Mary Quilts Blog

I also finished the binding on quilt 9 of 10 so i just have one to quilt and one to bind different quilts because the last top i m going to quilt is another one of mom s.

Mary quilts blog. I m also going to combine the blog and the website into one. If you haven t seen these quilts i ve got some examples on my website. Only a couple of days after writing that my goal for this month was to turn my wonky log cabins into a table runner i have finished the top. She has been a featured guest on the quilt show with alex anderson and ricky tims.

The quilts night out has been compiled as a tribute to american quilt makers. Throughout american history they documented every aspect of life. Mary huey i love to cut fabric up and sew it back together. O quilts i have been quilting since 1973.

On june 2 2007 october 6 2018 by mary 13 comments this site is intended to provide brief instructions for my quilts and they assume you have a basic knowledge of quilting. Thank you grandma for teaching me how to sew you have saved my life so many times i was born in boston raised in arizona lived 1 year in france 2 years in england 2 years in nyc 2 years in la 20 years in miami florida and now living for in charlotte north carolina since 1994. My intention is to make a bunch of blocks and then piece one or two quilts myself and take send the rest for group quilts. The next step is to layer and quilt this which wouldn t take long were it not for the fact that i ve signed up for the mid century modern curves class with carol lyles shaw that starts towards the end of this month.

Our project for the 2018 maine sew in will be happy blocks. A quiltmaker fabric designer teacher and speaker mary elizabeth is also co author of two best selling books small blocks stunning quilts and small pieces spectacular quilts. It was a bit of a challenge to transfer the domain over but the good news is that i can host it using my current space so in the end i ll save about 150 a year. Happy blocks for kids should have a novelty fabric in the center and framed with brights that have good contrast you can use solids mottled or tone on tone prints for the frames.

I ve made lots of quilts for my family friends and to bless people in tough situations. It s 10 of 10 to be bound and 10 were also quilted during this quilting binding marathon. Happy blocks for veterans can be all shades of red white blue. During my 40 years of quiltmaking i owned a fabric shop for 26 years in addition to teaching extensively.