Designed by: Pam Weege and Alicia Wilhoit
Date Started: October 2001
Date Completed: December 2001
Quilted by: Me
A history of the quilts I have made since 1994
36. Prairie Christmas Tree Skirt
Tree skirt for Aaron and Christa, Christmas 2001. First time doing quilt-as-you-go, strips sewed onto batting and backing at the same time.
Title: Prairie Christmas
Designed by: Pam Weege and Alicia Wilhoit
Date Started: October 2001
Date Completed: December 2001
Quilted by: Me
Designed by: Pam Weege and Alicia Wilhoit
Date Started: October 2001
Date Completed: December 2001
Quilted by: Me
35. Jewel Box
This quilt was made for Brian and Shana Penner's wedding. When we picked out fabric for the quilt, even Brian came and spent an hour at the store helping us--I was very impressed with that!
Title: Jewel Box
Date Started: February 2000
Date Completed: July 2000
Size: 90" x 96"
Quilted by: Cyndi McGunigle
Date Started: February 2000
Date Completed: July 2000
Size: 90" x 96"
Quilted by: Cyndi McGunigle
34. Untitled
I wanted to make a wall hanging for Mark's office. I originally was going to use a beautiful border print around the quilt, and based the main colors--brown and turquoise--on the colors in the border print. This was the first time doing set-in seams. After the quilt center was completed and I put the border print next to it, it was just too busy, so I used just a narrow brown border.
I used the border print to make two kaleidoscope blocks, which I then framed.
It was entered into the Big Fresno Fair in October 2001, and won 2nd place. Judge's comments: "Very nice use of color and textural prints. Suggest more quilting overall to enhance design!"
Title: Untitled
Pattern by: Unsure--maybe Jinny Beyer
Date Started: Spring 2000
Date Completed: Summer 2000
Title: Untitled
Pattern by: Unsure--maybe Jinny Beyer
Date Started: Spring 2000
Date Completed: Summer 2000
33. Bear Hug
Made for Audrey Meredith Mack (daughter of Randy and Jamie Mack).
Title: Bear Hug
Pattern by: Lisa Christensen
Date Started: April 2000
Date Completed: June 2000
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
Pattern by: Lisa Christensen
Date Started: April 2000
Date Completed: June 2000
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
32. Re-Vision
Dotty Warkentine and I took a class at Quilter's Paradise and each made this quilt, using '30s and '40s reproduction fabrics.
This is the first quilt I had custom quilted.
Rather than traditional binding, it was finished with prairie points, lots of prairie points!
Title: Re-Vision
Pattern by: Unknown pattern designer; class taught by Linda Anderson
Date Started: January 2000
Date Completed: November 2001
Quilted by: Cyndi McGunigle
This is the first quilt I had custom quilted.
Rather than traditional binding, it was finished with prairie points, lots of prairie points!
Pattern by: Unknown pattern designer; class taught by Linda Anderson
Date Started: January 2000
Date Completed: November 2001
Quilted by: Cyndi McGunigle
31. Stars and Stripes
I fell in love with all the paisley fabric in this quilt. It was made for best friends, Don and Trudy Eikenberry, for their new "old" home, after they painstakingly renovated an old Victorian.
Title: Stars and Stripes
Pattern by: Unknown
Date Started: January 2000
Date Completed: February 2000
Quilted by: Chris Schneider
Pattern by: Unknown
Date Started: January 2000
Date Completed: February 2000
Quilted by: Chris Schneider
30. Follow Your Heart
A friend I worked with in one of my medical offices, Lisa Newman, really wanted to move to New York City for a few years, but wasn't getting much support from friends or family. I always told her she should just go for it, so she wouldn't regret at least trying. I realized I had fabric that had the New York City skyline, and what better use for it than to make a wallhanging for someone who longed to see the skyline.
In retrospect, it's weird to see the NYC skyline that includes the Twin Towers pre 9/11.
Title: Follow Your Heart
Pattern by: Original design by me
Date Started: March 2000
Date Completed: March 2000
Qiulted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
In retrospect, it's weird to see the NYC skyline that includes the Twin Towers pre 9/11.
