Blueberry Festival

The Roper Mountain Science Center had a Blueberry Festival and requested quilts to display. I loaned one of my favorite lap quilts I made in 2008. All of the center is made from one fabric cut up in triangles. The border shows what the fabric originally looked like. It won 2nd place!

"Fire" quilt

I started this quilt while I was visiting my daughter and her family in March. Thankfully the piecing doesn't require accuracy since I was having to use my 1985 Kenmore that I had passed down to her. I used a varigated thread in a flame design pattern. I think it would look great in several other color combinations. Viking Sew n' Quilt has a 40 strip set for most of the fabric. Just add 10 to 20 one eighth yard pieces to complete the quilt top.

OB quilts

 

 
My daughter called today asking if I have an 'extra' quilt to give her OB doctor. Of course I do! Here's 4 she can select from...

Earlene Fowler "Quilt"

Last week I was on a Mexican Quilting Cruise organized by Quilt Camp at Sea. The guest author was Earlene Fowler. There was a Block of the Month pattern for a quilt based on the titles of the first 12 Benni Harper murder mystery quilt books. Instead of making the quilt, I wanted to minimize my luggage while participating in the challenge. Although I didn't use all 12 blocks, I was able to use most of them in making my travel duffle bag and matching tote. Here's a photo of Earlene and I with my bags.

Locker Hook Rugs

Four years ago I made a locker hook rug for my husband for Christmas. Locker Hook rugs are made using fabric strips, cotton string, and rug canvas using a special tool that looks like a crochet hook with a large needle eye. It's an original design with my husband's sailboat as the center and the shoreline of Lake Murray as seen from our lake house. My second rug was the state of SC. Then I taught my sister to make them. She's made at least 20 rugs, teaches classes, and sells them. She even gave me one as a present.

Buzz Saw

Buzz Saw was made using forty 2 1/2" strips of civil war reproduction fabrics and twenty 2 1/2" civil war reproduction background fabrics along with a navy border fabric. The quilt was very easy to make. I really had fun quilting feathers in the light areas. Finished quilt is 60 x 72.

Floral Jelly Rolly

I made this quilt using 40 strips of different floral fabrics a couple of years ago. One of my friends quilted it for me for my birthday 2 years ago using her computerized longarm machine. I really appreciated her thoughtfulness in quilting of one of my quilts as a gift so I gave one of my friends a gift certificate for quilting one of her quilts for a housewarming gift.