It makes us very happy when you use our patterns to make a quilt. We love to see how you each use fabric because no quilt is exactly like another - even when they are made from the same pattern.
We won't be able to upload every Show & Tell photo but if you have a photo of a quilt you've made from one of our patterns please email it to Becky. She'll upload new ones from time to time.
Sandra Croley says: "I just finished Aunt Millie's Garden (aka My Tomato Soup quilt) just in time for our local quilt show. It was such a hit! I have a longarm but at the last minuted decided to hand-quilt this one using luscious wool batting. What a beauty! I have appliqued for a while now but find after buying your "Applique the Piece-o-Cake Way" a couple of years ago, I find my work has greatly improved. I've tried so many techniques (ie: glue stick, etc.) but find it so nice to just be able to sit down and needle-turn without all the prep work.
I've attached a pic of my tomato soup quilt so you can take a look. I was able to do all the applique work with one jelly roll and one charm pack, plus some added greens. Great way to get a scrappy look but in a more controlled way!"
This is a lovely quilt and a really good way to use jelly rolls!
Darlene Bakos and Bridget Wilson Matlock made this quilt which was quilted by Kate Meyers. Besides being a Long Arm quilter, Kate and her husband are the SE Regional Coordinators for Quilts of Valor.
All three live in TN. They named their quilt Daniels Color II. Block 12, the center medallion from our Land of the Free ePatterns, is the center of their quilt. Their borders show the block off nicely and the machine quilting is spectacular.
Watch, you may see this quilt hanging in shows soon.
This is Debbie Farrelly's first applique quilt! Isn't is pretty! She says:
My quilting teacher, Megan Johnson, started to work on Aunt Millie's about a year ago, and I decided to try it too. It was a lot of fun to pick out all the different fabrics (and especially to put old scraps to good use!) and watch it come together. After I finished the top, I sent it to Oklahoma, where your friend Mary Covey did a beautiful job of quilting it for me. I knew that she had done a great job on yours so figured she was the best one to send mine to as well. And this week, after more than a year of working and waiting, I finally got to hang the quilt up in the dining room of my new apartment. It looks so beautiful and I was worth every hour of work it took to make. Now I just have to decide what to make next... :-)"
Donna Morton wrote to say:
"As soon as I saw the Aunt Millie's Garden pattern over a year ago I knew I wanted to use my embroidery software to digitize the blocks for in the hoop applique. I used batik fabrics and decided to use fancy motif fills and decorative stitch run lines to create texture and interest.
I ran a club at the store I work for teaching our machine owners how to digitize their own blocks as well.
I'll never have the patience to re-create your patterns by hand but I really enjoy playing with the embroidery software and stitching out the digitized designs on my embroidery machine. Your designs are perfect for digitized in the hoop applique and I look forward to using my embroidery software to create more quilts from your patterns."
It is indeed a lovely quilt! Thank you, Donna, for sharing it.
Jan Hirth, who has had numerous other quilts on this very page, has sent in the first Show and Tell 'Tree O' Life' quilt. Well done, Jan!
In her email, she says: "I made the Tree O' Life quilt for my niece, Emily, and everyone loves it! The side, top and bottom strips make great take along pieces for road trips and the cruise we went on recently. Emily has a cat named Twix so I put him on one of the tree branches. The kitty came from a Nancy Ota pattern. Now I plan to start on the quilt from your newest book."
Emily is a lucky lady!
Patti Mansson wrote to say "I won the Viewers Choice and Honorable Mention on my Aunt Millie's Garden quilt at the Forsyth Piecers and Quilters quilt show held April 16 and 17, 2010. Needless to say I was thrilled! I had never won anything before on my quilts. I really enjoyed making the quilt and I love to applique you might say I am addicted."
Congratulations! Your quilt is lovely and we thank you for sharing it!
Susan Atwell says
"I wanted to share with you my quilt that has been 10 long years in the making.
I bought your pattern ( and book) back in 99 to teach myself hand applique.. and so... after 10 years ( and a few design diversions later)....I FINALLY FINISHED IT for my local guild show.