Pattern by: Original design by me
Date Started: March 2000
Date Completed: March 2000
Qiulted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
29. Stars in the Woods
Dotty Warkentine and I took this class at Quilter's Paradise. Her quilt was for her grandson, not Christmas.
Pattern by: Unknown; class taught by Carolyn McCray
Date Completed: December 2000
Quilted by: Cyndi McGunigle
27/28. Small Christmas Projects
For Aaron and Christa's first Christmas, we collected lots of decorations, candles, etc., and I made two handmade items--the advent calendar and the table runner. The advent calendar was always a very special part of Christmas for Aaron.
I collected buttons over a period of a couple of years--all by Ivy Cottage Buttons--only available at quilt shows--no phone orders or online orders.
I collected buttons over a period of a couple of years--all by Ivy Cottage Buttons--only available at quilt shows--no phone orders or online orders.
Title: Christmas
Pattern by: Nativity Advent Calendar (designer unknown), table runner by Terry Atkinson
Date Started: Fall 2000
Date Completed: November 2000
Quilted by: Me
26. Garden Twist
This is undoubtedly and unequivocally my least favorite quilt of anything I have ever made. I can put that in writing now that my mother has passed away.
My mother wanted a quilt for their bedroom and I let her choose the fabric. The pattern showed a splashy floral print in the center of each block, which would have been beautiful. But my mother (who was extremely picky about exact shades of colors she liked and did not like, and also was not a "splashy" person), chose a very small tone-on-tone medium blue for the centers. I did not enjoy making it, and I did not like it when it was completed. But the important part was that she loved it so of course I never mentioned how much I disliked it.
When we cleaned out my parents' room at Palm Village when my father moved to skilled nursing, I was unsure what to do with this quilt. A good friend was helping move, and when he overheard us wondering what to do with it, he mentioned that he really liked it and was sure his wife would like it as well. So we handed it off to him and it has found a good home where it continues to be loved. By someone. Not me...
Title: Garden Twist
Pattern by: Sharon Yenter (In the Beginning)
Size: Queen
Date Completed: December 2000
Quilted by: Friendly Quilters, Auberry
My mother wanted a quilt for their bedroom and I let her choose the fabric. The pattern showed a splashy floral print in the center of each block, which would have been beautiful. But my mother (who was extremely picky about exact shades of colors she liked and did not like, and also was not a "splashy" person), chose a very small tone-on-tone medium blue for the centers. I did not enjoy making it, and I did not like it when it was completed. But the important part was that she loved it so of course I never mentioned how much I disliked it.
When we cleaned out my parents' room at Palm Village when my father moved to skilled nursing, I was unsure what to do with this quilt. A good friend was helping move, and when he overheard us wondering what to do with it, he mentioned that he really liked it and was sure his wife would like it as well. So we handed it off to him and it has found a good home where it continues to be loved. By someone. Not me...
Pattern by: Sharon Yenter (In the Beginning)
Size: Queen
Date Completed: December 2000
Quilted by: Friendly Quilters, Auberry
25. First Cousins Quilt
Mark's cousin, Ione Whitney, included me in a cousin's block exchange. We each got 1/3 yard of focus fabric. We had to make six identical blocks, keep one for ourselves, send one each to the other five members of the group. When we received everyone's block, we could complete the quilt any way we wanted. I made extra blocks.
Top left corner: Marlys Wiens
Top right corner: Lorna Wiens
Center: Betty Lawson (log cabin block with counted cross stitch--beautiful!)
Lower left corner: Ione Whitney
Lower right corner: Adele Ewert
Remaining four blocks: me
We met in Diamond Lake, Oregon, over 4th of July weekend 1997. We each had our quilts. They looked amazingly different from each other!
Title: Cousins Quilt
Pattern: Block exchange
Date Started: April 1996
Date Completed: May 1997
Quilted by: Assembled by machine, hand quilted by me
Top right corner: Lorna Wiens
Center: Betty Lawson (log cabin block with counted cross stitch--beautiful!)
Lower left corner: Ione Whitney
Lower right corner: Adele Ewert
Remaining four blocks: me
We met in Diamond Lake, Oregon, over 4th of July weekend 1997. We each had our quilts. They looked amazingly different from each other!
