Autumn Bent Pieces

This autumn quilt was made from a class I took at Annual Meeting in St. George. The book it is in is called "Bent Pieces" (I don't recall the author) and taught by Kaye Evans. At the time I was so exhausted from teaching classes that I tried to give this class away to some ladies in the restaurant. There were no takers so I went to class very tired. I had so much fun with this project that I was hooked immediately. Deb never lets me forget that I tried to give this class away!

I finally bordered and quilted this number in November of 2007.
My favorite part is the quilting in the border. I machine quilted in pilgrims, turkeys, scarecrows, and leaves.

Mini Mariner's Compass

This is a miniature mariner's compass. I love it! I took this class as one of my first paper piecing experiences. The class was taught my very first year at Annual Meeting back in the 1990s. Hazel McMullin, an elderly friend and fellow quilter, suggested I put piping around them and showed me how. Because I was new at pieced borders, I couldn't get it to fit right back in the 90s and put it aside. I finally finished it in March of 2008.

30's Orphan

This is a 30's twin that is properly called an "Orphan Quilt". Ladies donate quilt blocks to Annual Meeting that they have no desire to put into a quilt. These poor little orphan blocks are then sorted by colors and ladies stay up all night long assembling them into beautiful quilts. You get your name in the drawing for every block you donate and every hour you work on the quilts. I won this one at Annual Meeting close to five years ago. You saw a part of it from a photo taken at Mom's back in October. I had to completely take it apart and square it all up. I just finished quilting it -- just traditional stitch in the ditch. My friend Deb bound it for me in trade for quilting two of her attic window Christmas wallhangings.