Collaborative Quilt for Yvonne Porcella

As many of you know, Leslie Tucker Jenison, Iris Karp and I put out a call for blocks to make a quilt for Yvonne Porcella, after hearing that she has Ovarian Cancer. We wanted to wrap our love around her.

Leslie and I each sewed the squares together that we received in the mail - she in Texas and me in California. I had a sew-a-thon in my studio on March 1st to help with the satin stitching - Mary Tabar, Kathy Hanoian and Felisa Lyons. Leslie came to California on March 15th, and we began sewing the entire quilt together. I am sewing down the Mistyfused binding above.

Below, Leslie is sewing the quilt on my Bernina, and I was holding it on the other end.

Sewing the middle portion together with the satin stitch.

All sewn up! Even standing on a ladder, we could not get the entire quilt in the picture! The quilt also includes Yvonne's name, the words Peace, Joy and Love and the initials SAQA.

Thanks to the outpouring of love and generosity from SAQA members and others, this bed quilt was made for Yvonne. Leslie Tucker Jenison and I received over 100 squares from all over the world. 84"wide x 104" long. There are more pictures on Leslie's blog.

and Yvonne modeling on the new quilt - two beauties!

Happy Dance - our group quilt sold

"Tres Artistas Latina Americanas" 54Wx60H
group (L to R: Peggy Calvert, Anne Copeland and me) art quilt made for a special exhibit at Festival in Long Beach; it has been hanging in an art gallery in downtown Orange, CA since September to be part of their 2-month long Day of the Dead celebration. I went by the gallery last week, and it was gone - that is to a potential buyers house to try it out! It is officially SOLD.

Postcard Quilt - Festival Long Beach 2008

Everything Under the Sun - Postcard Quilt

This quilt was the cornerstone of the special exhibit "Everything Under the Sun" for Festival in Long Beach 2008. A compilation of fiber postcards (8-1/2Wx5-1/2H - horizontal format) made by 20+ artists all of the quilts in the exhibit, and points of interest in the City of Long Beach. The other quilts in this exhibit were made by groups of three or more people and were of The Queen Mary, The Pike, Toyota Grand Prix, Skyline, Latin American Women Artists, Long Beach Blues Festival, and the Rose Apartments. The overall quilt measure 36Wx50H and is sewn onto household screen.

Detail

Detail

Detail

Look for this quilt when you go to Festival in Long Beach this Summer 2009 - Quilts, Inc., has become its new owner. Now, how cool is that?

Orange Public Library - Permanent Collection

"Adventures Start Here" in the Children's Section of the Orange Public Library & History Center in Old Towne Orange, CA

Three quilts on permanent display. The main quilt is 4 feet tall by 14 feet wide. Two side panels frame the large quilt and they are each 5 feet tall by 2 feet wide. I designed all three quilts. My small art group - The Cut-Loose Quilters of Orange made the quilts - 9 women - 9 months to make.

To view all three quilts - click on the title

Orange Public Library - Permanent Collection

Cut-Loose Quilters of Orange - Terry Waldron, Joanell Connolly, Anne Copeland, Julie Schlueter, me, Cindy Cooksey, Vickie Valdez-Green, Peggy Calvert and Stacy Hurt (not in the picture). These quilts are in the Children's section of the Orange Main Library & History Center

All three quilts were designed by me, and each artist put together a vertical section of the large quilt using a pattern, that I provided. The large quilt is 4 feet tall by 14 feet wide. It took 9 of us to make these three quilts over a nine month period.

You can view how the quilts were made by visiting the Cut-Loose blog

The side panels are 2 feet wide by 5 feet high. Artists were given horizontal sections. I sewed them together and free-motion quilted both.