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Crib QuiltsI’ve also enjoyed making several baby quilts, including a Pinwheel quilt for my Goddaughter (I love the “angel bears” fabric in the outer borders and some of the setting squares), a Weathervane Quilt, a Rainbow Stars quilt, a Nine-Patch quilt,and a Double Irish Chain quilt. read more »
Fabric Packet Sampler SwapIn 1995, I hosted the “Fabric Packet Sampler Swap,” or FPSS, for members of rec.crafts.textiles.quilting and Quiltnet. For this exchange, participants assembled a packet of fabrics and mailed it to the next person in the circle. (I used groups of twelve.) That person pieced a sampler block for the packet’s owner using fabrics from the packet as well as coordinating fabrics… read more » 
Round Robin QuiltsParticipating in round robins also helped me improve my skills – and as you might have guessed, inspired my second novel. I contributed the twisted ribbon border to this round robin top, and liked it so much I used it in Sarah’s Sampler in The Quilter’s Apprentice. For the second, I contributed the zigzag border. … read more » 
Heather's LibraryAn original design made in honor of my sister when she received her Master of Library Science degree from UCLA. I found the perfect fabric for the globe, which you can see in this close up. In March of 1999, I made another version of this quilt, which I gave away in a drawing at my first book signing for The… read more » 
Nadir's QuiltA signature quilt made for one of my husband’s friends from graduate school. Before Nadir left Penn State to return to his home in Turkey, the other grad students in their lab wrote farewell messages on panels of white fabric, which I sewed around a central Mariner’s Compass block. The Mariner’s Compass represented our wishes for his safe journey home—and our… read more » 
Fighting Irish ChainA Triple Irish Chain quilt I made as a birthday gift for my husband. I used several of his favorite Notre Dame T-shirts and sweatshirts he had been wearing (and wearing out) since college. (1/97) read more »
Vineyard StarThe name for this Log Cabin eight-pointed star variation came from the grapevine-motif fabric I used for the outer border. This is a computer-drafted, foundation paper pieced pattern. (Click here for the pattern and assembly instructions for this quilt.) read more »
Watercolor QuiltThis quilt is based upon a design from a book by Pat Maixner Magaret and Donna Ingram Slusser. It turned out nice—but much larger than expected, because I thought I was supposed to add a half-inch to each two-inch square for the seam allowance! read more »
Little FansA friend of my mother-in-law selected the pattern from American Patchwork and Quilting magazine and purchased the fabric; I made the quilt for her. read more »
PotholdersI made these potholders for the sales reps of Simon & Schuster to thank them for their hard work. (These six-inch blocks are the same patterns that appear in Sarah’s Sampler.) When my husband saw the finished potholders spread out on the floor, he dubbed them “The Potholder Armada.” I liked the name so much I’ve used it ever since! … read more » |