First one – finished 9/3/21

#2 finished 9/21/21 55×39 inches

#3 finished 9-27-21 given away 6/8/23 A “jellyroll race” quilt with Halloween fabric

#4 Finished 10/11/21

Fabric for the top came from Jo-Anns and Etsy. Fabric for the back came from SmArt art and craft supplies. I bought the Jo-Ann’s fabric and the Smart fabric before I knew how to quilt, knowing that I wanted to learn. This was made for sitting on the grass.

#5 finished 12/9/21 Blue-brown disappearing 9 patch. Fabrics from a fat quarter bundle from JoAnn’s in Rivergate (before I knew how to quilt) and Make & Mend. Sold 9/10/23

#6 finished 1/11/22 Donated to Caris Hospice 7/23/23 54×40″

#7 Grandfather Mountain view in the fall finished 3/23/22 All fabric bought in Boone, NC

#8 Finished June 7, 2022, given as a baby blanket for my chiropractor. I learned how to do half-square triangles

#9 Finished June 14, 2022 Given as a baby blanket for a clerk at the pharmacy I use.

#10 finished 7/12/22 Disappearing Chattanooga. Disappearing 9 patch made with fabrics bought in Chattanooga TN.

#11 finished 11/9/22 Sold to a neighbor. First log cabin quilt. All fabric from SmArt.

#12 Scrappy X finished 11/10/22 I learned how to do this from a YouTube channel called “My Sewing Room”. Fabric from “My Fabric Addiction” and “Farfalla Originals” on Etsy

#13 Finished 12/16, 2022 6 disappearing 9 patch panels, made from 9 inch squares. Used 14 fat quarters. Given as a gift to my husband. It is flannel.

#14 finished Jan 6, 2023 I didn’t cut or sew the HSTs. They were in a bag from Make and Mend. I assembled them into this pattern, to resemble fish in a pond. 61×37 inches

#15 finished 3/4/23 Kantha, technique by Terry Rowland. Fabric by Smart. Now I know why to sew coming from alternate sides

#16 finished 4/12/23 Fence rail. 49×52 inches. Gifted 2/26/26

#17 finished 6/19/26 Sashiko quilting on shibori

#18 finished 4/27/23 Rainbow postage stamp. Colorful fabric from “Shanzay’s Sewing Co” on Etsy

#19 finished 5/24/23 Halloween nap blanket for my husband

#20 finished 6/20/23 Donated to Caris Hospice 7/27/23

#21 finished June 22, 2023 Fabric from “My fabric addiction” on Etsy

#22 finished 3/25/23 gifted 4/8/23 (forgot to take a photo of it so it got lost in the numbering) The recipient uses it as sound baffling because he is a musician. All Halloween fabrics. First picture is from him, second is the fabric before I sewed it (better light)

#23 finished 6/24/23 given 1/1/24 ‘L7″ quilt, fireflies at twilight. Fabric from JoAnn’s

#24 finished 7/7/23. Donated 7/27/23 All fabric from Smart. Autumn Leaves and Twigs

#25 finished 7/7/23 Patriotic Log Cabin. all fabric from Smart. Donated 10/18/24

#26 finished 7/14/23. Some hand quilting with perle cotton. Fabrics from Smart and Etsy

#27 finished 7/12/23 Autumn log cabin. Fabric from Smart

#28 finished 7/14/23 58 x 43 inches. A meditation on the “new normal” after Covid

#29 finished 12/6/23 Also made the back. Top- JoAnn, back, Smart

#30 finished 12/12/23 Gifted. Batman comic strip. Fabric from Hobby Lobby

#31 finished 12/12/23. Donated 10/17/24 Fabric from Smart. One-quarter log cabin

#32 finished 12/13/23. Donated 10/18/24 (yes, I made the same quilt twice)

#33 finished 12/29/23 63×48 inches. All Egyptian and African fabrics from Smart

the back

#34 finished 1/17/24 48×51

the back

#35 finished July 27, 2024 Mystic panels. Fabric from Smart

close up

#36 finished 7/27/23 fat quarter favorites. Dinosaur fabric from Hobby Lobby. Some from a fabric shop in Chattanooga

#37 finished 9/11/24 Orange/Pink orphan – created during a week when there was an ice/snow storm (Jan 2024) Learned Courthouse Steps, Wonky Star, Disappearing 4 patch, and practiced different sizes of make 4 at once HSTs for an upcoming project. Listening to “Otherland”

#38 finished 10/16/24 Blade Runner quilt as you go.

#39 finished 10/29/24 Panel from “Ready Set Sew” in Chattanooga, in 2022. Charm pack from “My Fabric Addiction” on Etsy

#40 finished 11/6/24 (after Election day). Scrap bundle from Smart. Given as a baby blanket to a local baker/ coffee shop owner. Good HST practice. Also, first time to bind it like normal quilters do.

