Jimmy Buffet t-shirt quilt

This so much fun to make. The "waves" were created from Hawaiian shirts using the Snail Trail traditional block pattern. The large fish were made from t-shirt fabric. The smaller ones are make from cotton fabric since they were 1" half square triangles, the t-shirt fabric would have been too thick.

 The Parrot's tail was on a white t-shirt and would have looked odd with just a big expanse of white so I turned it under and it is appliqued on top of the shirt below.
This is the first time that I've used an Ombre fabric for the setting strips but it won't be the last, I love how it looks.

I used a lightweight microfleece blanket from target for the backing. It worked great and it was nice to be able to get just the size that I needed. It quilts up nicely too. 

Showered with love

This collage quilt is made by backing fabric with fusible web and fussy cutting elements from the fabric to create the images. I used pattern ease and drew the outlive of the elephants. I found a teflon sheet at Aldi that I attached to a foam board. This was I could place the pieces and then iron them down all in one step. 

Available for Sale

$100

Wind on the River

Wind on the River, fabric panel by Northcott fabrics, designed by Ira Kennedy. 

I embellished with the circles becasue I wanted to highlight different aspects of the image. I love the movement of this piece.

Available for Sale

$450 

Zombie quilt "Beauties and Brains"

This Pin-up girl Zombie fabric from Alexander Henry fabrics just caught my interest. My daughter suggested that I just make the quilt and someone would love it. It ended up being a 16th birthday gift and it is indeed loved.

This quilt is SOLD!

My Fancy Pants Scrap Quilt (La Passacaglia)

Practice layouts for Rosettes before I knew anything.

The fabric pull for La Passacaglia

Family crafting on the trip home from the celebration of 60 years of marriage for Ross and Nancy Fitzpatrick

Finger pin cushions that I made.

First large rosette (that I kept, one is sitting in a box waiting for "someday")

My organization. each envelope has a picture of the rosette and all the pieces needed.

Using my One Block Wonder technique of stacking repeats to speed up fussy cutting. Brilliant but why did it take me so long?

I had to rip out the 2nd round of diamonds on this rosette, they just didn't work. I am much happier with the darker green leaves

I decided that this was the fabric that I HAD to use for pentagons all around the whole top. I have been using this fabric on odds and ends for years and now I really needed more and couldn't find it anywhere. I do know that i must have purchased it 10 years ago. It's ok though, I made more. Thanks goodness it was a stripe!

Sewing the rosettes together, not as difficult as I imagined.

Hooray, found the border fabric. They didn't have enough at the local quilt store but I was able to get more online.

more of my manufactured fabric

almost done, counting how many pents are still needed. I was able to rip out the lining of a purse that I'd used the stripe in so didn't need to make any more fabric.

I wrapped the edges around paper so that I'd have a nice crisp edge to applique to the border.

I sewed the border fabric to a piece roughly the size of the top, pinned and appliqued with a narrow zigzag stitch and invisafil thread.

Looking good but I really needed to add something to the border.

auditioning border add-ons

Ready to quilt, just waiting for time and cooler weather, my sewing room is the hottest room in the house!

Label: "My Fancy Pants Scrap Quilt"

(A thousand Dancing Flowers)

La Passacaglia 

by Willyne Hammerstein

Hand pieced and Machine quilted

by Aileen Fitzpatrick

North Aurora, Il

Sept. 2016- July 2017

Here She is!