When William was around 10 years old, I made this, my first quilt from Eleanor Burns' log cabin quilt in a day book. He needed a bedspread, and I couldn't find any that did not look like a single man's or a little boy. So I decided to make him this quilt....I did not know what I was doing. I went and bought her book and read it a couple of times and realized her shop was only about 45 minutes North of San Diego, where we were living at the time. So I went up there and the ladies who worked there helped me put together the fabric for this quilt. Using the book I made the top and then I picked a really, really high loft for the batting. Definitely a mistake. At that point, a new CO's wife came on board my then husband's ship who quilted. She showed me the ropes and I really liked quilting so I kept at it.
So you know how it is, you make a quilt for one child and the other one wants one too...and I wanted to make one for her. So I made Celeste this double Irish chain quilt. Jeannie, the captain's wife, helped me coordinate the fabrics. She gave me the pattern that she had made in a class.
Next, Jeannie and I took a class on pineapple quilts. I made this quilt and gave it to Jeff and Anne.
At this point, we moved to Okinawa, Japan. I met Sheri James, who became a kindred spirit. She and I hit it off and she also quilted. She did lots of other crafts too. But we both joined the local quilt guild and enjoyed the fellowship there. I made a number of tops in Okinawa, but finished very little. It was a tough couple of years for me emotionally...I was homesick for the USA and felt trapped. I always had felt that no matter how far away from my family we moved, if something happened I could load up my car and be there in a few days. So I made quilt tops...to hot to quilt anything so some sat around for years...but in the last couple of years I decided to either quilt them or give them away. So I have been quilting them and gifting them to others.
The rest of the photos will not be in any order, just the order I find them on the computer. I continued quilting when I moved to Mississippi and have several that are UFO's...un finished objects, that I am working on, but I also start and finish quilts in the mean time...you know you see a fabric and it speaks to you and you need to buy it and put it in a quilt. I would go to seminars with my friend Doris Holmes and we would start quilts, and eventually I heard about a guild here in Columbus that I joined and that really spurred me to start finishing my quilt tops....there were lots now.
Without further ado... the other quilts.
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| Ohio star made for my former MIL, Ida McKeon |
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| Made for Emily. |
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| Another Eleanor Burns Stary Log Cabin made for Will |
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| Falcon Pride Quil |
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| For Celeste's bedroom...I made two of these for the twin beds...now Will has them. |
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| This is another Eleanor Burns pattern |
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| For Nathan, my nephew |
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| Center of this quilt is a pattern called "Turning Twenty" |
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| This is a twisted bargello, given to Celeste |
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| This is a tossed 9 patch, given to Jennifer Demers |
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| This is an Amish inspired shoefly block given to Bryan Doscher. |
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| This is an Elanor Burns quilt in a day, Flying Geese, given to Dwight Doscher |
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| Tube quilt given to my "daughter" Miki |
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| Tube quilt made for my "daughter" Nicole |
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| T-shirt quilt Sammy Smith commissioned me to do for McDyess as a wedding gift. |
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| T-shirt quilt for Celeste...church shirts. |
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| My first t-shirt quilt...not square at all. Given to Will. |
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| Made this quilt for my friend Sue Harmon to comfort her during her fight against cancer. |
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| other side of above quilt. |
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| This is another tossed 9 patch for Jackson Turnage |
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| Made for Sarah Harmon 2012, our only IB senior |
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| McGregor's Garden, made for a friend of Celeste's. |
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| 48 x 62 |
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| "Dawg Dreams" made for Will McKeon 2012 65 x 85 |
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| Back of Dawg Dreams |
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| T-shirt quilt made for my dad after he remarried and needed to get rid of some of his many t-shirts. |
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| Hotty Toddy vs Hook'em Horns - front |
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| Back |
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| This was quilted by Watana Cantrell of Vernon, AL |
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"Bellringer" made for Kaitlyn Maire Bell, daughter of Jon & Jaclyn Bell, 2013
Back of "Bellringer" |
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| JJ Knox Quilt 2015 60 x 70 or 72 |
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Easy Street, named Chaos! 2015
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| Threads of Love 2015 Made for Will 106 x 106 |
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| "Blocks of Love" finished 2015 |
