New quilt addition: All Dolled Up

Finished this one a while ago, but it was at the machine quilter's for a while and then putting the binding on had to wait while I finished other projects. I loved appliqueing this cute quilt that Barbara Jones of Quilt Soup designed. The applique blocks are so unique in All Dolled Up; not just baskets or flowers, etc.

I just finished a little boy quilt using Riley Blake's "All Star" line of fabric. The pattern is "Mama's Boy" by Thimble Blossoms. This pattern is great for showing off fun lines of fabric, especially if it has one or two large-scale prints.

Well, I am discovering that either I don't know what I'm doing( probably), or I can't just dump my entire quilt folder onto this blog site, so it is taking me forever to bring one picture at a time over and have the blog format it, so I only put a few quilts up. As I make new quilts I will add them one at a time. Thanks for your patience! Mary

Mary's quilts

Hi, my name is Mary and I am a quilter. Some of my friends and family have been asking me to set up a blog so they can view my quilts, old and new. I have been quilting for around 15 years and my favorite thing is needle-turn applique. I work on a very part,part-time basis at Quilt Soup Inc. Quilt Soup is owned by my dear friend Barbara Jones who designs quilt patterns, quilt books, and she also designs quilt fabrics. If I behave myself she lets me go with her to teach applique classes and help her in her booth at the Road To California quilt exposition. Quilting has become a passion with me and I have made many wonderful friends and aquaintences through quilting. About 3 years ago another friend of mine, Charmaine Anderson, encouraged me to start taking pictures of my quilts and keeping a journal of where those quilts ended up. I give most of my quilts away or donate them to charitable auctions and forget I even made many of them. Thanks to Charmaine and the encouragment of others I am trying this new blogging thing! Hope you enjoy.