Traditional Quilts
Traditional Quilts
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I joined the Farmington Valley Quilters Inc. (FVQI) in 2001 and soon joined several other quilting groups: Outside the Block, Women Against the Grain, and Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA). I was a board member of FVQI for many years and served as president in 2019–2020.
I have always enjoyed making traditional quilts as well as art quilts. I have made bed quilts for my family, lots of baby quilts, and wedding gifts. I like having people use them and love them, but as much as I encourage their use on beds, many of my quilts end up hanging on the wall.
Homespun Heaven
Cotton quilt, machine quilted
2004. 43 x 50 inches
Will You Still Love Me When I’m 64?
Cotton quilt, machine quilted
2006. 64 x 74 inches
I made this quilt for my 64th birthday. I picked the prettiest colors I had and combined them in the happiest combinations I could imagine. Then I set these 64 traditional churn dash blocks a little off kilter.
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These two quilts are made from the same block set in very different ways. The block is called a half square triangle. One half of my blocks are solid triangles, the other half are string pieced, made from stringing many scraps together and cutting the resulting “fabric” into right triangles. Can you find these blocks in the two quilts?
String Pieced Triangles 1
Cotton quilt, machine quilted
2008. 41 x 47 inches
String Pieced Triangles 2
Cotton quilt, machine quilted
2008. 51 x 62 inches
This quilts below are examples of blocks set on point. The first is made of nine patches; the second is of four patches.
straight set
set on point
straight set
set on point
With a Lot of Help from My Friends
Cotton quilt, pieced by me and professionally machine quilted by Sandra Frizzell
2006. 76 x 87 inches
My Gold Charm Quilt
Cotton quilt, hand quilted
2011. 90 x 97 inches
I made this reproduction of a pre–Civil War quilt (right) for our 50th wedding anniversary.
Pre–Civil War Quilt
Cotton quilt, hand quilted Circa 1850. 74 x 90 inches
I love this antique quilt, but it is beyond repair. I collected similar vintage and reproduction fabrics to make My Gold Charm Quilt.
Happy Scrap Quilt
Cotton quilt, machine quilted
2013. 45 x 44 inches
Going Dotty
Cotton quilt, machine quilted
2020. 39 x 39 inches
Patio
Cotton quilt, machine quilted
2017. 58 x 61 inches
These three quilts are made with the same block pattern, but of different sizes. The blocks are six, nine, and eighteen inches respectively.
IRMA versus the FL Power Grid
Cotton quilt, machine quilted
2017. 56 x 60 inches
Variation 4
Cotton quilt, machine quilted
2018. 38 x 39 inches
Moments That Took Our Breath Away
Cotton quilt, machine quilted
2017. 50 x 56 inches
Remembering a total eclipse of the sun: Howard and I flew our Cessna and camped out under the wing at the Hopkinsville, Kentucky, airport on August 21, 2017, to see the once-in-our-lifetime total solar eclipse.
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Flying Off in All Directions
Cotton quilt, machine quilted
Cotton quilt, machine quilted 2015. 49 x 50 inches
quilt back
Crazy Eyes
Cotton quilt, machine quilted 2015. 54 x 53 inches
This quilt started as the back for Flying Off in All Directions (previous page), but it felt too busy to use as the back, so I made a second quilt with it and made a simpler back for the other.
quilt back
Key Lime Pie
Cotton quilt, machine quilted
2018. 52 x 54 inches
This was a mystery quilt. A mystery quilt is a project that you don’t see before you sew! You are presented with block patterns for individual portions of the quilt, but you don’t see the finished design beforehand—
you follow detailed instructions to make each block, and the design of the quilt unfolds as you work. In this particular mystery, I decided to make each block a little wonky by adding random strips of black before sewing the blocks together. After sewing the borders, I decided to appliqué some of the border flowers onto the center.
It’s Time to Fly
Cotton quilt, machine quilted
2018. 82 x 88 inches
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