I'm A Quilt Qwazy Queen Today

In honor of International Quilting Day Marian at Seams To Be Sew created a blog hop

for us to share a little about our own experiences with quilting. Thanks, Marian!

I've sewn since I was a young girl, but it was clothes, not quilts, that I worked on.
Over the years I've made prom dresses, wedding dresses, and outfits for my kids.
This is my daughter in a dress I made for her. She's patiently waiting for her date to come.
It's hard to believe this funny girl is now the mom of those five Monkey Boys!

How I got started quilting...

My mom always had quilts set up on wooden frames in our living room.

They weren't elaborate quilts, just the standard 4" to 5" blocks from leftover clothes and fabric.

She showed me how to tie quilts and I loved to see how fast I could finish a row with yarn.

I was almost as fast as my mom, who was CRAZY fast!

How I learned to hand quilt...

It was my friend, Brenda, who taught me to hand quilt on tricot fabric (it's silky.)

Using the same wooden frames from my mom, I set up tricot quilts in my living room.

I drew designs and then hand quilted them. They were so soft and easy to quilt on.

I think this is the only photo I have of one of my tricot quilts. It was a pretty shade of silver/gray
and I drew the design on it by looking at a small graphic in a book. I finished the edges with lace.

What I like to sew/quilt...

I don't usually like to sew the same thing twice, but if I have to, I change it up a bit. Sewing
Dresdens, adding applique or embroidery, and making up my own quilts really rings
my bell. Unfortunately, sometimes things in my head don't work out so well in real life, but
I don't let it discourage me from using ideas from my head to make new things.

Here's a few things I made this year...

Spring Party Quilt

A Little Round Bag

In Our Garden BOM - Busy Garden

Sweet Memories T-Shirt Quilt

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Check out the other Quilt Crazy Queens:

March 18
Life In The Scrapatch
Sew Incredibly Crazy
In The Boon Docks
Quilting Affection
Words In Stitches
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March 21
QuiltShop Gal
TeaTime Creations
Ravelly
Meadowbrook
Bumbleberry Cottage
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March 22
Feather Your Nest
Grandmama’s Stories
Pamela Quilts
Vroomans Quilts
My Quilty Musings
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March 23
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Ridge Top Quilts
Quilt Art
Patchwork Breeze
Kwilt Krazy
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March 24
Marjorie’s Busy Corner
Just Because Quilts
Moose Stash
Batts In The Attic
All Things Sewn
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March 25
Just Let Me Quilt
Sew Many Yarns
Quilting Queen Online
Jane’s Quilting
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Thanks for stopping by to help celebrate International Quilting Days!