Jan's Quilt

I had my step mother in mind when I started this quilt. This quilt was a callenge to me in several ways.
I prefer to use bright colors and the beige on beige tones of this quilt had to have balance. If one of the browns was to strong it overpowered the quilt and all you saw were those blocks (I still have several blocks that did this). I also had to be careful with the value so I did not lose the piecing in the quilt. I wanted the blocks to be subtle but still be able to see all the work.
Most of the people I talked to about doing a quilt all in shades of beige on beige told me it could not be done and it would be boring.
I am suprised at how much I like this quilt. I find it soothing.

Laurel Birch Quilt

I saw this Laurel Birch pattern beside the bolts of fabric and it looked so easy. I fell in love with the fabric and had to have it.

I had a good bit of trouble with the 4 patches because my quarter inch seam was not very accurate. I was so happy with quilt. I really started feeling much more confident and decided it was time to start doing harder quilts.

Flag Will update when find pattern maker

I found out my son in law was going overseas in the army and I just had to do a flag pattern. This is my first attempt at a scrap quilt. It was so hard not to make every other one a lighter or darker value. I was hoping for a waving in the winds look with the way the fabric was placed.

Debbie Caffery Mystery Quilt

This quilt is from a mystery by Debby Caffrey. The LQS let us participate for free is we bought the fabric there or pay 10 dollars if we had the fabric already. This is discount store fabric. I stopped using discount store fabric for the most part this year. It just does not have the weight and quality as the Quilt Shop material. I still use discount store fabric for things I am trying out for the first time and not sure if they will work.
I have found good fabric at discount stores but it was 7 dollars a yard and I would rather pay a little more and give my business to the local quilt shop

The Odd Man Out

I worked on 5 or 6 sampler quilts the first year I quilted. This was one of them.

Rock Candy By Adkinson Designs

I decided to try a new pattern and went with a company I new wrote good instructions. I was still in my first couple of months as a quilter and still not very confident. This was my first expierence with the sew and flip corners and I had trouble with them coming out as well as I thoought they should. I made the quilt work but it took a little more work than it should have.

Yellow Brick Road By Atkinson Design

These are some miscellaneous Yellow Brick Road quilts completed because I was still learning and did not know how to do anything else at the time.

Yellow Brick Road By Atkinson Design

Yellow Brick Road Baby Quilt. I think this is a great quilt for beginner and experienced alike. It is easily assembled and shows your fabric well. I worked on these during my first year.

Yellow Brick Road By Atkinson Design

Yellow Brick Road Baby Quilt The safety pins are in and it is ready to quilt.

Yellow Brick Road By Atkinson Designs

Yellow Brick Road Baby Quilt

My Son's Quilt

I was working on many quilt during the year it took for the sampler quilt to be completed. This is one I made for my son and I really thought that was a hard quilt when I was working on it. LOL Since then I have really worked on some much harder stuff. He fell in love with the fabric and it ended up being his. How can you turn down your son when he is actually interested in what you are doing.

First Sampler

This is the first sampler BOM quilt I made. It was from Glad Creations and I ordered the blocks every month for a year. I was very happy with it at the time but as I look back at it there are so many mistakes and the seams do not match up.

I always change things in the quilt kits and patterns I get be it just changing a few pieces of fabric or changing most everything.

A lady at the local quilt shop told me when I first started going there "it is your quilt do as you please" and I have!!!

I am still happy with it though because it was the start of my quilting experience.

Starting A Blog

I am beginning my personal blog. It is more for me than anyone else but if you enjoy it that is great!

I am going to start listing the quilts I have pieced over the last few years and I hope you enjoy them