Markham Towne Quilter Guild is celebrating its 10th year as a group. The executive board designed a quilt pattern for members to share their memory of the past 10 years. The pattern is for a large quilt so I decided to just do the center part to make it smaller. I appreciate the executive board working very hard to make all this happen. #49x62 #Embroidery #FABRICPAINTING

The Markham Guild of Village Crafts is turning 45 years old this year. The Executive Board has decided to have a 45th Anniversary Challenge – we can design anything with “45”. I used the left over strips from a Jelly Roll to make a quilt while I was at the March retreat. I decided to embroider forty-five of “45” on the quilt which will be my entry to the challenge. I hope it will be fun to find all the “45”s. Happy Anniversary! #53x70 #Embroidery #Pieced

My daughter bought me the “ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CLASSIC QUILT PATTERNS” as a Christmas Present. I chose the Rock Star pattern which is also known as World without End or Rocky Road to Kansas. The pattern has bright colors against a dark background to give the design a sense of movement as the patterns merge and change. The star points are cut from strip-pieced bands and I used the decorative stitches from the sewing machine to take this pattern to the next level. I also used d

I checked out a quilt shop while I was visiting my sister in California. I saw a nice quilt hanging in the shop that had “scrumptious girl” embroidered and a phrase on each block. The most attractive parts are the phrases – “Good friends by your side”, “Scrumptious blessings”, “Free as a bird”, “Be kind to yourself”, “Angels do watch over”, “Fairies in my garden”…. The pattern is “Truly Scrumptious” by Natalie Lymer. I decided to purchase the pattern. It took me a while t

The pattern was designed by Black Cat Creations. #56x70 #Coloring #Embroidery #Pieced