Quilt of Valor blocks

I belong to a very active Bee and Guild. 

2026 will be the Golden Jubilee for the Quilt Guild of the Greater Houston. As part of the celebration, the guild has a goal to make and give 50 quilts to Quilts of Valor with the goal to also honor about 25 women that has served this country. 

My Bee is planning on making 1 or 2 quilts for this event. We each are making 4- 12 inches star blocks. It can be 4 6 inches block in place of 1 12 inches. But the goal is to have enough blocks. We are using the red/white/blue color scheme and the start is of our choice.

Those are the 4 ones I have made. I am sure these quilts will be wonderful. I am part of a talented group and we are very dedicated to quilting for others. 

SHP quilt 1

Quilt donated to Sleep In Heavenly piece. It is 60 inches by 72 inches long. Photo taken before the Guild Show and Tell.  

Guild Saturday sewing

This lap size quilt was made from a kit provided by the QGGH guild for a charity quilt day in July. It was a lot of fun to get together and sew with guild friends. I added the 2 borders to make the quilt larger. It was quilted on a Bernina 780 embroidery hoop using a Amelie Scott design. Photo taken at the guild meeting when I delivered the quilt.

Fabric Post cards

 I have made these post cards size mini quilts using batiks scraps.

The free handed cut pieces were glued to the back ground, using a school glue stick, just enough to hold them in place while I quilted the pieces to the background.

 I did not use any stabilizer or did any sewing around the pieces themselves. It was something I wanted to try and see how it would work with the batiks. 

I used a very narrow zig zag stitch around the border of the card. 

It is very fulfilling to make them. I think I need to make more soon. 

Quilt for the Sleep In Heavenly Peace

This quilt was made by the CPBee for the Sleep in Heavenly Peace Bee. It is a beautiful scrap quilt that will make a youngster feel warm inside and out. 

Both Bees are part of the Quilt Guild of the Greater Houston. 

The Saint John the Divine Church is sponsoring the construction of 50 beds and the SHP Bee will make the 50 quilts with a help from other generous groups and guild members pitching in to get to 50 sooner,

The beds and quilts will be donated in 2026. 

Potato Chips Blocks

 This is a new quilt top I am making to donate to Sleep In Heavenly Peace.

 I have made  30 - 12 inches blocks  and I am very close to the total blocks needed to complete the top.

It is a scrappy quilt made with donated fabrics cut into 2.5 inches by 4.5 inches rectangles. It is called a potato chips block because it is impossible to make only one. 

BOM 2025

                                                                                Moving on with the Quilt Show BOM, I am making these blocks simplified. 

BOM 2025 so far

Just trying to figure out a different applique block for this quilt using a bird in place of the flowers designed by the pattern designer. 

May 2025 BOM baskets

The month of May assignment for The Quilt Show BOM is completed. I made all 20 baskets. Now I need to work on the February blocks. The 6 ones shown here are part of it. I have cut all pieces and now I have to finish to hand applique them to the background and finally trim to size. 

MFA QUILTS ON DISPLAY

The Houston Fine Arts Museum always have a beautiful quilt on display. This one is outstanding like all the others.

NASA- Houston, TX April 2025

            

                                                                    

It never gets old.

 It is such a privilege to walk these historic sites. 

It represents the best of our history.

The Raven Blocks

 Blackbird Designs has reprinted the book with the patterns for "The Raven" Quilt. I always loved this quilt and since the book is again available I could not resist another "start".

I am using fabrics from my collection so far. But I will add some more blacks since I don't have enough. These blocks are 20 inches, so the birds are big fellows. 

What a shame, I have to buy fabrics. LOL.

I will prepare a few more blocks for my needle turn applique. I will wait to decide on some of the colors for things like berries, stars, etc.

Bellow are blocks 1 and 2 with possible pieces just pinned on the background.

Rodeo Houston 2025 quilt with a ribbon

This a nice picture of my quilt called "Timeless Treasures", hanging at the Houston Rodeo with the ribbon attached. Photo by my friend Linda S.

My Quilt on the Houston Rodeo 2025

 My quilt using the Somerset Pattern called Mrs Billings has won a third place on the Houston Rodeo 2025. This is a pleasant surprise. I am still learning machine quilting using a embroidery unit and I can vouch that it is a steep learning curve for me.

 

Quiltmania 2023

 I just finished the last applique stitch on this quilt top. I was so excited to put on my design wall that I couldn't even stop to iron it.

This is a Laurie Simpson design for the now out of business Quiltmania magazine. This is on the March-April 2023 issue.

There is not a pattern to position the pieces on the background, one has to use the magazine picture as a guide. I used all the applique patterns provided; but modified the design a little bit. I actually added a couple more leaves and berries.

I don't like the thin blue border on the original. But I don't have enough background to piece another border, so I have to think about this one. Maybe it is done and just need some creative quilting.

Quilt Guild of Greater Houston 2025 - my entries.

 The Quilt Guild of the greater Houston, had it's show on January 17-18, 2025. I entered a few quilts and I was so surprised to see that 4 of them had received a ribbon. 

Thank you all the guild members that worked so hard for the past 2 years to make the show a success. 

Unfortunately, I was not able to attend. 

Thanks Susan B. for these great pictures.

Snow in Houston.

Before

 

During

After

A little late with these photos. Life is not always on time. 

The 4 inches of snow that brought 6 million people to a stand still for 2 days.

Inspired by the Barn Star Quilt

This quilt top was made with some orphan blocks (previously made), and star blocks that can be found in the book "Barn Star Sampler" by Shelley Cavanna.

I had some blocks that I had made using fabrics from past Kaffe Fassett collections. They were not the same as the original quilt; but they were the correct size to be included on the outline of the original design.

I added more start blocks to be able to make parts B (28 1/2" X 56 1/2"); and C (56 1/2" X 48 1/2"), of the original quilt in the book. 

When I finish the quilting, it will be donated to the Quilt Guild of the Greater Houston to the Comfort Quilts program. This program distribute quilts to the Houston area organizations.

Quiltville Reveal

 

Bonnie Hunter has posted the finished photo of the Old Town Mystery on her site. I have the clues; but not made the quilt. It is a beautiful quilt. I might have to cut the pieces and make it sometime soon.