quilting

10/6/2025  More: 

This quilt is for Bob A.  I had some uniform shirts from working for him at Ma's Dry cleaning. Some are mine and some are Sarah's.  We left when he sold the business to his seamstress.   

Anyway, the back has several techniques, HST, Squares, simple blocks, the blocks in the center (two rows) are the logo and pocket.   the bottom one is the front of the quilt, just a diamond with HST.

this is ALL made from the shirts, even the binding.   simple quilting done.  I have not given it to Bob yet.  I need to reach out to the girls.  ;)  

10/6/25

BW's kids with their quilts.  firs is BR with the Baltic HST ... this is one of my favorites :)   It is bright and cheerful, strong and unique. Made around 2013?  not sure

next is LR with the Blue Missouri quilt Star Quilt.  This was just a fun Quilt to make. Easy and lovely. Made around 2018? I think 

And finally, Little Archie R,   This is a lap version of the Exploding heart done in blue and green shades.  nothing but love for this little guy!  Finished 9/9/2025

Below is the back of Archie's quilt (exploding heart)  

I do love the backs of these.

9/5/2025

Oh, my goodness, it has been a while.  I need to get a photo of the one I gave to Lincoln Roberts.  

I have one ready for Archie Roberts, just need to bind it.  I also did one for Bob Accomando out of his uniform shirts and one i am working on for Owen and Charlies Granddaddy.

Anyway, I did do some fun pillow covers.  they were easy, i am going to use up a bunch of the t shirts I have ...  (I need pillows hahaha) 

 

6/21/2024

Just a note, I am missing the quilt I made for Rose, Jamie's daughter.  I also have one I made for myself.   I have not finished a couple of them yet.  

9/9/24 update:   I am working on Colin's back of the quilt.   I have added where I am with it below.  

I am working on G3's 3rd daughter's quilt.  i am stuck.  sneak peek below in colins quilt.   

The Bear quilt!  I need to find a photo of it.  :(   

10/27/23

Here is a quilt update.  I am doing just awful in this area. :(  

I did finish the front of Colins quilt.  I may take it to the long Armer.  anyway, this is a 2022 weather quilt.  each day 352 is accounted.  He wants me to put the temperature guide somewhere on this ... hmmm.  update later. 

9/9/24 update:    I am working on Colin's back of the quilt.   I have added where I am with it below. Colin wanted to show a temp chart on the back to show what temp each color is.  My thought was to make it look like pencils with the temperature on the white, maybe using a fabric pen or some other technique I have never done before. ha-ha.  below are mockups of what I am thinking.  

the purple x and o's are G3's daughter Lexi's quilt I have not finished.  

I need to do the back and figure out how to put her name on it.   

I had a baby shower and made this baby quilt. It was a fun one.  they asked for a book rather than a card and I was inspired by the book I got, can you guess? 

Doc Suess :)   ..   they loved it. ;)  

9/28/22

Today hurricane Ian is hitting south Florida.  our friends P&B live near Naples.  my brother in law has a place there also but is not down there yet.  praying for all safety.

anyway, I have been on again and off again stuck on this journey of quilting ..  

I started in 1980 after moving into Newburyport.  JP still has it.   

I also reupholstered my couch and chair.  made curtains for the house.    

I really liked the busy work of hand sewing the quilt  I took an old sheet and sewed patches of old clothing to it.  I was making a sunshine, multi colored.   after i was done, I took an old blanket and another sheet and sandwiched them together and sewed the pieces.    it lasted many years.   in 2020 I took the sandwiched pieces apart and sewed the torn pieces and reworked the quilt putting a new backing on it for Jen.   

When my son Ben was in kindergarten or first grade .. his teacher was pregnant.  I was able to substitute during that period of time and got to substitute for the art teacher. so i had each of the kids draw a picture for the teacher and I took the drawings and transferred them to blocks of fabric and made a baby quilt for her.  I wish i had pictures. :(   So,   

Here is the quilt I made for Maddie. While pregnant with Maddie, her mom would go to Balboa park and look at the lilies in the pond.   This was such a great picture. I decided to try to replicate it.  It has aplique lillies and the pads, the background is half square triangles and the boarder has a french type binding on it.  I used a template to quilt dragonflies on it.  

The inspiration 

this next quilt is one I did with Kaley when she was 8, I think she was around that age.  It is called the pinwheel.  so fun to do.     

So when we started this she wanted me to give it to her dad, but I surprised her with it at christmas.  

It was such a pleasure to make.

2008 or so. 

This one I made for TJ.  Made out of Jeans from the kids, myself and Terry.  

I completed these around 2005 or 2006  ....  #2 Quilt

This is the one I made for Ben 

#3 quilt...    Nothing like a jean quilt.  

Back side of Ben's

Wyatt's quilt:   this was so much fun to make, I made the design myself.  the whale is sewn in not appliqued.  the boarder is a piano style and I love it.  Let's see, I think this one was made in 2014. 

