Practice Pieces Quilt

I still working (off/on) to improve my free motion machine quilting.  I have trouble keeping the stitch length even.  This small lap quilt was made using small practice pieces.  Finished size approx 32 in x 48 in. I gifted it to a friend in December who was going through chemotherapy for multiple myeloma.  He died earlier this year from complications.  

Ode to Dr. Suess Quilt

I made this quilt for my nephew Dallas and his wife Gwen's first born son Gabril (born in March 2024).  The quilt was finished in early December 2023.  It measures 38 in x 48.5 in.  It is machine pieced and quilted.  The back is pieced also. Book is One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. 

Doctor My Eyes

I made this small art quilt last month and gave it to my ophthalmologist.  It's sort of a self-portrait since I used a photo of my eyes/ face but I didn't add all the fine lines/ wrinkles.  It is raw-edge applique and both machine and hand quilted.  Measures 4.5 in X 10 in.  I think he liked it when I gifted it to him at my recent yearly exam.

I finished this small art quilt this past weekend.  It is machine appliqued (raw edge) and machine quilted.  As I wanted all the design elements to go to the edges I chose to finish the edges by facing it rather than binding it.  The quilt is 16 in X 21 in. I was inspired by the “Night Swimmer” by Sarah Morgan.

Merry Christmas

This small Christmas tree quilt was made recently.  It's machine pieced and quilted.  Decorated with garlands of beads and small beads/ jingle bell ornaments.  It measures 10.75 in X 13.5 in.

Merry Christmas to you all

Eclipse, a small art quilt

This small quilt (20.5 in square) was made as part of the Modern Quilt Guild Swap (#mqgswap).  I was influence by a photo of some patient stairs but when my husband saw it he immediately said I should name it Eclipse.  It is machine pieced and quilted.  

This is the back before I added the sleeve for hanging and the label.

Temperature Quilt 2020

I realize I haven't posted since December 2020. I have still been quilting and knitting but for some reason just stopped posting.  I have been well, still working, running almost daily (weather permitting) with my rescue dog.  Not sure why other than laziness.  

Anyway I began this quilt in November 2020.  I used NOAA to get the temperature data from Jan 1st for my zip code then began keeping track of the daily highs.  I only used daily highs not low temperatures.  I designed the quilt so that each row represented a month of days.  There is a rectangle for each day of the month.  The finished quilt measures approx 55 in x 74 in.  I finished the quilt Jan 31, 2021.

I added events throughout the year -- the day we adopted our rescue Harlow, my birthday, bought a new car, my husband's birthday, our 30th wedding anniversary, and more.

Here is the temperature color chart and also the label.

Homage to the Square Quilt

This small quilt was inspired by Josef Albee’s ‘Homage to the Square.’ It is machine pieced and quilted.  The finished quilt measures 18.5 in square.

 This is a photo of the back before I added the hanging sleeve and binding.

 This is a photo of a postcard of the painting "Homage to a Square."

Friends

I made this small quilt, 18 in X 24 in, to enter into the Sacred Threads "Backyard Escape" healing quilt exhibit. I hope it will be chosen to travel with the exhibit.  The quilt is machine appliqued and quilted.  

Two Small Quilts

This first one was made using a kit I bought from a local fabric/quilt store. I did the blanket stitch by hand around each fused fabric piece the sewed on the buttons/beads and added the binding.  It is approx 5 x 7 in in size.

This red bird was done using a pattern I found on the internet (unsure of source now).  The pieces were fused in place then machine appliqued.  I hand embroidered the small branches with greenery.  The birds eye is a small black bead. I hand quilted it before adding the binding.  It measures approx 5x7 in in size. 

Cardinal Fabric Postcard

My most recent fabric postcard features a cardinal.  It is machine appliqued, hand embroidered, and hand quilted.  It measures approx 5 in x 7 in.

Trapunto Fabric Postcard

This fabric postcard is made using a whole cloth quilting with trapunto to give the lizard an added dimensional effect.  I machine quilted around the lizard.

I then added yarn (wool/acrylic) for the trapunto. 

 The yarn was then trimmed prior to adding the pelon stabilizer, triangles for hanging, and binding.

Here is the finished postcard, 5 in X 6.5 in.

Three Small Pieces

These small (5 in square pieces were done prior to last week's featured piece after I heard about the call for 5x5 art pieces.  The first two are 5 in square quilts and the third is a 5 in square quilted postcard. This first one was made using a scrap piece of fabric reminiscent of the 60s/70s.  I machine quilted pink, green, and yellow pieces then machine quilted it. 

This one is machine appliqued and quilted also.  It was inspired by swimming near dawn in the open pool at my local athletic club while practicing my back stroke.

This one has the stiff Pelon stabilizer that makes it a postcard.  It is inspired by love of Matisse art work.  In this case the Blue Nude though mine is done as a pink nude on blue background.  It is machine appliqued and quilted.

All of the pieces have small triangle pieces on the back to allow easy hanging if desired.

Lizzie Portrait Quilt

I made this small quilt portrait, 5 in square, in response to a fund raising event the Arkansas Repertory Theatre is doing.  In September they posted a request for artist to do pieces of artwork for their upcoming “5x5” art show. Every artist was told to pick up a 5 in square canvas to ensure size conformity.   My initial thought was to do a 5 in square quilt or postcard.  Then I decided to do this quilted portrait of my dog Lizzie (appliqued top quilted to batting without an actual quilt back or binding) and wrap the canvas.  Here it is.

 I used mistyfuse to attach the quilt to the canvas (literally ironed it on) then wrapped the fabric and sewed the fabric to itself and the canvas.

Three Flowers

I make this small quilt, 11 in X 6 in, a month ago.  The flowers are machine appliqued. It is machine quilted. 

Beautiful Wall Brick Quilt

This small quilt was made for the Border Wall Quilt Project (https://www.leamccomas.com/border-wall-quilt-project/).  It is 8 in X 16 in.

My inspiration was by President Trump's tweet on December 18, 2018 that the border wall would not be made of concrete but of “artistically designed steel slats, so that you can see through it ….It will be beautiful and, at the same time, give our Country the security that our citizens deserve.” 

 I added green leafy vines up the steel slates to add help “beautify” the wall.

For the Love of Riley

This portrait quilt was based on a photo of my niece and her dog Riley.  She gave me permission to use the photo.  Here's the original photo.

 Here's the finished quilt.  It is machine appliqued and quilted.  The finished size is 21.5 in sq.

 Here is a detail photo of the eyes.  The eyes in the original photo is what really got me.

 Here's a detail photo of the nose and tongue.  Riley is a beautiful dog that I only did partially captured.

Pictorial Quilt of My Husband

I recently finished this quilt based on a photo of my husband.  It's the first pictorial quilt I've done of a person. Skin tones/features are tough!  Still I am pretty happy with the outcome.  The finished quilt measures approx 19.5 in square.  It is machine appliqued and quilted.  

 Here is a detail photo.

Here is the original photo.