Title: Cousins Quilt
Pattern: Block exchange
Date Started: April 1996
Date Completed: May 1997
Quilted by: Assembled by machine, hand quilted by me
24. Double Irish Chain
Wedding gift for Mike and Ann Pendleton, September 2000.
Title: Double Irisn Chain
Pattern by: Unknown
Size: Queen
Date Started: August 2000
Date Completed: November 2000
Quilted by: Cyndi McGunigle (I think)
Title: Double Irisn Chain
Pattern by: Unknown
Size: Queen
Date Started: August 2000
Date Completed: November 2000
Quilted by: Cyndi McGunigle (I think)
23. Yellow Brick Road
My first Yellow Brick Road, a classic and iconic quilting pattern. This was a baby quilt for David Wayne Smith, grandson of very dear friend, Sherry Smith. David was a premie and only weighed
2 lbs 3 oz at birth--I thought he needed something soft and cuddly.
Born June 14, 2000
Picture taken August 5, 2000
Title: Yellow Brick Road
Pattern by: Terry Atkinson
Date Started: July 2000
Date Completed: August 2000
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
2 lbs 3 oz at birth--I thought he needed something soft and cuddly.
Picture taken August 5, 2000
Pattern by: Terry Atkinson
Date Started: July 2000
Date Completed: August 2000
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
22. Guilty as Charged
Title: Guilty as Charged
Pattern: Debbie Caffrey (mystery quilt)
Size: Full
Date Started: July 2000
Quilted by: Cyndi McGunigle
21. 4th of July mini
This is a table runner I made for Aaron and Christa to use with their patriotic dishes. It was a kit purchased from Quilter's Paradise.
I made an error in placement of the red fabric, so the stripes seem to run vertically instead of horizontally. Good lesson learned with this one.
Backing:
Title: 4th of July
Pattern by: Purchased kit
Date Started: June 2000
Date Completed: June 2000
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
I made an error in placement of the red fabric, so the stripes seem to run vertically instead of horizontally. Good lesson learned with this one.
Pattern by: Purchased kit
Date Started: June 2000
Date Completed: June 2000
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
20. Kaleidoscope
I saw a picture of this quilt in a magazine and quickly became fascinated obsessed by the colors and all the repeating mirrored layout patterns in each quadrant.
I carried this picture (4" x 4") around with me as I shopped for just the perfect "scraps" in just the right color.
When I give trunk shows, this quilt is often referred to as the quilt where Mark nearly lost his life.
Back story: I spent hours arranging and rearranging all the little triangles of fabric on my design wall so they would be in just the right place. One morning, Mark decided to throw a towel down the hallway to a pile of dirty laundry in our bedroom, and as it passed my design wall (which at that time was on the wall of the long hallway toward our bedroom), it created a little current of air that made nearly all the triangles come off the wall, swirl around and float gently to the floor. As pretty as it was when it happened, we looked at each other, horrified! Mark left for a few hours (good decision...) and many more hours were spent putting them back!
Title: Kaleidoscope
Pattern by: Mary Golden (Kaleidoscope of Colors)
Date Started: 1997
Date Completed: 1998
Size 72" x 72"
Quilted by: Pam Peterson, Tulare, California
I carried this picture (4" x 4") around with me as I shopped for just the perfect "scraps" in just the right color.
Back story: I spent hours arranging and rearranging all the little triangles of fabric on my design wall so they would be in just the right place. One morning, Mark decided to throw a towel down the hallway to a pile of dirty laundry in our bedroom, and as it passed my design wall (which at that time was on the wall of the long hallway toward our bedroom), it created a little current of air that made nearly all the triangles come off the wall, swirl around and float gently to the floor. As pretty as it was when it happened, we looked at each other, horrified! Mark left for a few hours (good decision...) and many more hours were spent putting them back!
Title: Kaleidoscope
Pattern by: Mary Golden (Kaleidoscope of Colors)
Date Started: 1997
Date Completed: 1998
Size 72" x 72"
Quilted by: Pam Peterson, Tulare, California
19. Bedtime Story
Baby quilt for Kendell Delayne Hudgins (daughter of Rick and Karla Hudgins).
At Karla's baby shower (I hadn't started making the quilt yet--no surprise--and actually had a different pattern in mind), Karla mentioned they were decorating with a theme of children's literature. I knew this fabric would be perfect: "Brambly Hedge" based on a children's book by Jill Mead.
