September 20, 2012, Barb's Finished Christmas Quilt

September 20, 2012....My sister-in-law made this beautiful Christmas quilt. Here it is complete with the binding on it. The top picture shows the backing folded over the front. You can see the quilting clearly in the red backing material. That was done for Barb by her niece, Sheryl.

The bottom picture shows the finished masterpiece. I'm not a quilter, but I have learned that great artistry goes into assembling the block pieces by color and shape to create the final beauty.

September 14, 2012, Quilting a Christmas Quilt

September 14, 2012....Barb sent this quilt to her niece (my daughter) from Idaho for her to quilt on her room size quilting machine. The cat enjoyed it first. :)

July 23, 2012, Barb's Potholders

My sister-in-law made these cute potholders for their travel trailer: 

July 12, 2012, Seat Belt Covers-Padding

July 12, 2012....My daughter made these lusciously soft, beautifully embroidered, seat belt covers for my car:

May 19, 2012, Baby Girl Outfits

May 19, 2012....Sheryl made this adorable outfit for a niece who is expected to arrive in September. 

It is sized for a 6 month old because newborn babies always have more clothes than they can use before they outgrow them:

May 12, 2012 New Doll Outfits

May 12, 2012....Sheryl made these lucky doll some very cute new outfits:

February 7, 2012, God's Art and Embroidery Art

February 7, 2012....This is my cat, Lama, (God's handiwork) laying between a pair of beautiful hand-embroidered pillow cases:

January 29, 2011, Barb's Creative Non-breakable Frames for RV's

January 29, 2012....My Idaho sister-in-law, ever the creative one, is decorating a new Recreational Vehicle that she and my brother have recently purchased.

She wanted to make it just like home with family pictures in it.  However, she was afraid an ordinary glass frame might fall and break.  So here is the new frame on the refrigerator of their new RV -- made with a beautiful fabric. (And notice the beautiful babies.) You can get a better view by clicking on the picture to enlarge:

January 28, 2012: Assembling Julie's Quilt

January 28, 2012....My daughter is assembling the squares in a quilt that she is making for her daughter. The picture can't capture the deep richness of the colors or the complexity of putting the squares together:

January 11, 2012....Crocheted and Quilted Flower Basket

January 11, 2012....My daughter won this beautiful crocheted and quilted flower basket at an Alzheimer's fund-raising quilt auction:


This is what the artist wrote: 

Width: 10" Length: 8"

Designer: Original design

Materials/Techniques: This was a dresser scarf that I re-made into a quilt. It has a lovely and colorful three-dimensional thread crocheted appliqué, machine quilting, a batik piping and a batik backing and binding.

Artist Statement: This quilt is made from an estate sale find - someone worked very hard to make a dresser scarf and I wanted to give it a new life as a Priority Quilt. The workmanship in the thread crocheting is beautiful and deserved to be seen again!

Dedication: To my Dad, who we lost to Alzheimer's on December 14, 2010.