved ones quilt, school quilts, fundraiser quilts, custom quilts, restoration, handquilting, wallhangings

This quilt is called a Baltimore Album quilt. It is my "magnus opus" and it took me 250 hours to complete. It is mostl...
10/31/2018

This quilt is called a Baltimore Album quilt. It is my "magnus opus" and it took me 250 hours to complete. It is mostly applique and is all hand quilted. Baltimore Album quilts were named for the wealthy Baltimore ladies in the late 1800s who would make quilts for "fancy" and these were the typical colors used - reds, greens, yellows and blues on a white or off-white ground. It was a load of fun to make and I must admit that I need to give my hands a rest for awhile:) Hope you like it!

It is T-shirt quilt season...and also football season...:)! I was commissioned to make this for the Selinsgrove High Sc...
09/03/2018

It is T-shirt quilt season...and also football season...:)! I was commissioned to make this for the Selinsgrove High School Football Booster Club from football jerseys and leftover T-shirts that didn't sell. They are in the process of selling raffle tickets and it looks very promising to be a very successful fundraiser. What a great way to commemorate a student's athletic experience - either high school or college!

I have not posted in awhile but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy making quilts...here are a few T-shirt quilts I ha...
08/21/2018

I have not posted in awhile but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy making quilts...here are a few T-shirt quilts I have made for customers this past year. The fun part is that they are all so individual and there are many possibilities!

T-shirt quilts I have made for customers this past year 2017-18
08/21/2018

T-shirt quilts I have made for customers this past year 2017-18

Wait, wait, this is not just another picture of any old quilt...this one has quite a story.....! So I work for a woman B...
12/11/2014

Wait, wait, this is not just another picture of any old quilt...this one has quite a story.....! So I work for a woman Barbara, in Kentucky who repeatedly sends me quilt tops (quick instruction here - a quilt is made up of the quilt top, batting or "puffy stuff in the middle", and backing fabric.) and she hires me to assemble the quilt with the 3 layers, and hand quilt it. We have worked together for years. So she was getting ready to ship off to me another quilt top for me to quilt which she bought at an estate sale, and heard something crinkly in it - she found a note pinned to the underside written by a grandmother in 1940 to her grandson. Barbara looked up the man on Ancestry.com, found him and called him. He is 87 years old in a retirement center in Indianapolis, IN and had no idea there was a quilt that had been started for him. This grandmother had started the quilt when this man was 12 years old. I quickly finished the quilt, Barbara is "paying it forward" and it will be reunited with this gentleman 70 years later, since the quilt really does belong to him. In 70 years, the quilt had made a trip from it's origin of Indiana, to the estate sale in Scranton, Pa to Kentucky and now back to Indiana! Who would have thought that the quilt would make it back to it's original owner -quilts really do have a story to tell!

My newest edition - an "Easter Egg quilt" I just completed. I saw a picture in a magazine and wanted to replicate it. ...
06/28/2014

My newest edition - an "Easter Egg quilt" I just completed. I saw a picture in a magazine and wanted to replicate it. It is made entirely of scraps from my stash (the best part!). The only consistency is in the yellow and pink borders around the blocks. I was able to machine piece the blocks but then had to hand sew together all the yellow and pink connecting blocks. Kept my hands busy and my mind at peace - such good therapy! I think there are about 4,000 one inch blocks in this quilt.

I read in our local paper about a church that is renovating an old building to make a transition center for domestic abu...
03/09/2014

I read in our local paper about a church that is renovating an old building to make a transition center for domestic abuse victims. I wondered if I could contribute quilts to help make this place as warm and welcoming as possible. Upon contacting the organizer I learned that there will be 14 bedrooms and that each person who inhabits the center will be encouraged to take with them upon leaving, as many things that they can in order to give them a "leg up" as they begin a new chapter in their life. So on January 2nd, I began making the first quilt. This past Thursday I delivered 18 quilts, 3 of which are smaller children's quilts. Quilts are much more than bits of fabric sewn together. They symbolize so much more.

This is a Watercolor Quilt, fashioned after Monet's watercolor painting style. Instead of focusing on the colors of the...
01/22/2014

This is a Watercolor Quilt, fashioned after Monet's watercolor painting style. Instead of focusing on the colors of the fabrics, one uses the hue and value of the fabrics for the shading effect. It is made up of 800 squares. I made it for a customer to grace a guestroom bed.

Mikala Morrow's T-shirt quilt - completed for her in 2013 - a great way to memorialize her high school years...
01/05/2014

Mikala Morrow's T-shirt quilt - completed for her in 2013 - a great way to memorialize her high school years...

I made and donated this quilt to the Slifer House, a Victorian museum/mansion in Lewisburg, PA. It is a historic replic...
12/08/2013

I made and donated this quilt to the Slifer House, a Victorian museum/mansion in Lewisburg, PA. It is a historic replica of a 19th century, central Pennsylvania quilt. It is all done by hand and took 150 joyful hours to complete! The "quilt revealing" was last evening.

I just finished this wallhanging for a customer - the green background is one of her bridesmaid dresses and the lace and...
11/25/2013

I just finished this wallhanging for a customer - the green background is one of her bridesmaid dresses and the lace and bodice off her wedding dress is sewn on top, accented by buttons, sequins etc. from the dress. What a great way to commemorate your wedding instead of putting the dress away in a box and storing in a closet for the next 40 years!

This is a commemorative quilt I made for a dear woman from her deceased husband's clothing. "The death of my husband ha...
11/11/2013

This is a commemorative quilt I made for a dear woman from her deceased husband's clothing. "The death of my husband has been the most profound emotional experience that I have ever had to endure. Your empathy, skill and attention to details in this beautiful memory quilt have captured my husband's essence. I am filled with love and peace, bringing me one step closer to healing."

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