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| "Safari Stars" finished 2016 63 x63 |
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| Rocky Mountain Dreams 68 x 91 finished 2016 |
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Soccer Stars
60x84 |
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| back of soccer stars |
"Super Duper Dreamer" about 55 x 77
back of Super Duper Dreamer
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| "Christmas Hugs and Kisses" 58 x 70 Nov 2016 |
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"Modern Christmas"
46 x 68 |
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| Close up of quilting by Betty Lewis of Louisville, MS |
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| Back of "Modern Christmas" |
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| "Hip to be Square" about 93 by 75 |
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| Close up of Betty Lewis's quilting |
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| First flanged Border |
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| "I Spy" about 50x47 |
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| "Squirts" Made for Vance Harmon 58 x 64 2017 |
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| Eye Spy made for Vance Harmon summer 2017 |
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"Escrow" pattern by Sweet Jane's Borderline Crazy about 55 x 63
Summer of 2017 |
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| Back |
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"Misty Mountains" 2017
made for Celeste McKeon
98 x98 |
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| "Misty Mountains" hung outside. |
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"My Favorite Things" 51 x 57
Made for Mary Claire Allman 2017 |
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"Eye Spy in Red" 2018
47 x 61
Made for John Henry Allman |
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"Log Jam" 2018
60 x 66
throw for my family room |
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| Back of "Log Jam" |
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"Semper Fidelis" 2018
60 x 83
Made for Carlos Brown |
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| Back of "Semper Fidelis" |
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Motive T-shirt Quilt
2018
about 60 x 60 |
Taylor Woodard High School Shirts
2018
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Taylor Woodard Kappa Kappa Kappa Quilt
2019 |
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"Tip Toe Quilt"
about 36 x 42
2019
Made for Ellie Marie Harmon |
"Clever Companions"
about 54 x 54
2019
Made for James Dwight Doscher
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"The Picnic Quilt"
about 84 x 84
2019 |
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"Animal Kingdom"
about 55 x 68
2019 |
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"Convictions"
56 x 68
2020
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"Observations"
2020
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"The Travelor"
2020 |
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| Back of Travelor |
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"STEMulating Persuits"
2020 |
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"Bravo-Zulu"
Made for CDR Wilton Sanders, USN (ret)
2020 |
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"The Guardians"
Made for Baby Doscher
61 x 61
2020
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"Luminous"
2021 |
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| Back of Luminous |
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T-Shirt Quilt #4
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| Back of T-shirt Quilt #4 |
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Sendak's Dream
58 x 61
2021 |
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| Back of Sendak's Dream |
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"Starry" Pattern: Unity by Bonnie K. Hunter
77 x 102
2020-2021 |
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| Back of "Starry" |
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Blocks
48 x 57
2021
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Back of Blocks
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The Harmon Quilt
2022, King Sized |
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| Back of Harmon quilt |
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Nestled
58 x 64, 2022
for Chloe Bell |
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Tea and Cakes
60 x 75
2022 |
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Summer Breeze
2022 |
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| Back of Summer Breeze |
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| Back |
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| Label |
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The Kitchen Sink
2023 |
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| Back of the Kitchen Sink |
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The Lab
2024
64 x 74 |
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Teamwork is the Dreamwork
2024 |
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The Carpenter's Apprentice
2024 |
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Ring True
2024 |
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| Back of Ring True |
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van Dyke's Joyful Joyful
2024 |
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| Back of Joyful Joyful |
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Cornerstone
2024 |
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| Back of Cornerstone |
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The Illustrator
2024 |
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| Illustrator back |
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The Shogun
2024 |
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| Back of Shogun |
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