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Graduation Quilt
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| Sherry and I worked together on this one, too. It has both tee-shirts and photos in it and was a gift for a graduate in our church. |
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Custom Quilts
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Custom Quilts
Need a special quilt? Take a look at
some of the ones I’ve designed and/or made and email me with your request. I
specialize in themed “scrap” quilts, tee shirt and
memory quilts, and baby quilts. I make all my sale quilts -
start to finish, in my home.
Tee-Shirt Quilts
This is the perfect solution for using AND
preserving those special tee and sweat shirts.
Especially fun for me to make, these quilts take your shirts and
turn them into mementos – perfect for commemorating a graduation, vacation, or
special event. They make great
gifts.
Photo Memory Quilts
Similar to tee-shirt quilts. I’ll take your edited, high-definition
digital pictures and put together a very special quilt for a very special someone.
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More Quilts
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My Quilts
- I use
only 100% cotton fabrics usually in the “medium” price range. Cotton quilting fabrics can range in price
from $1.00 (on sale) to well over $16 a yard. Most of my fabrics fall into the
$2.99-$6.99 range – with whites and off-whites being the least expensive.
- I
prefer to use good quality cotton or polyester/cotton batting, such as
Warm ’N Natural, Mountain Mist or Hobbs in my custom quilts. I'll often put polyester batting in shirt quilts.
- The
more pieces in a quilt, the longer it takes to cut and sew together, and
therefore, the more expensive it becomes.
- Quilts
with a multiplicity of fabrics are much more interesting to the
eye, but do require extra cutting and coordination of fabrics, and more
trips to the fabric store (Oh, no…..!).
Consequently, they cost more.
- Quilts
are machine or long-arm quilted to provide strength and durability.
- Themed
“scrap” quilts are my specialty!
Having a definite color scheme, yet containing many different hues
and shades of that color or colors, ensures the quilt will match décor,
provides a much more interesting quilt, and enhances the charm of the
quilt.
- I use
a double fabric binding technique to provide an extra measure of durability
on the edges of the quilt, which are the areas that receive the most
wear. For durability, one side of
the binding is secured by machine, but the other side is either machine or hand stitched.
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Sutton's quilt
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| This was a farewell gift. I designed and pieced the center using a photo of our church as a guide, and Sherry Dewey quilted it. |
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| Made from old sweat shirts, this is the perfect throw for the den or a child's room... but, this one belongs to my husband! |
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Large Log Cabin Quilt
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| King-sized quilt for my mom and dad.
This quilt has over 100 different fabrics in it. |
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