Last night the Carl Hall Gallery at the Hallie Ford Museum reopened after being closed some months for a remodel of the space and a rehanging of the collection. Too much schmoozing on my part got in the way of photos, but if you are out and about, take a look. It’s very elegant and […]
Tag: Quilts
Sunflower Quilt
I went to a quilt show in Aurora in 2006 and took a bunch of photos. Yesterday I found the program from the show and the info on this beautiful quilt. “Sunflower, by Matilda Knight Stauffer, first wife of Jacob Satuffer. We know the quilt was finished before 1867 because Matilda died giving birth to […]
The Shirt Quilt
Today I finished step one, two and three of the next quilt (or now I’m thinking the next 2 quilts): Cut up the shirts and remove all the buttons: stop for a coffee fold up the fabric and make all the left-over seams into some cool looking balls (I don’t have ANY idea what you […]
The Height of Summer
This is it–the middle of the summer and a big heat wave coming. Sharon called and said to come get some dahlias as they don’t like the heat coming toward us (102) so I went over early and we picked a bouquet to take to my Mom, a lover of pink. Sharon has rigged up […]
Quilts in Sisters, OR
Last week was quilt week in Sisters, OR, culminating in the big outdoor quilt show Saturday. I drove over Wednesday with sister-in-law LeeAnn and quilting buddy Cynthia for some workshops and some fun. We stayed at Long Hollow Ranch about 12 miles outside of Sisters. It’s an old farm converted to a B&B with the […]
The New Quilt
I was looking at Cynthia’s blog today and saw her newest, lovely, mostly-white quilt, and thought maybe I’d post something on the quilt I’ve been working on–which is ALMOST finished. The piece is quilted by hand and, as you can see, involved a lot of straight lines (I used the fabric as a quilting guide). […]
On The Way 