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Valentine paper pieced heart fabric postcard

2013-05-27T19:40:00.002-06:00

For Valentines Day I sent out paper pieced fabric postcards. Another class offered from the The Quilt Works, taught by Carol Bell.

Graduation fabric postcards

2013-05-27T13:17:00.002-06:00

I made some fabric postcards for the 2013 graduation season...I just appliqued a cap and glued a tassel and a button to finish the top...

dove paper pieced wall hanging

2013-05-27T13:14:00.000-06:00

I made a wall hanging for a friend who had her 20 year old son diagnosed with cancer. She has a real connection with doves and all they stand for. I wanted to make something to let her know I was thinking about her and praying for her and her son daily. I decided to do a paper pieced dove and incorporated the fact that her son loves to duck hunt. I quilted the wall hanging with more doves and crosses in the corners draped in a cancer ribbon...

Crested Crane from Uganda wall hanging

2013-05-27T12:41:00.003-06:00

I had a friend from church who was in the process of adopting a child from Uganda and she was asking for donations for a silent auction to benefit the orphanage. I knew I had to do a wall hanging and I wanted to incorporate Uganda somehow. After some research on Uganda for ideas, the flag was drawing me in because it had a "Crested Crane" on it. I decided to incorporate the national bird into the wall hanging. This is what she posted on facebook about the entry..."My AMAZINGLY generous and talented friend, Alicia, made this quilt for a silent auction benefit inch our daughters orphanage in Uganda. I'm happy to report that this quilt went home with a 9 year old girl who was adopted from Uganda 2 years ago. Thank you, Alicia!"

This was not the exact picture I made the template from, but I just wanted to post a picture so you could get an idea...

This is the picture of the table at the auction ready for a bid...

Color Confidence Class #6 - continued

2012-03-01T13:11:00.000-07:00

OK, so I just could not stop there. I really wanted to do something for my kids. We love to watch Mamma Mia. I decided I would make a Mamma Mia quilt using all the songs from the soundtrack as the inspiration. Mamma had too much fun shopping for the fabics for this one. It was a challenge, but it was worth it.

All of the classes in this series were from the book called Color from the Heart by Gai Perry offered at The Quilt Works. This class was taught by Dana Brabson and Becky Welch.

Here are the songs:

The Winner Takes All

Chiquitita

Name of the Game

Slipping Through My Fingers

Does Your Mother Know?

Our Last Summer

S.O.S

Honey, Honey

Super Trooper & Under Attack

Lay All Your Love on Me

Dancing Queen

Mamma Mia

I Have a Dream

Take a Chance on Me

Gimmie! Gimmie! Gimmie! (a Man After Midnight)

Thank You for the Music

Waterloo

Money, Money

Voulez-Vous

Color Confidence # 6 - Visualization

2012-03-01T12:38:00.001-07:00

This class we had to pick a memory, person, or a story. We needed to pick fabrics that told a story about that person or memory or create a landscape of the memory. I ended up picking my dad for the person. I made this wallhanging for a Christmas present.

Here is his story...He is proud to be an American. He loves sports, all sports: football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and Nascar. His favorite teams are Vikings, Twins, Lobos, Golden Gophers and Dale Jarett. He is from Minnesota and loves to fish and hunt. He was in the Air Force. He sells produce. He loves his grandkids and always has the paper with the sports section close by. He loves to play pool every Friday night. Miller Lite is a big part of his character. I could not find fabric with this logo, so I bought a button down shirt and used the fabric from that. I also could not find Lobo material, so I had to print my own. It is kinda crazy, but so is he, ha ha. Love you DAD!

All of the classes in this series were from the book called Color from the Heart by Gai Perry offered at The Quilt Works. This class was taught by Dana Brabson and Becky Welch.

Color Confidence Class # 5 - Inspiration

2012-03-01T12:21:00.000-07:00

This class we were to take an object and pull colors from that object and create our quilt. I picked the very first art piece that my 5 year old daughter did at her art class. She also did and inspiration piece, she chose to recreate a piece by Frank Stella. Dottie added glitter to her piece, so I added red gems. It was fun. This design was called Trip Around the World.

All of the classes in this series were from the book called Color from the Heart by Gai Perry offered at The Quilt Works. This class was taught by Dana Brabson and Becky Welch.

Color Confidence Class #4 - Contrast

2012-03-01T12:12:00.001-07:00

For this class we had to pick three contrasting colors. The book suggested red, yellow, and blue. I just could not bring myself to do this, so my teacher suggested purple, orange, and green. I was much happier with this selection. I was not too sure about the Cake Stand Block, but it grew on me.

