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Harriet's Horrible Hair Day
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| How
I Started Quilting
An adult education course introduced
me to quilting. I started with a pieced pillow using hand-embroidered
birds in the center of four blocks. My second project was a lap
quilt in the quilt-as-you-go method, then I sewed my first bed quilt
using the Log Cabin pattern.
Now my favorite technique is paper-piecing where I can use tiny
bits of fabric to create precision designs.
I used to hand quilt everything, but with time constraints (and
a busier life), I primarily machine quilt the larger pieces and
hand quilt wall hangings.
Quilting is a part of me...and I love it! |
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(Above) -- This is my
first quilt project from 1979. I hand-embroidered birds from designs
found in a Pennsylvania Dutch book. In the quilting class, we learned
to design and create templates. I'm amazed at how well the fabric
has lasted; virtually no fading. |
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| It seems
some of my most creative projects develop from quilt challenges or
contests. They promote me to think in new ways and stretch my creativity.
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Wedding
Gift Quilt
Strip pieced and free-hand
machine quilted, this is a wedding gift for a friend. It's a wall
hanging. All the prints used are nature themed. The navy blue diamond
fabric pictures stars, and the red centers are printed with delicate
white butterflies. A golden brown-yellow leaf print forms
the inner diamonds with green print centers. A medium blue print
border frames the quilt. This is my second project using free-hand
machine quilting...and I love it. So easy!
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Tropical
Treasures
This is my 1999 Challenge
Quilt entry for my quilt guild's annual contest. The contest theme:
Glitz Under the Sea. I learned many new techniques designing this
quilt. It is machine pieced, appliquéd, machine and hand quilted.
It also includes beadwork. I created the two seahorses (bottom center)
with free-style machine embroidery.
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| Who
Me?
This is my entry in the 1998 Challenge
Quilt Contest. The theme: Things You Enjoy. Again, this is entirely
paper pieced. I used machine embroidery for the titles on the book
spines and hand embroidery for the ruler markings, cat whiskers,
and butterfly antenna. Though you cannot see it, I also machine
embroidered some of my favorite things in words on the border fabric.
The quilt is also decorated with buttons; some of them are a bird
house, an angel, Egyptian hieroglyphics and an apple. This is hand
quilted.
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| Patchwork
Tablecloth
Using an assortment of
decorator fabric swatches that I won at my quilt guild's annual
auction, I sewed this tablecloth for the new kitchen table. I joined
the patches with a machine-sewn satin stitch -- oval shaped sewn
with white thread.
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