2024 Annual Review

Most significant achievements:

24 Karat Rondure -- continued its show circuit

Juried into these 2024 shows:

Road to California (only 20 quilts in the category...super honored to be there)

Mancuso - QuiltFest - South Carolina -- organizers asked me to move it into another category indicating they thought it would compete better. Hmmm. Since I didn't attend, I don't know, and it didn't place. But someone I knew when they were in high school (I was a bit younger) happened to be at the show and noticed my quilt. How fun!

pic courtesy of Mark and Cheri Young

Mancuso - Pacific International Quilt Fest, Santa Clara, CA - attended myself!

Mancuso - Pennsylvania - (RIBBON: Best Interpretation of the Theme)

Being displayed at: Tri-Cities Quilt Show

Ribbons received:

1st place - Minnesota Quilt Show! People's Choice at Odessa Quilt Show (Spring Fling)

Lincoln County Fair - Superintendent's Award and a blue ribbon

Best Interpretation of the Theme WSQ Spokane - 2nd Place in its category

Pennsylvania Quilt Festival

Commissions

Wedding Quilt

front side -- blocks made by family members backside - pieced coordinating blocks

Commission using spoonflower bicycle themed prints to make a bedspread.

Bicycle jersey commission

NEW DESIGN - Super Honey Beehive and made two as a commission for a client in Oregon.

Stay tuned for a new acrylic ruler --coming soon!

Basketball themed shirts (for the most part) for a Laker's lover!

Banner for Colorado organization representing their surroundings and including their logo

T-shirt quilts -- one for a son; one for the mother

New Patterns - find all the patterns here

New designs w/Island Batik fabrics

Prairie Stars

Fireworks Display

Bonus projects

a re-work of Winter Bright ....this version is Poinsettia Window

a re-work of City Shadows ...called this quilt Flower Boxes

Four Placemat Table Topper - using Northcott's Autumn Gathering fabrics

New, Completed Projects

Picture Perfect Layer Cake and some coordinating elements. One LayerCake made both of these quilt tops. I sorted them by geometric vs. florals.

Super cute Gnome themed Christmas season fabrics ...this is the Advent Calendar. Got my mom to do the pocket basting, and then I quilted and bound it.

A fun birthday present for someone who loves Mackenzie-Childs

Seatbelt Protector - for a dear friend recovering from breast reduction surgery
also served as a sample for byAnnie campaign

Project 2.0 bags - samples for byAnnie campaign

Taught at Sew Expo 2024 -- including a couple of trunk shows.

Boondoggle Ruler Rainbow Runner

Paper Piecing - Dark Side of the Moon

Beginning Quilt Making

AnglePlay - Beginning and Advanced classes

Advanced AnglePlay

a bit of a deviation but this diamond art is so fun! Took this on vacation with me and was a great evening activity.

Machine Embroidery work
Now offering Embroidered Labels for your quilts.

New WIPs - 2024

Boondoggle Ruler - Rainbow Runner - class sample at Sew Expo

Crazy Heart - class sample for Sew Expo 2025 - using EZPiecing foundations

Compass - class sample for Sew Expo 2025 - using EZPiecing foundations

Two secret projects ---- for Island Batik 2025

From 2023

Tulips a row from the Row by Row 2023 event

The Jr. pattern for this year's Row by Row event

2024 Bloggers Color Challenge

WIP - Really Old! - PROGRESS

Out of the Darkness - Pam Bono -

OLD LIST, once upon a time was publicly listed as 'next items' but never got started and there are too many piles of fabric destined as possible projects to list here ;-)...ha!:

Snowflake/blizzard --except that I used some of the snowflakes as inspiration for the Cool Penguin design and in my "Protection from the Storm" several years ago
2007 Shop Hop the Blues - bow ties?
2009 Shop Hop the Blues - fall leaves?

2014 list

OWN - next up is the last large block

UNCERTAIN COMPLETIONS from 2015 list:

Lucky Pot of Gold or Ode to Ireland (a Mi Amore shamrock version) applique still to add.

2016 UFOs:

Train set - with IB Sea Salt Sandy and some other background -- an IBA challenge that I want to incorporate into something bigger. #Accuquilt dies (rentable in the classroom) were used to cut these.
Little cars - with IB Fire Island -- an IBA challenge that I want to incorporate into something bigger. #Accuquilt die (rentable in the classroom) was used to cut these.
Umbrellas -- an IBA challenge that I want to incorporate into something bigger. #Accuquilt die (rentable in the classroom) was used to cut these.
Raindrops --an IBA challenge that I want to incorporate into something bigger

2017 WIP List

*2017 RxR - On the Go - PROGRESS

still needs some applique elements.

2018 WIP list

Aves -- I got the fabrics selected and the first block cut out in 2018 ...but that is it.

2019 WIP - Commissions

Tie quilt - awaiting progress payment from client (ready to quilt)

2021 WIP PROGRESS

1. U.S. Tour blocks -

2. Five pointed Star templates from Off the Wall Quilt.

From 2022

- Dancing Waters at Grand Coulee Dam (Shop hop Block)

READY TO QUILT

from 2023

Peace Park
Back Yard
Nature's Whimsy
Joint Project -- Rainbow Garden fabrics and Shine Bright panel blocks

from 2021

One-Block-Wonder (OBW) using a Serendipity Panel into triangles
William Morris Spring Honey Bun
Seaside Adventure Quilt-Along

from 2017

Lone Star piecing (2009 class w/Eddie Walker) --thinking about quilting it by hand

from 2016

2016 North Central Washington Shop Hop - Come Fall into Love

from 2015

Four Patch Flip- a spring result, but has been sitting there waiting for me to work on it. - now ready to quilt! Finished Piecing - 4/12/18
Metro Rings

from 2014

Electric City - a new 1892 Rondure version, stalled in 2015 --most got going in March 2017, still needed to do 3rd round. 3rd round completed May 2018. Borders added October 2018.

Baskets - WW Valley Quilt Guild 2006 BOM (pictured years ago! and my quilting designs for it continue to evolve)

Joint Projects (ready to quilt)

Cool Penguin, partly pieced by Julie Tapley - Country Register Pattern Sample (or add snowflakes?

Humpty Dumpty's Wall/Poppy Dance Party/Dogwood Branch --designed by me; (Humpy Dumpty) pieced by Betty Baerg - INCORPORATED INTO GARDEN PARTY COLLABORATION QUILT

Joint WIPs:

Camouflage Canopy (waiting for tester to return it)

Barb Kelton's pieced Emerald --thinking I need to make two more to represent my mom and my sis
Row by Row 2018 Junior version - Piano Keys and made leftovers -- gave to mom

Totals:
Completed: 27 + 1 joint project, some just sewing projects and additionally some embroidered labels

Started the year (2024) with WIP: 26 + 6 joint projects

New WIP in 2024: 5
Ended 2024 with WIP: 30 + 5 joint projects

Note: projects for others, I quilted 69. All were hand guided, some were also bound. Lots of photos at http://www.facebook.com/kissedquilts. Or check out the 'Quilting Examples' tab on this blog. Albums have been updated.

TOTAL: 91 quiltings

Still undergoing renovations on our new larger space, I'm hopeful for a move in 2025.

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