Author Archives: Quilting by Martha

December 2019, I won at least 100 strips of 2.5″ various fabrics from a game I played at quilt guild. I challenged myself to use them all up in quilts. After I divided the strips into piles and made four … Continue reading →

I won a lot of 2.5 inch stripes of all different kinds of fabric that I challenged myself to use up. I decided to keep them simple and just sew the strips together. After sewing the strips across (17 or … Continue reading →

I attend a local quilt guild called Material Girlfriends in Shelbyville, Indiana. (picture below) For our Christmas 2019 party we played the game Left, Right, Center. Everyone had to bring five 2.5 inch strips of fabric and we rolled the … Continue reading →

I made this quilt from uniforms worn by Garnet Wagoner that he wore while working at Eli Lilly corporate center in Indianapolis. All the greens went well together and the outer border was made from his work pants. I put … Continue reading →

I was honored to be asked to make a quilt for Sophia. I’ve watched her grow up in the church. Mom, Kate had lots of shirts, using front and back’s. Sophia was involved in so many activities. This was going … Continue reading →

I love this time of the year, finishing one segment of life and starting a fresh new start. I had been requesting T-shirts for the last four months to make Cody’s graduation quilt. He did not want to give them … Continue reading →

Oh what we do for family. Connie took on the challenge to make a T-shirt quilt with the Too Cool T-shirt pattern lay out and using the templates. She backed all her T’s then cut them, then created the puzzle … Continue reading →

Marcia Robertson is known (to me) as the Queen of T-shirt quilts. She can put one together in no time and she knows she can call me on a dime and I will get her quilt quilted for her. Most … Continue reading →

I love T-shirt quilts because they are one of a kind. This May I had a hand in five graduation quilts. No easy task since all required a quick turn time and secrecy.  The first was made by Angela Carmony … Continue reading →

I purchased this stained, hand pieced red and white quilt top at a local flea market for $12.  The quilt top had holes, different shades of white fabrics and did not lay flat, but I could see the finished look.  … Continue reading →