Face quilts

In May 2011 my wonderfully creative mother died at the age of 85. Her death was unexpected but not surprising - nonetheless, it still left a void in my sewing spirit. Several trips, alone, driving back and forth between Michigan and New York gave me a lot of time to process and think. When I returned from the funeral, I also returned to my empty sewing studio. The only problem was that I was not ready to be around a lot of people. I wanted to play. I didn't want to work. I put things on hold…

With the release of the DVD and digital download of “Quilting Arts TV Series 1900,” I realized I’d forgotten to share some of the photos I took of the shoot in September! Here are photos of our guest artists: Leni Levenson Wiener, Ana Buzzalino, Susan Lenz, Mary Lou Donahue-Weidman, Heidi Lund, Ann Loveless, Kristine Lundblad, Teresa Shippy, and Ellen Lindner. Other guests in Series 1900 (shot previously) include Joann Sharpe, Melissa Averinos, Wendy Butler Berns, Jane Davila, and Grace…

Finished!! 😊👏 If interested, this kit was purchased from https://qfth.ca/products/how-eye-roll-quilt-kit?_pos=2&_psq=how+eye&_ss=e&_v=1.0 I really like machine quilting on wool!!

We were really excited to see this piece by artist Leslie Gabriëlse at the 2014 AQS show . Featured in the SAQA Masters II exhibit , Woma...

Have you ever wanted to turn a photograph into a quilt? That's exactly what we've been doing in the Meander Quilt Guild this month! I started with a photo of my beautiful Grandmother, Dorothy, taken right around the time of her wedding. Isn't she stunning? I then turned that photograph into a design that I could use.

Every year, thousands of quilters and quilt lovers descend on Houston, Texas for the International Quilt Festival and Quilt Market. This year, Quilt Festival is from November 2-5, 2023. Many attendees’ favorite part of their annual trip is seeing the Festival Judged Show presented by Quilts, Inc.

This quilt is the beginning of a self portrait with Sheila. Her cat is named Shadow. Here is Sheila working on her self portrait and she...

The People and Portraits exhibit celebrates the expressiveness of the human face in stunning quilts created by an international array of ar...

Another finished wall hanging from far away and up close! I’ve really combined everything I love for this one - design, longarming, appliqué and figure drawing. I’m looking forward to creating more in this series ☺️ • • • • • #longarmquilting #quilting #quilt #quilts #quiltersofinstagram #longarmquilter #quiltsofinstagram #machinequilting #longarmquiltingservices #quilter #handiquilter #modernquilting #freemotionquilting #sewing #quiltingismytherapy #quiltingfun #clientquilt #customquilting…