2016 – Rainbow Hearts

The Rochester Modern Quilt Guild is helping the Orlando MQG collect heart quilts in rainbow colors for anyone effected by the June 12 shooting at Pulse. Here are the blocks I’m contributing.

Rainbow Hearts for Orlando Modern Quilt Guild

May we all live in harmony.

Complete – 2015 Princess’s Crown

This crib quilt is based on the traditional King’s Crown block, but I renamed it to reflect its size and color scheme.

2015 Princess’s Crown

This will go to the Genesee Valley Quilt Club’s Love and Comfort Quilt project. Here are some details, showing the crown details in the quilting:

2015 Princess’s Crown – front detail

2015 Princess’s Crown – corner detail

2015 Princess’s Crown – quilting detail

2015 Princess’s Crown – showing back

Everything for this quilt came out of my fabric stash, including the backing. With this completion, I have only one unquilted project waiting in the wings.

Complete – 2015 Big Square

I finally took the photos for this charity baby quilt.

2015 Big Square

This has been donated to the Rochester Modern Quilt Guild’s charity effort to provide quilts for a local neonatal unit. Here are some details:

2015 Big Square – front detail of quilting

2015 Big Square – complete back

2015 Big Square – back detail showing quilting

I like the texture of channel quilting; it makes running a hand along the quilt fun.

Quiltfest is This Weekend!

“The Universe of Quilts”

June 5-7, 2015
Gordon Field House, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
http://www.GeneseeValleyQuiltFest.com
HOURS:
Friday, June 5, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Saturday, June 6, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Sunday, June 7, 9:00am to 4:00pm

Display of 600 quilts, workshops, lectures, demos, vendor mall.

2015 GVQC Raffle Quilt

Update – Charity Quilt Blocks

Here are views of quilts made with charity blocks I posted November 21.

Spring 2014 Charity Quilt – Rochester Modern Quilt Guild
String Pieced on Foundations

I contributed two blocks to this quilt. It was one of five the Rochester Modern Quilt Guild donated to Bivona Child Advocacy Center this fall.

Fall 2014 Charity Quilt – Rochester Modern Quilt Guild
Crazy Scrappy Flower Blocks

This quilt is being assembled now by a member of RMQG and will be among those donated in 2015 to a local charity. In this photo, the blocks are being arranged on her design wall.

Guild members are still making blocks for the spool quilt; an update will be posted later.

African Themed Comfort Quilt – 2013

African-Themed Comfort Quilt

Inspired by a black and white fabric from Mali, this crib/lap quilt was made in 2013 and donated through the Genesee Valley Quilt Club. More of the imported fabric makes the back interesting. Black, white, and tan play well together.

Back of African-Themed Comfort Quilt

Ohio Star Comfort Quilt – 2013

 

Detail – Ohio Star Comfort Quilt

Here is a charity quilt from 2013 in the ever popular Ohio Star pattern. It was contributed to the Love and Comfort Quilts project of the Genesee Valley Quilt Club.

Ohio Star Comfort Quilt

This is lap/crib sized with 12″ blocks – so about 40″ x 53″. All the fabrics were out of my stash, giving it a scrappy but coordinated look. The backing was originally from my mother’s linen closet.

Back – Ohio Star Comfort Quilt

Charity Blocks – 2014

Charity Block -Crazy Scrappy Flower

As a member of the Rochester Modern Quilt Guild, I have contributed 12-1/2″ blocks to several group quilts we have constructed for local charities. Here are a few of them.

For the block above, everyone made a flower in their choice of color and surrounded it with any green.

Charity Blocks – String Piecing on Foundation

I made two of the string pieced blocks. Everyone started with a white diagonal stripe; they were joined to form diamonds across the quilt.

Charity Block – Modern Spool

Our current project will join everyone’s modern spool blocks. The “thread” is foundation pieced to add a fresh twist on a traditional design.

Finished – Log Cabin Pin Wheel Quilt Set on Point – 2014

Finished binding the log cabin comfort quilt yesterday.

Front of the log cabin charity quilt, using a pin wheel arrangement set on point.

Log Cabin Pin Wheel showing back

Since I am donating it to the Love and Comfort Quilt effort of the Genesee Valley Quilt Club, I’ve taken several detail pics:

Center of Log Cabin Pin Wheel, showing the red pin wheel

Backing material for Log Cabin Pin Wheel

Detail – Log Cabin Pin Wheel

Detail – Log Cabin Pin Wheel

Detail – Log Cabin Pin Wheel

Detail – Log Cabin Pin Wheel

Update – Log Cabin Pin Wheel Set on Point – 2014

Here are the sketches made before piecing was done. Plan is at 45 degrees to put design on point.

Sketches for Log Cabin Pinwheel Set

Piecing is nearly finished. Here’s a corner, along with fabric for the backing. Fussy-cut block centers were cut from this fabric.

Log Cabin Top and Backing Fabric