Title: Bedtime Story
Pattern by: Lynette Jensen
Date Started: July 2000
Date Completed: July 2000
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
At Karla's baby shower (I hadn't started making the quilt yet--no surprise--and actually had a different pattern in mind), Karla mentioned they were decorating with a theme of children's literature. I knew this fabric would be perfect: "Brambly Hedge" based on a children's book by Jill Mead.
Pattern by: Lynette Jensen
Date Started: July 2000
Date Completed: July 2000
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
18. Choo-Choo
Baby quilt for Jacob Christian Wolf (first son of Rick and Tonya Wolf). He was 2 when he finally received it.
Even before she knew I was making the quilt for Jacob, Tona mentioned that they were going to decorate Jacob's room with a train theme, so it was a happy coincidence.
Title: Choo-Choo
Pattern by: Lisa Christensen
Date Started: July 2000
Date Completed: July 2000
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me (center block was hand tied)
Even before she knew I was making the quilt for Jacob, Tona mentioned that they were going to decorate Jacob's room with a train theme, so it was a happy coincidence.
Pattern by: Lisa Christensen
Date Started: July 2000
Date Completed: July 2000
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me (center block was hand tied)
17. Material Evidence
This was a bedspread for Aaron and Christa's first home. My first "mystery" quilt; Christa picked the fabric--a light, a medium and a dark. Although it's hard to tell from the poor quality photo, the dark was purple, medium was lavender and light was cream.
Every month for six months, I picked up a "clue" at Quilter's Paradise. It gave cutting and sewing instructions in progressive fashion but we didn't know what the final quilt would look like until the last month when the clue was how to put all the pieces together.
Title: Material Evidence
Pattern by: Debbie Caffrey
Size: Queen
Date Started: November 1999
Date Completed: May 2000
Every month for six months, I picked up a "clue" at Quilter's Paradise. It gave cutting and sewing instructions in progressive fashion but we didn't know what the final quilt would look like until the last month when the clue was how to put all the pieces together.
Title: Material Evidence
Pattern by: Debbie Caffrey
Size: Queen
Date Started: November 1999
Date Completed: May 2000
16. Will You Marry Me?
Made for Aaron's marriage proposal to Christa, November 5, 1999!
It was thrilling to be part of this major life event.
Also, this was my first original design.
Title: Will You Marry Me? (She Said Yes!)
Pattern: Me--first original design
Date Started: August 1999
Date Completed: October 1999
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
It was thrilling to be part of this major life event.
Also, this was my first original design.
Pattern: Me--first original design
Date Started: August 1999
Date Completed: October 1999
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
15. Log Cabin Zoo
Baby quilt made for Elizabeth Grace Alvey, daughter of Kevin and Lisa Alvey.
Title: Log Cabin Zoo
Pattern by: Ursula Reikes
Date Started: March 2000
Date Completed: May 2000
Quilted by: Friendly Quilters in Auberry
Pattern by: Ursula Reikes
Date Started: March 2000
Date Completed: May 2000
Quilted by: Friendly Quilters in Auberry
14. Bears in the Woods
Dotty Warkentine and I took a class taught by "Aunt Marian" at the Mennonite Quilt Center in Reedley, California. We each made this quilt and it is still a favorite.
Title: Bears in the Woods
Pattern by: Eleanor Burns
Size: Queen
Date Completed: March 2000
Quilted by: Ione Whitney
Pattern by: Eleanor Burns
Size: Queen
Date Completed: March 2000
Quilted by: Ione Whitney
13. Puzzling Pieces
Made for Aaron as a 21st birthday gift. He's done puzzles all his life and as soon as I saw this on the cover of Foundation Piecer (a magazine I subscribed to for years), I knew it was the perfect quilt for him.
This is the first time I had used batiks. And also, in retrospect, the first time I realized that just because the pattern was designed to be a queen-sized bedspread, it was okay to make it smaller if I wanted to. This quilt is huge!
It was entered into the Big Fresno Fair in 1999 and won 2nd place. Judge's comments: "Beautiful use of batike fabrics! Wonderful workmanship and pressing."
I also sent a picture of the completed quilt Foundation Piecer and they published it in Letters to the Editor.
