Tasha's Graduation Quilt: May 2011

Tasha with her Quilt

I made this small wall hanging quilt for my niece, Tasha, who graduated from high school last week.   I had her send her favorite photos to me for this project.  I used Photoshop Elements to edit the photos, then printed onto printable fabric.  I trimmed the photos, and added the fusible webbing to the back of each fabric photo.  Tasha told me that her favorite colors are purple, blue and yellow, so I went with that color scheme and used a simple strip method of cutting the colored fabrics, and appliqued them randomly onto the base fabric.  I then applied the fabric photos, and appliqued those into place.  This quilt was a lot of fun to make, and it was fun to connect to Tasha's high school life through her photos. 

First Kaleidoscope Quilt - Feb 4, 2011

This block was a lot of fun to put together.  It's kind of like piecing improvisation.  I wasn't sure how I'd like the method, that's why I called it an experiment.  I really like how it turned out, and it is nothing of what I'd pictured when I started.  I think that's the beauty of this kind of piecing.  

I used one of Paula Nedelstern's Kaleidoscope books for her suggestions and technique.  It has eight wedges, 45 degrees each.  My next one is going to be a 16 wedge at 22.5 degrees each.

One of the most exciting parts was that my new Juki sewing machine arrived before I started the quilting on it, so I waited until I learned about the machine, and then went to town quilting on the new machine.  It was a total blast, and I can't wait to complete more projects with this amazing machine!

Grandparents' 60th Wedding Anniversary Quilt 1994

This wall-hanging quilt was lovingly hand-pieced, and hand-quilted in 1994 for my grandparents', Russell and Agnes Wood, 60th Wedding Anniversary.  Each family member submitted a drawn (for me to embroider) or embroidered 3" x  3" square with a message for these two special people.