Last Quilt

The last quilt of the year is a quilter's delight, 

lots of open white space.

 

This quilt was embroidered by volunteers for the benefit of the Latimer and Quilt and Textile Center. The title is American Ships and includes 12 different boats seen in America over time. 

It will be the Center's raffle quilt for 2015.

I am filling the white spaces with pillars, acanthus leaves, 

scrolls and anchors.

This quilt will be complete and raffle tickets available at the Latimer Center after the first of the year. Watch for upcoming info on machine quilting classes by Denise in March.

Happy quilting.... Denise

By the Sea

Just completed, an original design
 by Charleen Hakala. 

Local scenes glow in sunny coastal colors. 

Watch for this quilt in person

 at the Tillamook County Quilt Show in May.

This beauty was a joy to quilt.... Denise 

New From the Hen House

      Cee Stadtler did this collection of roosters proud                in this colorful quilt. 

                     Inside their chicken-wire borders                        you can practically hear them crowing. 

                                Precision pieced by Cee                                  and machine quilted by Denise Clausen.

Civil War Quilt

Another January quilt is a one made by Bonnie Eberly. It is made with reproduction Civil War fabrics and is the first of that kind that I have quilted. Before starting I researched the type of handquilting that was done during that time period. The two major sources that I used was Barbara Brackman's 
Quilts From the Civil War and the online Quilt Index. From these sources I decided to quilt straight across all three boarders and sashings with pairs of lines about an inch appart. Each 12" block is quilted differently using "elbow designs", diagonal pairs, tripple lines and a small fan. I have two more #Civil War quilts in the queue so watch for them in the near future.