MY QUILT ZONE

I made this small (12"x12") art quilt for the 2016 SAQA Benefit Auction .  It's called, "Full Moon Over Stonehenge." I used a navy-blue speckled fabric for the night sky background.  I bought some Stonehenge fabrics by Northcott that I used for the vertical sarsen stones and the horizontal lintel stone.  The moon is a piece of very thin, silver lamé fabric, which I bonded to the background with Mistyfuse.  Within the radiating quilting lines, I added some Swarovski crystals for stars.  (It sold for $150.)

I made this Bluebird of Happiness quilt in remembrance of my husband, David, who died in 1986 at the age of 44.   The pattern I used for the bluebird was taken from a coloring book drawing by Florence Sarah Winship.   The background fabric was hand-dyed by Carol Eaton formerly of Shelton, CT.   The song, “ The Bluebird of Happiness ” made famous in 1945 by the opera tenor, Jan Peerce, had special significance for my husband because his father used to sing this song to him when he was a little boy.  Sadly, his father died in 1950 when my husband was only 8 years old. In late 1976, when we had begun dating, I asked him what he wanted for Christmas and he asked for a copy of this song.    Well, in 1976, the Internet (as we know it today) didn’t exist - and because of that, I spent many weeks of frantic searching, lots of praying and then by a small miracle - I found a vintage record shop (over 50 miles away) in Hartford, CT   that had  the exact song he wanted.