Beverly Quilter

A fun quilt to welcome summer! This one measures 46” x 54”. I have quilted it with an edge to edge gentle swirling design that makes me think of the breeze spinning the pinwheels.

I made this quilt using the pinwheel block.Coloring them three different ways brings out the over all design of the quilt. This quilt would be equally great as a lap quilt, a crib quilt or as a decoration draped over a sofa or hung on a wall. This quilt was sold on http://www.eBay.com . If you are interested in something similar, please contact me.

The jewel tone fabrics in this quilt remind me of the iridescent feathers in a peacock’s tail. This quilt happens to be made from a batch of scrap strips I found in a recent fabric shipment from Island Batiks. The beautiful colors inspired me to dig right in and create something special! The pieces I got just happened to be wide enough for me to cut down into the “logs” I needed to construct all these log cabin blocks.This quilt ended up being another big one measuring 85”x109”. This quilt sold on http://www.eBay.com.

I made this quilt for Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue of Hudson,MA to be used as a fund raiser at their annual auction event being held this year on Saturday, May 4,2019.Along with this quilt a variety of items donated by other people will be available. Many of those items also feature Golden Retrievers as I have included on this quilt.If you can not make it to the auction but you still want to help,please go to http://www.ygrr.org where you will find many ways to get involved,and information about this wonderful group who have been helping New England’s Homeless Golden’s since 1985.

After seeing a story on a local news program about volunteers from this group traveling to Asia to rescue these beautiful dogs from the horrible dog meat trade,I just had to get involved! I have made and donated similar quilts to help actor/singer David Soul in his fight to end the dog meat trade in Asia.I reached out to David once again for his help on this one. He responded with his signature and a nice quote “Open the cage and let them out!” on some fabric I had sent to him.Thank you David! That piece of fabric is included in the lower right corner of this quilt.If you wish to help David In his efforts to end the dog meat trade in Asia,please support David’s Dogs at http://www.davidsoul.com where you will also find quilts I made and donated available for sale. You can also see quilts from David’s site that have already sold here on this blog in the Good Causes drop down.

What fun I had making this quilt for a friend’s mom! I’ve seen these quilts on the internet and have been intrigued by them. I enjoyed the research and coming up with my own “patches” and figuring out how to create them.

The purpose of this quilt is to keep someone occupied and I think this one does that with a variety of fun and meaningful designs. Behind the cloud is a smiling sun and a happy dog is hiding inside the dog house.

There is a flower with ribbon petals,a blueberry pie with a lattice crust that can be made over and over, some large fun buttons and a blue jean pocket to keep a key in.

Beads that can slide,rows of ball fringe,woven fabric strips,and a hair scrunchie help keep fingers busy.There’s even a zippered pocket to hold photos and trinkets in.

Finally put the binding on this quilt.All those triangles came together faster than expected.I think this quilt really sparkles!The quilting on this one is an edge to edge all over design of dragonflies and abstract wild flowers using purple thread.This quilt measures 85” x 100” and is available on http://www.eBay.com. Search for “scrappy batik quilts”.