quilt notes

What is a Signature Quilt?

AKA FRIENDSHIP QUILT In pioneer days, women made quilts to be signed by friends and relatives in the east and then carried west to warm their homesteads on the cold plains! These days signature quilts can be used to honor special friends and relatives at weddings, housewarmings, funerals, graduations,…(continue reading)

Quilt Finished! Beauty Out of Life's Chaos

 CORAL REEF Are there any colors I've left unloved? This was a fun quilt to make. It's creation spanned several years. It was a companion in life's transition through major changes. Started in a quilt studio set up in the home of a Friend, who understood that quilting would keep me sane . . …(continue reading)