Spiderweb Quilt

I'm finishing up a quilt begun back in late April.  I first saw a Spiderweb quilt (Maple Leaf Rag) I really loved in the book: Material Obsession 2 by Kathy Doughty and Sarah Fielke.  What really made it stand out was the crazy patch kite shapes and the offsetting of the rows.  I struggled to create one in EQ7 and then the very next day at quilt guild, a new member brought exactly that quilt for Show and Tell.  It absolutely blew me away.  She gave me the tip to go to the Nifty Quilts blog to find an easier way to construct it.

So, I did.  But along the way I figured out a few little things that sped up the process even more.  So I am creating a tutorial to help anyone else wanting to make one of these.  They really aren't difficult at all and using the Nifty Quilts tips and mine, you should be able to make one easily. Just take it one step at a time.  Here's mine (in progress on the design wall):

Projects underway

Just finishing up a quilt made from a kit I bought at Houston in 2012:  Beach Glass by Weeks Ringle.  The top is done, now I need to do the part I always put off,,,,, the quilting.  But not this time! Tonight I'm basting and for the next two days, nothing but quilting.

At this time I have soooo many tops ready to be quilted.  It's overwhelming.  Here's the list:

Bed sized quilts:
Roseville Album (Kim McLean applique quilt... took a year to complete the top) Below is the original from Glorious Color:

The Two of Us (The Quilt Show's block of the month last year, lots of paper piecing and applique) Here's a picture of the original in Houston, taken in October, 2012.

Rose of Sharon block of the month (all needle-turned applique, in batiks)  Here's one block:

Snowball quilt (citrus colors, pieced)
Twirling stars (pieced, in 30s/40s fabrics and white)
Irish chain and roses (pinks and yellows on white, with prairie point edge)
Trip around the world (in purples, greens, oranges)
Kaffe turning twenty ( very bright, setting is diagonal rows)
Butterfly quilt (made with vintage hand appliqued blocks)

Wall hangings:
Round Robin (made in my quilt bee, center is a North Carolina Lily)
Halloween cat (black cat leaping over pumpkins)
Cosmic spiral (made in a class with Barbara Olson)
Hummingbird (small, hand appliqued, made in David Taylor class)

I'm sure this isn't all......it's just all I can remember.

Welcome

Hi everyone! This blog is dedicated to the quilters in my family who came before me, especially Grandmother Cora Withrow, Great-grandmother Emily Maxwell, and Great-Grandmother "Ma-Lou" Martin, whose work continue to inspire me.

I am also inspired and humbled by the work of other quilter-bloggers I have found online. Thank you to you all.