My very first quilt. from 2002, is “My Wild Heritage,” made in a 10-week class for Heritage quilts. I was told to use only white or beige colors, with perhaps a bit of baby blue ribbon. When I showed up with these materials I was told “You can’t do that” because it wouldn’t be a Heritage quilt. In my lifetime I have often been told what I can’t do.
This quilt won a second place ribbon for the appliqué category in the 2014 South Valley Quilt Association show in Morgan Hill, CA.
This is “Sarah’s Rose Cabin.” Every time she took me to the fabric store Sarah would start pointing to the materials with roses in the pattern, saying she wants “this one and this one and this one…” but I would say no, I wouldn’t do it, it would be ugly to use every rose fabric in the store. In 2012 I finally relented in part – every rose fabric without yellow in it (I never use yellow,) and leaving aside a particular set of fabrics I promised to use for another quilt later. This is what I came up with, “Sarah’s Roses.” 7/12
This is a memorial quilt for my friend George, of small size measuring only 35″x35″. The center front blocks are called “Carpenter’s Square,” made in honor of all the work George did in my house, and many others. The back has carpenter’s tools and pigs, which our friends will understand completely. This quilt aims to show two sides of our complex George, the beautiful and the riotous fun. And his many, many tools. All my love. 06/15
(The original pattern.)
The Wedding Quilt
I never work with yellow, but John and his bride asked for primary colors, and after 40 years of friendship I had to give him what he wanted, so here is a wedding quilt for a first marriage at age 69 and there is a baseball story here.
John is an LA Dodgers fan, so I built him a Dodger Blue baseball diamond, with his star pitcher Clayton Kershaw in the center on the mound. However, Our SF Giants star pitcher, Madison Bumgarner, hit a grand slam off of Kershaw this year, so the star is surrounded with Giants orange.
Sorry, John, had to do it. But done with much, much love.
6/16