About me and my quilts I began quilting in 1974 while working at Minnesota Fabrics in the Washington DC area. The home economist was required to do a quilting demonstration and was looking for help.  It sounded like fun to me, so I volunteered. My first pattern a Lone Star, which was not a good beginner's project. As soon as I realized I was over my head in skill level, I picked another pattern, a log cabin. That went quite easily, so I picked another one, a churn dash. Before the demonstration was held I had finished four different quilt projects, but not the Lone Star. (That was finished after the demonstration.) To say I was hooked was an understatement. I've been quilting ever since. I started teaching in 1983 when a friend asked me to show her how to make a Dresden Plate. Then I showed her friend, and then another, and so on. I've been teaching ever since. I now teach for quilt guilds, bees, church groups, adult education, grade school students, and for individuals. Seeing a student's satisfaction when finishing a quilt gives me great happiness. I find more personal satisfaction teaching someone else to make a quilt than making it for them. However I am occasionally talked into making a quilt for someone. Quilts that I make for classes are given away as gifts to family and friends, and to local charities. I don't make museum quilts, but quilts to be used. It gives me great pleasure to see my quilts worn out These are new to Delaware Quilts patterns which I presented as mystery quilts on Mysteries For Relay, my latest fundraising gimmick... err Yahoo Group. I'm making wall hangings or baby quilts as my samples, but give everyone all the directions to make which ever size quilt they want. Of course I can't show all them yet, but I will post photos as soon as the group finishes each mystery. (Right now I have four new mystery quilts in progress to be presented later!)             Mystery #2 was Crooked Baby Stars, a variation of my Crooked Stars pattern. (Not included in the Crooked Stars pattern) I liked it so much I made three samples, here are two which are finished. PDF pattern available here                         Mystery #3 was Old Maid's Puzzle. (left) This block had many possibilities for finishing; this is how I decided to do mine.                   Here is my Scrappy Batik Trip Around the World. In this photo it does not have it's binding on, but that is finished now. I just don't have anywhere to hang it to take a new photo. This quilt was made totally from my stash (except the backing and border), and it was quilted by Jackie who did a fabulous job on it. And here is another WIP (work in progress), my bright Simply Squares. It needs to be quilted hopefully sometime soon. The pattern is available on my patterns page.             This was a New Year's Eve mystery quilt designed by Ann Smith. I chose seashell fabric, and it came out lovely if I do say so myself. Kathy quilted it with a sea shell motif which only added to the beauty. This quilts is for sale, click here for more information. I finished two rather old UFOs at the beginning of the year, two water color hearts. Both were quilted by Jackie. I am keeping the first one for my personal collection, and the second one was sold to benefit the American Cancer Society.       At the end of last year I finished my Scrappy Trips Around the World. The pattern is from Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville, and it's very easy to use up scraps this way. I love the colorfulness of this one! Jackie did the quilting on this one.             And I finally made a Scrappy Irish Chain, well one of them anyway. I want to make a larger totally scrappy, but for now that is a primm, (Project In My Mind). But this scrappy one used up a lot of my smaller strips and came out great. This one was also quilted by Jackie. Links to More Quilts: Bed Quilts.. not just for keeping you warm Log Cabins.. still a favorite quilt to make Samplers... a variety of different blocks Crooked Quilts, who says we have to be perfect all the time Scrappies... what to do with left overs Miniatures... another favorite way to use up scraps Speedy Strips... my own technique Classes I Teach |Home| Family| Quilts| Blocks| Retreat| Email| Updated July 16, 2008 Copyright © 2008 Delaware Quilts. The content on these pages, including text and images are the sole property of the Delaware Quilts and may not be used or reproduced in any manner without consent. All Rights Reserved. 12759