RADIATE JOY

 My favorite type of quilt to make ---  #1 based on geometry, #2 many little pieces (in this case 328), #3 lots of scraps in a preconcieved color plan (in this case beige, gold, copper, brown, and black), #4 quilting design based on point to point and vanishing point geometry. 

It really does 'radiate joy' in my quilting journey. 

THE STATS:  Radiate Joy, 2025, 31"x 31", Paper Pieced, Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted.

MIDNIGHT MUSINGS

I can't explain this quilt.  It is not my usual traditional-based quilt; it is not a modern art quilt which I don't have the necessary talent to achieve anyway.  I can only explain it as 'thoughts in the middle of the night'; then the next morning trying to put the thoughts into the fabric that I only have immediately on hand. 

So this is what I ended with ---- obviously I need to develop a better sleep regime!!

THE STATS: Midnight Musings, 2025, 25" x 29", Machine appliqued,  Machine embroidered, Machine quilted.

CHAIN LINK

 I've always wanted to make a traditional Irish Chain project.  To me, it seems to call for plaid fabrics; so I pulled out the plaids, and started to make 3-inch nine-patch blocks.  

STATS:  Chain Link, 2025, 28" x 28", Machine pieced, Machine quilted.

I love the comfortable look of this simple, old-fashioned quilt.

Photographed behind my favorite Spring garden plant, Valerian.  This particular plant was transferred in the 1990s from my Mother's garden to our current house.

I'm asked repeatedly about what I do with all of the small quilts I make.  Some I give away to family/friends, and some I occasionally donate to charitable organizations for fundraisers.  The remainder are made just to test out a design or color way for a larger quilt.  But, due to fiscal and physical resources, I'm unable to continue to make large quilts.  Therefore, they become just a sketchbook of inspiration for any future quilts.  They are not for sale by me; that will be up to the discretion of my descendants.