#41 finished 11/9/24 Tilda X and O. Colorful fabrics from a fat eighth bundle from Smart. Given to my aunt who was in a nursing home.

#42 finished 11/21/24 Irish Chain

#43 finished 12/28/24 Lime/Liberty Liberty of London quilting fat quarters from “The Last Homely House” youtube channel. Lime Green fabric from JoAnn’s

Quilted using Aurifil thread that came with the Christmas packet

#44 finished 1/1/25 Fish in a pond. Given to my husband. Fabric from SmArt

#45 finished 4/2/25 browns from Smart, pink/blue/green centers from JoAnn’s Log cabin – but a Chocolate Cupcake with Sprinkles. Backing fabrics were a fortuitous find.

#46 finished 4/3/25 Train nap blanket. Fabric from Smart

#47 finished 4/9/25 Given to my chiropractor for his second baby. 4/30/25 Geisha in a tea garden. Fabric from Smart

#48 finished 4/17/25 Dpmated 5/1/25 Scrappy Log Cabin. Fabric from Smart

#49 finished 4/22/25 Dpmated 5/1/25 Panel from Ready Set Sew, rest from Smart

#50. finished 6/16/25 Donated 7/1/25 Fabric from Smart, by way of Stitcher’s Garden

#51 Finished 6/18/25 Donated 7/1/25 Potato Chip blue/yellow. All fabric from Smart

#52 finished 6/29/25 Donated 7/1/25 Fabric from Smart

#53 finished 7/3/25 46×35 inches. “round” roses fabric from Smart 6″ and 12″ blocks

#54 finished 8/17/25 Sushi Roll All top fabric from Smart. Back is from JoAnns, as it was closing

#55 finished 10/16/25 Sold. All Japanese fabric. From Smart

back is Chinese fabric

#56 finished 11/18/25 43 inches square. Donated 2/20/26 Parrot D9patch. All fabric from Smart

#57 finished 12/12/25 Science fiction landscape. All fabric from Smart

The back

#58 Finished 12/18/25 Donated 2/20/26 Terry Rowland’s color wash, Polaroids

#59 finished 12/31/25 Tokyo nights. Marcia Derse fabrics, on Etsy

#60 finished 1/20/26 Tilda/Kaffe

Since September of 2021 I’ve made 60 quilts. Of those, I’ve given away 14 (of that, 4 were for babies), sold 3, and donated 13 to Hospice.

#61 African Star. 38” square. Started 5/4/25. Finished 6/13/26. Sawtooth Star and Flying Geese blocks. African wax print fabric front and back is from Smart Art and Craft Supplies. Mango Kona cotton from Joann Fabrics during the closing sale.

#62 “Art Journal” quilt finished 6/16/26. Started 3/13/26, top completed 3/23/26. About 46 inches square. Some fabric from Smart, some from Marcia Derse Fabric leftover from the “Tokyo Nights” quilt, and some low volume fabric I ordered. Back is a well-washed and thus very soft sheet.

#63 Peace Walk

Started 1/20/26, final quilting 6/17/26. 70 x 53 inches. (5 feet 10 inches by 4 foot 5 inches). I started this when the monks were on their Walk For Peace. I studied photos of their patchwork robes and read about how they are made, so I used only scraps of fabric which I got from Smart. I noticed that the quilting was done by making 90 degree turns instead of straight lines so I tried that (it got a little off but that is OK too). I also chose to piece the back as well, which meant making two quilt tops. This is also an echo of their robes.

Front of quilt is first, back is second.

Detail of quilting

Online info about their robes –

“Pāṃsukūla Robe (Paṃsukūla Cīvara)

A Pāṃsukūla robe is a Buddhist monk’s robe made from discarded pieces of cloth collected from places such as refuse heaps, roadsides, cremation grounds, or other abandoned locations. The word “Pāṃsukūla” literally means “cast-off rags” or “discarded cloth.”

During the time of the Buddha, some monks would: Collect discarded cloth pieces, Wash and clean them, Sew them together, Dye them, And use them as their robes.

This practice helped cultivate: Simplicity, Contentment, Non-attachment to material possessions, Renunciation and detachment.

In the Buddhist ascetic practices known as Dhutaṅga, the Pāṃsukūlika Dhutaṅga refers to the practice of wearing only robes made from discarded cloth rather than accepting newly offered robes.

In summary: A Pāṃsukūla robe is a robe made from discarded cloth, symbolizing simplicity, humility, and freedom from attachment—qualities highly valued in Buddhist monastic life.”