52 Quilts Completed in 2013

I didn't plan on completing an average of one quilt per week, it just turned out that way. Some were bed sized, some were small; some were traditional quilts, but most were art quilts. (If you click on the links you will be taken to the original blog posts about each quilt.)

This year started out like the last few years, with the Project Quilting challenges:

 (top row, left to right) "Lime Squares", "Mountain Mist", "Coneflower Confection"

(bottom row, left to right) "Make a LittleBirdhouse in Your Soul", "Three Wishes, and "Tweet Dreams Baby Quilt"

And there were several custom quilts:

Two custom T-shirt quilts 

 Two custom bed quilts

Two quilts started by another quilter (left) "The Blue Collection" and (right) "Barbara's Pineapples" 

Then there were some quilts that were made for other groups:

(Left) My slice of "Industrial Dayton" for the Miami Valley Art Quilt Network’s Dayton Landmark Redux quilts and (right) a collaborative "String Quilt" for the Children's Museum of South Dakota.

Plus two more pieces:

(left) "Red Sky at Night" which was a special Project Quilting challenge and (right) "Home Tweet Home", a fabric mosaic made for the Miniature Show at Would You, Could You In a Frame

And a series of quilts based on design principles for the Miami Valley Art Quilt Network study group:

(top row, left to right) "Lines of Text", "Colorful Language", "Love Letter"

(bottom row, left to right) "Fishy, Fishy", "Every Fiber of Her Being", and "Bent out of Shape"

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On June 16 I posted on my Facebook page: "We're 24 weeks into 2013 and I've made 23 quilts/fabrics mosaics so far this year."

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The next few months was getting ready for the Textile Art Group show at the Wind’s Café in Yellow Springs:

The Yellow Springs Americana Series:

(top row, left to right) "Kings Yard Farmers Market", "Sunflowers at Whitehall Farm", "Patio at the Winds Cafe"

(bottom row, left to right) "My Soul in a Blackberry Pie", "Lazy Summer Afternoon", and "Picnic at Ellis Pond"

A dozen quilted birdhouses.

Two more custom quilts made using the client’s father’s bathrobes and made for twin sisters:

 "Willie"

Three more art quilts:

(left) "The Fragment of a Song" made for the Bound 2B Round show at Village Artisans and (right) "My Very Educated Mother Just Said Uh-oh, No Pluto" for the Miami Valley Art Quilt Network study group
(bottom) "Four Patch Bridge at Sunset" made for the Miami Valley Art Quilt Network's Fiver Rivers MetroParks exhibit for 2014

Two more framed pieces:

(left to right) "Orange Tree at Sunset" and "Sunrise in the City" 

And something a little different:

 

"How Does Your Rainbow Grow"

This little 3D art quilt and "Sunrise in the City" were the only piece I made all year that wasn't for a specific challenge, show, or client.

Did you count them? Yes, there are only 48 photos as three not mentioned here because they aren't ready to be shown, plus a custom table caddy that I didn't take a photo of before it was picked up.