Im just so thrilled that is is finally done. Most of my time is spent quilting customer tops as my second job so this really is a big deal for me! Thanks for letting my share this with you!"
Susan used parts of our Flowering Vines pattern in her quilt. It's nice to see people being creative with our patterns. Nicely done, Susan!
Terasa Nickels was busy last Christmas. She made several I Spy quilts from our book, Covered With Love, for some very lucky youngsters!
Elaine Chapman sent in a photo of a project she started in Becky's class. The pattern for this block is in Applique Delights.
Elaine said: "Hi Becky, I can't tell you how much I enjoyed your classes. Your teaching is what made all the difference in the world to my appliquéing. However, sometimes life gets in the way and we can't get finished what we want to get finished. But, I finally finished the vase of flowers block!!!! YEA!!!!! When was that??? 2 years ago?????"
You know, it really doesn't matter how long it takes, as long as you enjoy what you are doing!
Carolyn Hughey just sent us this photo of her verwion of Reindeers' Playground. Isn't it cute!
She says: "I bought your DVD Applique the Piece ‘O Cake Way. It was my first attempt at appliqué. You made it so easy to understand, and I took to it right away. I loved the reindeer quilt you included. It reminded me of the 50s, when I grew up. I wanted to send my version of the quilt, to share with you. I just finished the top, so it isn’t quilted yet.
Thanks again for a great video. I have recommended it to many of my friends."
Thank you, Carolyn, for you glowing words.
Jan Hirth sent us a photo of one of her student's quilts. "Cindy Shoop reduced the patterns down to 7" blocks. She entered the quilt in the Road to California Quilt Show and won third place in the traditional appliqué class. She was so excited as this was the first time she has entered a juried show." Way to go Cindy!
Bonnie Bramblett is a busy quilter! She sent a photo of this very cute quilt and said: "Here is a picture of the quilt I made for my granddaughter's seventh birthday. She picked out all the pink fabric and chose the Spring Sampler from the book, The New Applique Sampler. She telephoned we when the quilt arrived for her birthday on January 3rd, and she said "it is awesome"... I love using your patterns because they are so well thought out, and the instructions are so clear. I can't refrain from telling everyone in my Applique Club how helpful your DVD was as I learned to applique. Thanks for these wonderful patterns."
Thank you Bonnie, for your support!
Dena Limpede sent us photos of her finished Christmas Trees quilt. She says:
"My father was admitted to the hospital in October after returning from a mission trip in the Dominican Republic. I stayed with him in the hospital the entire time. While there I finished up all of the trees and the entire Christmas Light border. I was so thankful to have something to occupy my hands and time for those 9 days. And I have a wonderful quilt to show for it.
It's a beautiful quilt and will be in our family for a very very long time. I will think of you and Linda each time I see it - I love the Piece O'Cake way to appliqué. It allows me to appliqué with perfect results every time!"
Thank you, Dena, for the kind words and for sharing your quilt with us all!
Stephanie wrote to say:
"I wanted to share my finally completed Cinnamon Stitches project. I call mine Folk Art Friendship. I posted the story of this quilt on my blog post if you have any interest. I love this quilt!"
We think she did a lovely job.
The prairie points with buttons are a nice touch!
Bobbie Bramblett has been very busy. The next quilt down is also one she made and sent in.
Bobbie writes: "I thought you might like to see my wall hanging made from your book A Slice of Christmas. I loved the old fashioned Santas but since this was my very first appliqué project, I decided to only do the center panel. I finished the appliqué part after Christmas last year and then waited until about two weeks ago to finish the binding. Everyone that sees it, loves it, I hope to make more of the panels in the coming year as they make such beautiful wall hangings, and this might inspire quilters to some of the panels just for wall hangings for Christmas.
Since I now know how to really appliqué (thanks to your book Learn to Appliqué the Piece o' Cake Way and your DVD that goes with it) I don't have to redo the pieces over and over. Your instructions are so clear, and the DVD is so helpful that I can do all the stitches taught in them. Also, Linda has been so patient with me when I called her for help with a project. Thanks, Linda."
