Pandas in Bamboo
Pink and Black
It was not intentional, but three of my last quilts for Project Linus just turned out to be pink and black. In April I wanted to use up part of…
Noah's Ark
Noah’s Ark
This project is a descendant of one of my Linus quilts which featured a fabric panel with a group of jungle animals. Some friends who saw a photo of that…
Bunny Hop
Bunnies and Bees
Spring has arrived in our backyard, with the bees madly working the rosemary flowers and a mourning dove raising her nestlings right in the Argentine giant cactus. There is also…
When Cats Wish Upon a Star
Canines and Felines
Looking back at the quilts I have made for Project Linus over the past five years, I was struck by how many gravitate to birds, insects and critters of all…
Catching Up
Quite a hiatus since my last quilt report. Quilting gets a little complicated for me during the summer. In 2023 we spent six weeks in Minnesota, visiting Russell, Julia and…
Katya's Animal Crackers
Quilts for Grandchildren: Part 2
While celebrating our first grandson's sixth birthday last week, I was remembering making his baby quilt. "Ilya's Aviary" was one of the last projects that I quilted by hand. It…
Daniel's Puzzle
Quilts for Grandchildren: Part 1
The women in my family have always made quilts. The oldest one in my collection is a hand-quilted white-on-white coverlet made by a great aunt around 1939. The newest one…
Dragonflies and Cattails
Five Months of Linus Quilts
As we approach the middle of 2023, I am still on track to meet my goal of making two quilts per month for the Las Cruces chapter of Project Linus.…