This is my "3 year old" doll, Natalie, that I received as a Christmas gift as a child. She can walk if you manually maneuver her arms. I sewed this dress for her to fit in with the old school theme.
I made this Tom Sawyer doll from a Vogue pattern many years ago. I also made the accompanying Becky Thatcher doll. The face is hand painted. This doll sits on my antique school desk made sometime in the latter half of the 1800's. Tom holds an old school book that once belonged to my husband's grandmother who was a teacher.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Circle of Life
1930's Dresden Plate and Fan Cradle Quilt
Prairie Tulip
Country Charm
School Days Quilt
Close-up of Isaac Newton Christian Academy block. The school in Cedar Rapids, IA is constructed of red brick and has tan doors. Michaele attended grades 1-8 and Jessica attended preschool to 4th grade.
I designed this wallhanging in celebration of my two daughters. The two schoolhouses represent their schools.
Valley Christian Schools in San Jose, CA (Michaele attended high school and Jessica attended both junior high and high school). The school is gold stucco with blue doors. They were both involved in sports and so spent many hours riding the school's bus to games.
I designed this wallhanging in celebration of my two daughters. The two schoolhouses represent their schools.
Valley Christian Schools in San Jose, CA (Michaele attended high school and Jessica attended both junior high and high school). The school is gold stucco with blue doors. They were both involved in sports and so spent many hours riding the school's bus to games.
The decorative buttons were taken off a dress I made for Jessica in 1st grade that were purchased in the Amana Colonies in Iowa.
Butterfly Garden
I made this quilt in April 2004. A student in my 2nd grade Sunday school class gave me the blue border fabric for a Christmas gift and the butterflies are made from charm squares from a local quilt shop. The pattern is from an American Patchwork and Quilting magazine. I made the butterflies smaller than the pattern to accomodate my 3 inch charm squares.
Patriotic Quilts
Friday, July 11, 2008
Conducting the Messiah (Brandon's Quilt)
Thankful for the Memories Quilt
I made this wall quilt from fabric used on many other projects over the years. They are from my "country blue, rose and tan" period of the 1980's. Fabric from my daughters' baby quilts, nephew's baby quilt, mother-daughter Easter and Mother's Day matching dresses, baby bumpers, numerous daughters' dresses, and many other quilts or handmade crafts given to friends, family, and kept for myself are included. The pattern is from an American Patchwork and Quilting magazine. The original pattern called for larger pieces, but some of the scraps I had were too small, so I decreased the size of each piece. I intended to make a twin size quilt, but the small pieces were taking so long I decided to just make it a wall hanging size instead! I machine quilted it using a Baptist Fan pattern that I drafted. Completed in Summer 2008.
Madison's Quilt
I made this quilt for our Sheltie, Madison. She loves to lay on quilts. Almost all the fabric was free. The center panel came from a scrap I found at my quilt guild. The other dog blocks and the border print were from fabric being discarded at my church quilt group. The backing was from fabric given me by my mother-in-law. Madison with her quilt.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Pinwheel and Squares Quilt
I wanted to make a table covering for an antique side table for my family room and thus chose burgundy, gold, and green prints. All of the squares are from a charm packet purchased from a local quilt store in Sunnyvale, CA. The quilt is handquilted with my original quilting design in the body and a stencil design in the borders.
Tree of Life Quilt
I made this quilt for the 2005 Santa Clara Guild quilt show. The center medallion is called Tree of Life and each surrounding block has a biblical name. The border is called Rose of Sharon. On the back of the quilt is a drawing of the quilt with each block named and a Bible verse to go with each one. It was quilted by Ohana Quilts. The border fabric is from Jenny Beyer.
A close-up view of the center medallion.
Mom's Quilts
These quilts are made from repro 1930's fabrics and embroidered squares made by my mother Frances Coomer Small probably in the 1940's. She made 12 squares and never put them into a quilt. After her death, I divided them and put 6 each into 2 quilts: one to give to my sister Susie and one for myself. The above quilt is the one I made for myself and the quilt below is the one I gave to my sister Susie.
Snowman Quilts
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Gondola Quilt
Bassoon Block Close-up of Brandon's Quilt
Soloist Block Close-up of Brandon's Quilt
Conductor Block Close-up of Brandon's Quilt
Brandon's Music Quilt
I made this quilt for my nephew Brandon upon his graduation from Moody Bible Institute with a degree in music. I tried to capture his interests: bassoon, piano, singing, and conducting.
I collected the fabrics over several years.
The conducting and piano blocks were from Jazz Attack designs, while the bassoon and soloist blocks were my own original designs based upon his senior recital photos.
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