Bobbie Bramblett emailed to say: "I loved making this quilt for my daughter. The DVD is so helpful that I referred to it quite often while I was doing the appliqué.
My seven year old granddaughter loves this quilt, and of course wanted one also. We chose four blocks from the Spring Sampler and she picked out pink material for all the flowers. I have just finished it and it is at my quilter getting quilted for her birthday on January 3rd."
Nicely done!
Rosemary Cushman writes: "I am a longarm quilter who loves doing wholecloth quilts. I took your "Love Apple Star" pattern and modified it for a colored wholecloth piece I call "Sunshine and Lollipops". I did add other elements but your quilt patten was my initial inspiration. It's first outing was at our North Carolina State Fair where it won it's class AND won a North Carolina Award of Excellence ribbon as well. Everyone who sees the quilt loves it. I plan to have the quilt travel to other shows over the next few months and we'll see what happens. The quilt label states that this is a quilt that was adapted from a pattern by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins from the book Flowering Favorites. Hope you like the outcome."
Your quilt is lovely! Congratulations on the ribbons.
Nickie Aldrich sent in her version of Everyday Best. She wrote: "Thanks again for the inspiration! I really enjoyed making this quilt."
I especially like the pieced inner border. I pulls every thing together.
Jan Hirth writes: I emailed you several months ago with pictures of the quilts made by the students in my adult ed class in San Juan Capistrano. Well, I finally finished mine this week. I chose to hand quilt it so that took awhile. Your red background was so wonderful that I copied it. I enjoyed making this quilt more than any I've done in the past. I bought your new book last week so will be starting my next quilt soon. Thank you for your beautiful creations.....Jan Hirth
Thank you, Jan, for sharing your lovely quilt!
LaVerne Johnson from Miami sent us a photo of her version of A Walk in the Mountains. She says: " It was a fun quilt to make - hugs to you!"
LaVerne, you did a great job and, yes, I do remember you. I hope to see you again!
Diane Johnson from Calabasas, CA, sent this photo of her version of Aunt Millie's Garden. It's lovely on black and white!
She wrote: "I wanted to share quilts inspired by your patterns. I'm teaching Aunt Millie's Garden as a block of the month. I was the featured quilter at our quilt show - everyone loved my garden!"
Pam Adams says: "This batik sampler took many years to finish, and I loved every minute. I only worked on the blocks when I traveled and at outdoor music festivals. Can't wait to start the next one, -p"
Your quilt is lovely and we thank you for sharing it!
Donna Sereda sent us a photo of her recently finished quilt that she named, “May Everyone Be Happy.” Isn't it pretty! Donna says: "I mainly used blocks and borders from your book, The New Appliqué Sampler. Julie Jenkins did the machine quilting for me. I also watched your extremely helpful DVD and feel I really increased my hand appliqué skill level by making this quilt. Plus it was mighty fun to do! The quilt is a gift for a very special person and has already started on its journey to its new home.
I love your happy quilt designs!"
Judie Fleming sent us a photo of her version of Simply Delicious. She said:
"I recently finished your appliqued fruit quilt. I really enjoyed working with all the different fabrics. It's hand appliqued and hand quilted. It received an Honorable Mention at 'The Best of the Valley Quilt Show' in Lindsay, CA."
Congratulations to Judie!
Sharon Turnbow sent this photo. She was in one of my recent classes and she said: "I finished my wall hanging and wanted to send you a picture. This is my VERY first hand sewn quilt block. I also hand quilted it. That is not so easy to see, since I just traced the outline as I quilted it. This was a lot of fun. Thank you for being a GREAT teacher."
Didn't she do a lovely job? Way to go!
Louise Deveault sent this "chocolate" version of her Applique Sampler from the book, The New Applique Sampler.
Kaye White sent her version of Everyday Best. It has a nice, warm feeling.
Becky Souders sent this lovely version of Everyday Best from our book, Quilts With A Spin. She pieced her borders, following the colors in the color wheel, rather than appliqueing them. It's very pretty!
Millie Castro sent this picture of a Whirlygig quilt that she made. Isn't it amazing! You can find this pattern in our book, Quilt With A Spin.
