Monday, June 29, 2009


This is the finished central block. I probably won't show any more blocks until the quilt top is finished.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Una's Quilt


These are the actual fabrics I'm using for this quilt. It's inspired by the novel, Ahab's Wife, or The Stargazer. At the rate I'm going, it could be finished in the year 2011. But a lot of stuff has been going on since I started it.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Tuckahoe Angel


This is the first complete quilt that I made, 1979-80 (click the picture to enlarge). I regret to say that I copied the design from one in a magazine. The lady who made it called it "Tuckahoe Angel," and I was too ignorant to know that I shouldn't use her design without permission.

The friend that I gave it to brought it by this morning for me to photograph. I'm so pleased that she has preserved it in new condition. She said that she has washed it more than once, but it's still just perfect. It doesn't have a hanging sleeve on the back, so I had to spread it on the living room carpet and couldn't get far enough away to get a good photo. The border is very wide, black and pale yellow stripes, supposed to represent light rays.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Small Quilts




















The two small quilts shown above are wall-hangings that I made last fall as gifts for my two sisters. The cat quilt is 32" square, the star 48" square.

Since I started quilting in 1979, I have made nearly a hundred quilts. I've sold or given away most of them, and have no photos of them. The quilts shown on this blog are ones that I own, or that I had enough foresight to photograph before letting them go.

I love miniature things--almost anything in miniature fascinates me. Shown below are some of the doll-size quilts I've made.

At left is the first "doll quilt" I made, with a sort of free-hand attitude. It's about 16 inches square.
The three shown below were more carefully cut and sewn. The basket quilt is about 16 x 24". The Old Maid's Ramble (left) is approx. 14 inches square, and the Pinwheel (right) about 12" x 15".























At right is a large block made by my mother, and in 2008 I made it into a miniquilt (size 30 inches square).




The sweet Christmas wall-hanging at left (32" square) was made by my sister Susan.
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Below is one I made several years ago by the Tree of Paradise pattern. It's 48 inches square.


At left is one that I made for my mother many years ago. (25" x 22") Both of these cat quilts were made from a pattern in a book by Georgia Bonesteel.
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These two doll quilts were made by my daughter, Virginia Anne Cage. The sunshine and shadow (left) is 10.5" x 12.5", and the one at right is 14" square