Redwork Teddy Bears

This quilt is one I made for Alexis and Jimmy's daughter Catherine. The kit came from Jack Dempsey's needle arts. I had lots of fun embroidering the bears - they were all different and had their own personalities. I used a red marble for the sashing and pink hearts for the backing. Virginia Gore did the machine quilting.

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Rocking Horses

This baby quilt for Noemi R. is a departure from my usual quilting style. The kit was purchased at Stitching Corner, which was located in West Jordan, UT. The fabric squares are fleece, and I used my Pfaff embroidery unit to create the rocking horses on alternate squares. The backing was a soft pastel flannel. The quilt was tied with a pink crochet thread and completed in March of 2006.

Sunflowers

The Sunflowers wall hanging belongs to Sean R. of Westford, MA. The pattern called for lots of little tiny pieces assembled to create the flowers. Because of the sizes and shapes of the pieces, it wasn't possible to do any time-saving steps like strip piecing except for the border, which was constructed from strip sets of orange, gold and yellow. I pieced the flowers from various greens, oranges, golds and yellows and did the machine quilting as well. The quilt was finished in March of 2005.

Sunny Lanes

I constructed 2 Sunny Lanes quilts in 2005. The pattern comes from the book Nickel Quilts by Path Speth and Charlene Thode. The squares are constructed from 5" squares of fabrics sewn in four-patch and half-square triangle units, and then assembled into 16" blocks that are alternately rotated a quarter turn, creating the "lanes" effect. Virginia Gore of Mapleton, UT, did the machine quilting.

The quilt belonging to Amy W. of Houston, TX, has a green border. The 2nd quilt which is on my bed at home, has a border made up of four-patch squares from the same fabrics as found in the quilt.

Bear Claws

Bear Claws was designed and constructed for Dan W. in 2009. The green, blue and brown fabrics were purchased in Beaumont, TX at Aunt Lorraine's favorite quilt shop. The background fabric is a cream-colored fabric with gold specks. The backing is a brown paisley fabric. Quilting was done by Virginia Gore of Mapleton, UT.

My favorite part of this quilt was designing and constructing the stars in the post and sashing. I placed small triangles on the sashing strips to create the points of the stars.

On the Move

This is another quilt kit from Keepsake Quilting. The dye-cut shapes included cars, trucks and planes, with small black wheels for the cars and trucks. This is for a Rains grandbaby due in Sept. 2009. The quilting was done by Virgina Gore of Mapleton, UT, and includes lots of fun detail. The backing is navy blue Minkee fabric.

Teddy Bears on Parade

This quilt is for a Rains grand-baby due the middle of September, 2009. I found the patter and the dye-cut Teddy Bears at Keepsake Quilting.

The quilting was done by Virginia Gore of Mapleton, UT. The backing is Minkee fabric, which makes the quilt warm and cozy.