I loved this quilt (Love Letters Quilt Pattern) from the first time I saw it on Kaye’s site.  Couldn’t wait until I got it I had so many ideas.  First I made the one that is similar color of the pattern.  Sent it to school with my daughter who showed it to the other teachers and staff at school.  I got a call and they wanted 5 more right away and 3 more by July.  I love making this quilt  because of the step-by-step instructions.  I have enclosed a photo of the first one I made.  Since then I have done some in burgundy and hunter green and purple and yellow.  Thank you Kaye for a neat pattern.

I have attached a Turning 20 4 x 4 that I made out of Japanese Fabrics for my American girlfriend and her Japanese husband for their wedding on May 16, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.  A friend machine quilted the quilt in a water pattern using purple thread that matched the purple fern backing.  I made the binding out of pieces of left over fabric giving it a patchwork effect.

This is a tablecloth I made for my daughter.  The colors are a little bright for me but she picked the fabric.  I have never used a template before these made it real easy.

I made this little quilt as a donation to our brand new Ogemaw County Animal Shelter. I choose the new “Pinwheel Square” pattern and the “Square” View & Do Shape (from Kaye Wood Inc.)  My local fabric store…Caroline’s Sewing Room sponsored a day long sew-a-thon where volunteers could come and sew for this worthy cause. It was fun to participate in this event, make some new friends and learn another easy quilt design.

This is a quilt I made for a wedding shower.  It is all in flannels. They loved it!

Attached are some pictures of the quilt I just finished.  These Dresden Plate blocks were pieced by Henrietta Rosenbaum Riedel (19 Sptember 1858 - 1964) at about 100 years of age.  I put the quilt together and had it quilted in a feather pattern with pale yellow thread for my aunt. Kona cotton is used for the background and borders and sateen for the backing with Quilters Dream Cotton Select batting.  When washed it will have an old timey feel.

This is a quilt that I did for my nephew’s wedding in March.  The colors go nice together.  They liked it very much.

This is quilt I made for my daughter and her husband for their wedding I did the yellow and blue because they live in the Turks and Caicos and it bright and cherry. It was all hand quilted.

Here is a picture of a quit with matching pillow that I
made and donated to my Scottish Deerhound Club for it’s auction to
support Deerhound health. It will be auctioned at the Specialty in St.
Louis in May.

I just wanted to send you a picture of the Spinning Diamonds that are not spinning.  I got the top done, now to decide what I want  to fill it with.

I took your certification class in Sun City on the 11th of Feb. The day before I had to fly back on MN.  OHHHHH, how I want to come back there.  Toooooo cold and snowy here.  We are expecting another 8 inches tomorrow.

Here is the quilt that we worked on yesterday.  Only two borders to go.  Darla from Wisc will finish it and then to raffle it will go!  We had a great time!  Cranking all day.  As you can see non of the machine are connected to electric. Only hand crank sewing machines allowed.

We used the Starmaker 8 Master Template and the techniques from the Rainbow Sherbet Quilt in Kaye’s Strip Cut Quilts Book.

I make charity wheel chair quilts for nursing homes in my area and a friend in Texas sent me sheet and other fabrics to restock my charity box.  So as a thank you I made this little nap time quilt for her.

This is the mystery quilt and sampler quilt I did last year. The pattern was given each month at our Guilt Guild.

A 91 year old named Helen of Standish, started this YoYo quilt about 20 years ago and only finished half of the quilt and put it away.  I told her I would help her finish it.  She was making the yo yo’s faster than I could cut out the circles.  It was finished in November 2008 and looks just beautiful.

This is a wall hanging that I made.   It is going to be raffled to raise money for a firefighter that has just had his second bout with a malignant brain tumor.  He’s been going through experimental treatment and his insurance won’t pay for all of the expenses.  His fellow firefighters are having a fundraiser for him to help defray the costs.

My husband and I recently purchased a beach house and so I’ve been given the task of making 4 quilts for each bedroom.  I began working on them in December and just completed the first two.  The purple/pink one is for my daughters full size bed and the green and pink one is for our queen size bed.  2 down…2 to go

At a rummage sale, in a paper sack marked “fabric scraps-25¢,” there were many small fabric pieces with these squares of vintage ladies quilting at the bottom.  A few months later I had this black and white quilt done.  It hangs in the place of honor in my sewing room.

Here is another quilt I made for 2008 MOMS4MARINES annual picnic, this one went over so good.  We sold alot of tickets and was able to raise money to send x-mas packages for our troops in Iraq.  It’s a very good cause and the families that come are growing every year.  It is an open picnic for any family that has a family member in the Marines, already in boot camp or going to boot camp, or deployed.  It’s a fun day for them all.  We always have a great time.

Marine Quilts gives quilts to the next of kin of our fallen soldiers to remind them that we feel for their sacrifice. You can go to their website to see examples and to get instructions for donating blocks.