All of the classes in this series were from the book called Color from the Heart by Gai Perry offered at The Quilt Works. This class was taught by Dana Brabson and Becky Welch.

Color Confidence Class #3 - Value Recognition

2012-03-01T12:08:00.000-07:00

This class was made using Granny Squares. I decided to tie knot this quilt since my Grandmother always quilted this way. I did not use a loft batting, so this method was very hard to do. But I did it.

All of the classes in this series were from the book called Color from the Heart by Gai Perry offered at The Quilt Works. This class was taught by Dana Brabson and Becky Welch.

Color Confidence Class #2 Color Enrichment

2012-03-01T12:04:00.000-07:00

For this class we had to pick two colors. I picked pink and green. This wall hanging is now in the "PIG" bathroom. This quilt design is called Broken Dishes.

All of the classes in this series were from the book called Color from the Heart by Gai Perry offered at The Quilt Works. This class was taught by Dana Brabson and Becky Welch.

Color Confidence Class #1 Spontaneity

2011-07-04T13:26:00.001-06:00

It feels good to be sewing again. A little rusty, but very happy.

All of the classes in this series were from the book called Color from the Heart by Gai Perry offered at The Quilt Works. This class was taught by Dana Brabson and Becky Welch.

The Quilted House

2011-07-04T13:22:00.000-06:00

Brian and Traci - Wedding gift

2010-06-08T15:47:00.000-06:00

This is a wall hanging that I made

for my Aunt and Uncle who got married on my

Grandparent's 61st wedding anniversary.

Baby Jorgen Announcement (Fabric Postcard)

2009-09-19T13:53:00.004-06:00

This is a postcard I made for an exchange with Art2Mail. There is a link to a new website called "We Love Quilting" under the links on this blog. Now the exchange groups are 4 instead of 25. There was no theme assigned so I did a birth announcement for my son who was born on August 28, 2009. The baby shower was a patriotic theme diaper party. We called it a "Labor Day" party. Hopefully this explains the design of the card.

Back Pocket (Fabric Postcard)

2009-08-28T00:48:00.000-06:00

This was another postcard I made for an exchange with Art2Mail. I wanted to make something that looked like the pocket of Wrangler jeans using my embroidery machine.

Echoes of the Past

2009-08-27T15:11:00.000-06:00

This is a quilt that was offered as a class at The Quilt Works. Elizabeth A. Dawson designed and instructed the class. It was similar to a block of the month (BOM). This class taught all techniques of quilting.

Ragedy Anne Dolls

2009-08-27T15:01:00.000-06:00

These are the Ragedy Anne dolls I made for the girls. One has a farm dress and the other has a lady bug dress. Those are the themes of the girls rooms. I will never do clothes ever again. I am not a seamstress. (:>

Denim Quilt

2009-08-24T15:40:00.000-06:00

I made this quilt for Steven. It is made from all his old Wrangler jeans. I took a class at The Quilt Works instructed by Judy Botsford. I attended the last class on my due date with Dottie. I included squares with holes to add character, but now I wish I didn't.

Katie's Quilt (Crayon Quilt)

2009-08-24T15:33:00.000-06:00

Instead of having a shower when I was pregnant with Katie, I decided to have a quilt party. All of my friends and family made a square for a block and I pieced them all together. The party took place 3 weeks after she was born, but several blocks were done before we knew the gender. It was a bug themed quilt and to this day Katie is know as "Katie Bug."

Butterfly Quilt (Stack-n-whack)

2009-08-24T15:24:00.000-06:00

This is the butterfly quilt I made for Dottie while I was pregnant with her. I took a class at The Quilt Works instructed by Shirley Brabson.

Denim Braid (Fabric Postcard)

2009-08-24T15:14:00.000-06:00

My mother-in-law made a vest using this technique, so I decided to try it on a postcard. On the vest, I asked her to use Harley Davidson material instead of the bandanna pattern.

Valentine Penguin (Fabric Postcard)

2009-08-24T14:39:00.000-06:00

The theme for one of the Art2Mail postcard exchanges was the holidays. I could not settle for a penguin Christmas card, so I decided to try a Valentine Penguin card.

Dorothy (Fabric Postcard)

2009-08-24T14:33:00.000-06:00

I made this card for my oldest daughter. Her name is Dorothy (Dottie) named after both of her great grandmothers.

Penguin Block (Fabric Postcard)

2009-08-24T14:18:00.000-06:00

I am a penguin collector and I just had to try to make a penguin block work as a postcard. I think I was successful.

Hot Air Balloon (Fabric Postcard)

2009-08-24T14:10:00.000-06:00

This is the first fabric postcard I ever made after attending a demo by Carol Bell which was held at The Quilt Works in Albuquerque.