"Making Quilted Mosaics"
at NSQG 2014 in North Platte
These wonderful ladies were a part of my classes when I taught them how to make a quilted mosaic quilt. We also talked about color and its properties so the natural outcome of that discussion was a quilted mosaic color study. What a wonderful time I had with both classes. I learned so much - as is always the case when teaching a group of talented quilters. The photo below shows how my quilt was displayed for the convention.
Nebraska State Fair Third Place Ribbon
Judy Hilferty found my quilt at the state fair. It received a 3rd place ribbon in the original design, large machine quilt division. There were a total of 660 quilts in the show.
State Fair Second Place Award 2013
COMPASS PLANT QUILT
I discovered this compass plant growing on the grounds of the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island.
You can see more about the Compass Plant
series on the Quilted Mosaics page.
series on the Quilted Mosaics page.
2013 Cattleman's Ball Art Show
Tina Simeon was my co-chairman for the 2013 Cattleman's Ball Art Show. She is a renown artist in her own right and I was privileged to be able to work with her. She has become a dear friend and I am so glad we accomplished this together.
My First Quilt
I was recently looking through some photo albums and came across this photo of my sister in 1973 holding the Sunbonnet Sue quilt I made her. She would have been five years old.
My first commission project
Also discovered in the album was this photo of the quilt that Nancy Chittenden commissioned for her niece, Alexandria Smith, to commemorate the US bi-centennial in 1976. She lived in three world cities, London, Houston, and Oslo. A note of the cities - each was on the coast and had two o's in their name. I asked $75 and she paid me $100. Even then, it wasn't enough.