Title: Puzzling Pieces
Pattern by: Liz Schwartz and Stephen Seifert
Size: Queen bedspread
Date completed: 1999
Quilted by: Friendly Quilters in Auberry
This is the first time I had used batiks. And also, in retrospect, the first time I realized that just because the pattern was designed to be a queen-sized bedspread, it was okay to make it smaller if I wanted to. This quilt is huge!
It was entered into the Big Fresno Fair in 1999 and won 2nd place. Judge's comments: "Beautiful use of batike fabrics! Wonderful workmanship and pressing."
I also sent a picture of the completed quilt Foundation Piecer and they published it in Letters to the Editor.
Title: Puzzling Pieces
Pattern by: Liz Schwartz and Stephen Seifert
Size: Queen bedspread
Date completed: 1999
Quilted by: Friendly Quilters in Auberry
12. Stars In, Stars Out
Made as a college graduation gift for Christa.
I thought the design of stars in the center of log cabin blocks, and conversely, log cabin blocks in the center of stars, was genius.
Title: Stars In, Stars Out
Pattern by: Carolyn Beam
Size: Twin
Date Completed: May 1999
Quilted by: Friendly Quilters in Auberry, California
I thought the design of stars in the center of log cabin blocks, and conversely, log cabin blocks in the center of stars, was genius.
Pattern by: Carolyn Beam
Size: Twin
Date Completed: May 1999
Quilted by: Friendly Quilters in Auberry, California
11. Stardust
First Christmas quilt! I chose lots of fabric with gold metallic.
The dark green fabric on the back is gold-stamped green taffeta from a friend's bridesmaid dress.
Title: Stardust
Pattern by: Gail Abeloe
Date Completed: December 1998
Quilted by: Machine pieced and machine quilted by me
The dark green fabric on the back is gold-stamped green taffeta from a friend's bridesmaid dress.
Pattern by: Gail Abeloe
Date Completed: December 1998
Quilted by: Machine pieced and machine quilted by me
10. Log Cabin Zoo
Baby gift for Hannah Rose Linville (Pete and Jane's daughter).
Jane is a veterinarian, so animal fabric and tiger print for the backing seemed like the most logical choices.
Hannah was nearly 2 years old before she received this "baby" quilt.
Title: Log Cabin Zoo
Pattern by: Ursula Reikes
Date Completed: NOvember 1999
Quilted by: Machine pieced by me, not sure who did the quilting
Title: Log Cabin Zoo
Pattern by: Ursula Reikes
Date Completed: NOvember 1999
Quilted by: Machine pieced by me, not sure who did the quilting
9. Alphabet Stars
Made for Elizabeth Gunther as a Christmas gift.
Fun marble and crayon fabric for the backing.
Title: Alphabet Stars
Pattern by: Unknown designer--either from a book or magazine
Date Completed: December 1997
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
Title: Alphabet Stars
Pattern by: Unknown designer--either from a book or magazine
Date Completed: December 1997
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted by me
8. Nobody Gets in to See the Wizard mini
Christa loves anything to do with the Wizard of Oz, and as soon as I saw the pattern for this miniature quilt in a book, I knew it would be the perfect gift for her.
My first adventure with foundation paper piecing--very small log cabin blocks. And also the first time printing on fabric. How cool is the wheat fabric in the center?!
It was entered into the Big Fresno Fair in 1999 and received honorable mention. Judge's comments: "Lovely fabric choices. Nice miniature piecing on blocks. Needs some quilting in less stable places. I like the printed narrow borders. Where is Toto?!"
Title: Nobody Gets in to See the Wizard
Pattern by: Donna Fife McConnell
Date Completed: December 1998
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted
My first adventure with foundation paper piecing--very small log cabin blocks. And also the first time printing on fabric. How cool is the wheat fabric in the center?!
Title: Nobody Gets in to See the Wizard
Pattern by: Donna Fife McConnell
Date Completed: December 1998
Quilted by: Machine pieced and quilted
7. Flannel Irish Chain
This was made for Aaron as a Christmas gift.
Title: Flannel Irish Chain
Date Started: 1996
Quilted by: Machine pieced and hand tied
Title: Flannel Irish Chain
Date Started: 1996
Quilted by: Machine pieced and hand tied
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