January 2022 Show & Tell

Anne Rihanek

Nightengale

Sparrows

Juniper Basket by Sotak Handmade

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Jeanne Allen

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Connie Somers

I just finished the house quilt which is for my newborn niece. The pictures in the center are of her closest relatives. This is the quilt I was putting together at the fall retreat. I have included a pic of the label on the back of the quilt. Both quilts are hand quilted, as are all of my quilts except for those destined for charity.

The red and white quilt I made in 2008 has been on our bed ever since. It is a variation of Robbing Peter to Pay Paul. The scalloped edge echoes the quilting pattern around the edge.

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 Marlene Hayek

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Lisa Spring

I made this wall hanging from half of a Call of the Wild fabric panel.

It measures 34" X 48 ".

Using the Acorn Harvest fat quarter bundle, I made this quilt called 

Libby's Log Cabin. It measures 60" X 75". It was designed by Marianne Fons. 

I used Creative Grid's Wing Clipper to make the stars.

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Becky Middleton

   

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Nancy Elgin

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Nancy Taylor

Ruffled Zippy Bags for Trail Ridge Quilters

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Kathy Bryson

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Johanna Gengler

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Susan Sears

I bought these fabrics in Grand Lake this past fall. I plan to make a
traditional Amish quilt with only black and these colors.

Spotlight on Quilts

 Donna Bryson sent me these photos in January.

Pieced maple leaf table runner in fall grunge fabrics; and Amish folded corner pot holder also in fall colors.  I quilted both on my domestic machine.  They are Christmas gifts for my daughter Wendi.

Pieced bear claw table runners made with the Estes Park yardage designed by and sold at the Stitchin’ Den.  Both were made with a strip piecing method from YouTube vides from Missouri Star Quilt Company.  I plan to have these quilted soon.  The longer one will be donated to Trail Ridge Quilters for sale and the shorter one I will keep for my own table.  These were fun to make and pretty easy.

Inspiration in Tucson

 I visited this Tucson quilt shop today, just one on a list of several. I'm searching for inspiration and found some exciting patterns, but I was disappointed they were entirely out of cactus-themed fabrics.

Fortunately, it was a fabulous day to photograph the sky and mountains. Here are a couple of inspiring scenes.

      Judy Andersen

Golden sunset on Saguaro cactus foothills

Sunset on Catalina Mountains