African Quilt

This is Sheila's African Quilt, inspired by and made with some fabrics actually purchased in Africa, 

plus some purchased at Fabric Depot in Portland, OR. 

The pantograph used on the quilt is called, "Triangle Transit" by Marjorie Busby

This is one of the African fabrics. It was purchased in Cameroon.

It was the inspiration for the color and fabric choices for the quilt.

This is another of the African fabrics. And, this one was purchased in Ghana.

This fabric was purchased at a quilt show in Portland, OR 

from a booth that sold African fabrics. I don't know where it is from but I really like it.

The quilt pattern is "Hip to Be Square". One of my most favorite patterns!

It is so versatile. 

It is a simple quilt pattern and can be used with any fabric. 

These are a few of my favorite fabric combinations for the blocks.

It is a wonderful quilt! And so colorful and so happy!

Sheila Hearts Redwork

Don't you love Redwork quilts?

This one was made by Sheila B. It is a cute, sweet quilt! Perfect!

 Don't you love this Scalloped Heart block?

And, this Heart in Hand block is wonderful! 

Sheila has used this extra block as her Signature Block on the back of the quilt.

I custom quilted this quilt with meandering around each Redwork and in the white sections of the pieced blocks and then quilted Walking Feathers in the sashing. The Walking Feathers look like Hearts!

Blue and White Beach Quilt

Sheila B. made a blue and white beach quilt with lighthouses, beach landscape and beach chairs on the fabric.
Doesn't it look great on my bed?

I love the plaid fabric added in the 9 Patch blocks.

I was thinking that I would love to sit in those chairs and just relax at the beach.

Or, maybe, this single chair would be nicer... Hmmm....

Purple & Green French Braid Quilt

I worked on my mother's purple & green French Braid quilt a while back and realized that I hadn't posted the pictures. Mom chose the "Chocolate Swirl Feathers" pantograph for the quilting. She was staying with me when I quilted it so she was able to watch as the quilting "magically" appeared on the quilt. It is always fun to watch the thread create a beautiful design on the quilt top. It is such a striking looking quilt. I love the purple and green fabric combination!

Quilting Black Thread on Black Fabric

This is a my Mom's Mystery Quilt from quiltaholics.com. The block is called Sisters Choice and is made from black solid fabric and brights tone-on-tone fabrics. I freehand/custom quilted feathers on it with black thread. It was a challenge to quilt because black thread on black fabric is really hard to see. I had to be very careful not to make mistakes because it is even harder to see to rip it back out! It is a really beautiful quilt!