It's Quilt Time

This was my first big guild show and while I hoped to place, landing in first was a happy surprise! I've also entered this quilt into an upcoming juried show (also my first), so keep your fingers crossed for me.

ALL THE BLOCKS ARE DONE!!!! This is not the final layout, there will be sashing between each block (to get to correct size without sewing more of these goddamn stars) and blue border. When done it should be a little less than 80x80.

Sometimes I get a stupid idea and I have to make it super fast before I decide its too stupid to see the light of day. It was also a good excuse to work on my paper piecing pattern making and while its not perfect I'm getting better at understanding how to design things that can actually be sewn together.

The quilt represents living with mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. All of the thread on the felt appliqué is silver.

This is my largest quilt to date (thank you friends who helped hold it up in the stairwell), and is the quilt I'm proudest of making. It's also the first quilt I'm thinking about exhibiting, so if anyone has any advice please let me know!

Made a snail pillow Snillow

This is what the back looks like

Better pictures to come but I am! So happy! To have mostly finished quilting this lad!!! Still need to bind the edges tho

and buy copies of the map here: https://www.miakora.com/fabric-map-of-africa

Here's a new link for purchasing purposes

A little quilt I made last year for absolutely no reason other than I thought it would be fun! I was inspired by stitch artist and illustrator Tanya Denyer and used her templates for the mushroom shapes.

This is one of three memory quilts I made a few years ago for the wife, mother, and daughter of a lovely man who died of cancer much too young. I mixed in a few of his dress shirts and T-shirts with other fabrics to make this one for his mom. She recently passed away as well which I was very sad to hear.

55"×65", rainbow jelly roll quilt I started last June and completed in the winter, but I've neglected to post. Eventually it made sense to just wait until now to share 🫶 happy pride month!! 🏳️‍🌈

Time to pick a new project.

Free Star Streams Scrappy Quilt Pattern https://www.fatquartershop.com/2023-star-streams-scrap-quilt-free-pdf-pattern?sscid=b1k8_dyfr4

-batting

i forgot i have quilt pics to post ☝️