Nansi's Row

Nansi requested a Christmas theme for her quilt. Here are the completed rows I received:


This was fun for the last quilt I had to work on, and I decided to make a row of 2" Variable Stars, one of my favorite blocks. Here is the result:

This has been a great project. I'm excited to get the rows for my quilt back and put them together!

Mini Fabric Bowls

I've been playing with some fabric bowls for a swap on Art4Mail. They average about 3" across the top, and they would be great for holding pins or beads or anything little. They're fun to make and I have so many ideas for more! Here are some I've done so far:

Candy's Row

Candy's theme was quite a challenge. She requested rows that represented a children's story. Here are the completed rows I received in the package - The Ugly Duckling, Three Little Pigs and Goldilocks and the Three Bears:



I finally settled on The Three Little Kittens for my row. Here is the result:

Julie's Row

Here is Julie's row of baskets and some wonderful hexagon flowers that Virginia made to go with them:


I wanted to do some geometric blocks to go with them. I don't like orange, but I seem to use it a lot. Here's what I came up with:


The photo seems a little washed out, the row is very bright! I'm happy with it and glad to be all caught up!

15 minutes of fame?

OK, so maybe this isn't it. But I think it's the most any non-quilt related media has ever written about me. A reporter from my local paper called to do an interview last week about the quilt I had accepted for AQS-Paducah. Here is what she wrote. I'm cringing at some of the inaccuracies, and at being the focus of anyone's attention, but I guess it's not so bad. There were pictures in the print version of the article, apparently they don't put those online.

Paducah Bound!

Well, at least my quilt is... The quilts travel way more than I do! Yesterday I received the "big envelope" from AQS saying my quilt, Star Chain, had been accepted for the show. Here it is:


It's a miniature, about 16" x 16", and a replica of a queen size quilt I designed for my guild's 2008 summer scrap quilt.

Virginia's Row

Keeping up with the first row was a bit of a challenge, keeping up with the blog even more so... My first row was a couple days late and I'm finally posting the pictures. Here is Virginia's original row:

She requested scrappy rows which was a bit different from what I usually do, but I knew right away I would make some traditional star blocks to go with her log cabins. Here is the result:


The next package arrived with Julie's rows before I even finished this one, so hopefully this month I can catch up!

finally getting started

I set up this blog quite a while ago and never learned to use it. But with a new miniature row robin project that just started, I want to be able to share the quilts in progress, so I guess it's time! Here's my starting row:

I decided to work with batik fabrics in cool bright colors and I love stars so I chose that as my theme. My row will be 2 1/4" wide when it is finished, about 14" long. I mailed the row and some extra fabrics off to Nansi this week and have already received a package from Virginia to work on next.