Colin's Quilt, made from left over squares from the Irish chain quilt.  quick and easy.  it is not done like the nine patch, I just took all my leftovers and sewed them.  Made in 2013.   

Irish Chain Quilt for Sarah.  My friend Barbara helped me with this one.  I had Sandy Matthews long arm it.  she is so good.  at the wedding someone spilt wine on it.  it has never seen the light of day since.  they are no longer together.  I have the quilt with me.  I will give it to the baby girl CM when she is older.  2013

Rian's quilt.  He picked out the pattern and the material. He still uses it to this day :)

This was done in 2010.  I will have to check on that.  

Made for Aunt Mary Lou and Uncle Carl.  they had no idea.  when I brought it by the family was there ready to celebrate Carl and Mary Lou's anniversary.   good timing.  

I made this to try out the pattern and loved it.  so, when I finished, I decided to give it to Mary Lou and Carl.  

The pattern was a Missouri quilt pattern. 

Made in 2016 

this one I was hired to make twins a memory quilt.  they wanted the outfits displayed on the quilt.  

It was tough to do since I did not have a plan of action.   It took me a bit to figure out what I wanted to do for this.   I think this was 2014.  it could have been later.  I am not sure, i will have to look at the camera date. 

I made this for Dean 

Baby Quilt I made for my Grand Nephew So, to add to this, the blue flannel is my dad's shirt. he passed May 2015. the right lower corner is my mom's handkerchief (a corner of it) She passed July 2015 and was close to all the grandkids. so this was a special happy quilt to make.

I helped one of Sarah's friends make this one for her neighbor. 

Made this one for Charlotte Rose,  I did add my Dad's and mom's fabric in this also

Made this one for Harlow's baby shower.  Soon after we learned she had a genetic defect.

Harlow passed away at 11 days.  She had a genetic condition which affected her brain stem.

I am not totally sure about all of it. but it was the saddest thing ever. 

Made this one for Hadley.  She is Grant 3's daughter.  

Mia Ann Whiteway quilt :)  so cute

10/7/25:  This one is going to Lexi Whiteway.  I have to mail it in 

This one was made for Jamie.  I love this one so much.  I am going to try to make more!  the different typs of red fabric.  so cool. 

This one I made for Kaley.  I gave it to her at her graduation party from High School

It took me a little over a year to make this.  It is Bonnie Hunters Mystery Quilt and is queen size.

2023 I completed this memory quilt for Jackie's grandmother.  This is in memory of Chuck Pritchard

This quilt starts with a picture in the middle of Chuck.  then you go around the quilt and each block represent a part of his life and history.  the peacock is for his work on the NBC logo, the Navey Seal, and the ship he was on.  the poppies for being a veteran.  The logo of O'Connors True Value store where he worked after retirement and enjoyed it so very much.  the feathers are for his heritage as an American Indian.  the Rose for the many he gave to his wife, the flower of sunshine, because he was, the crow is a symbol of love and always being there when needed.   this took a long time.  i had a plan mapped out, but the peacock I made first was just awful, I found this one and it is a paper pieced block that was very time consuming but came out so beautifully.  I wanted to carry the colors though out each of the blocks.  he was an artist and loved primary colors.  the feathers are also paper pieced with the black feather having flying crows symbolizing his flight to heaven.   the true value block is the actual shirt and the left-over pieces from the tee shirt that had chucks picture on it.  the ship was my first try at the 'cricket' machine and it is ironed on and sewn in, as well as the poppies.  the crow, one of my favorites.  I was at a standstill with the crow design and was telling a friend about the quilt and bouncing ideas off of her.  when i realized I needed to bring the colors in.  so I took the small pieces of fabric I had left over from the feathers and the peacock and used those to make the crow.   There was a bit more to that one with tracing and cutting.   

I restored this one I had made in 1980

This was my first quilt.  #1   

And this one for Mia, Grant 3's second daughter. 

2019

This one for Lincoln, Brittney's second son.  2018

colin took some of my cuts and made his own

This one was for Blake, made in 2018

This one was an impromptu for Wyatt.  hand sewn and tied.  

This one was done for my niece, she, (my niece TC,) collected her daughter's drawings from K-8th grade and had them put onto fabric.  I found some beautiful fabric and put it together.  

Made for Oscar Le Roy, inspired by Oscar's mom, Jackie's grandfather. 

I will have to post the picture of the boat Prichard painted on the computer.

Made for Terry

Made for Bo.  this is Harlow's big brother and my nephew's (TP) son

This is a picture of my very first attempt at quilting in 1981. I finished it in 1987. It has been used by all four of my kids and the dog as they grew up. my oldest ended up with it. i took the back off, (i used a sheet for the back and a very thin wool blanket for the middle) the top is hand sewn on a sheet. my daughter asked me not to add any fabric to the top and just sew down the pieces that are loose, but gave me the okay to change the back. memories. lol