Quilts and other creations

Quilting and associated crafting is an on/off hobby for many years. I'm just an amateur, but combining colors and designs into useful objects made me happy. In the earlier years, I used to quilt bedspreads, but had a difficult time finishing them. Nowadays, I make smaller items that I could finish. Below is a selection of items I have made through the years, starting with the most recent.

I just finished a cot-sized bedspread for my RV mattress, the colorful floral fabric was purchased during my trip to Japan a couple of years ago. It did not turn out the way I like, I found the colors/design too busy. But it will have to do until I make another I like better.

Two mini quilts completed recently for the Quilters Guild of Plano's annual auction this summer (forgot to take a photo of the finished blue quilt)

Table runners were easy to finish. I made these for friends, for special ocassions.

I am using these mug rugs myself, quilted from 100% Japanese fabric.

Made a lot of coasters, from scrap fabric and leftover batting. Mostly given away, the red set below for Chinese New Year.

Also taught two workshop on how to make coasters and pocket tissue holders to small groups with the Ladies of Bowie.

A coordinated set of bowl cozies with 4 coasters and a mug rug made great gifts.

Bowl cozies, potholders and placemats were a big hit as were the dish scrubbies that I crocheted during RV trips or in waiting rooms (the materials were very portable). I used to have a website that sold some of my creations. However, I could not keep up with demand, producing them started to feel like work, so I stopped selling. Now I only make them when I felt like it, sometimes on request and gave them to friends at Christmas, on birthdays, or when I visited them during my RV trips.

Below are some items I made years ago. A kings size bedspread for my sister-in-law, hand quilted while I was living in Italy. It took quite a few years to finish!

A twin sized bedspread for my daughter when she went to college. I did another for my son, but don't have a photo of it.

Another twin sized bedspread, hand quilted while stationed in Italy, a favorite quilt that I'm still using.

Finally here are two items I crocheted during COVID, in between sewing face masks for the community. Created just for recreation, never actually wore them. I think they got donated during our move.