Past Quilts...

Over the years I have had many dream jobs. All of them included me being the boss because I love to do my own thing. My most current dream is to be a professional quilter. Quilting is a fairly new medium for me, but the moment I got into it I loved it. Over the past 6 years I have done many quilts, most of them being memory t-shirt quilts, but a few real quilty quilts. I don't follow patterns. I make it all up...or take an idea and make it my own. Each quilt is a new skill learned. Unfortunately I have not snapped pix of all the quilts I have done over the years, but I remember each one fondly. 

Here are a few I did capture...

This is a quilt I did for Bill Self, head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks!
 This one really put me on the map.

Quilt for Bill Self after the Championship in 2008

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This quilt I made for my dearest friend Kim's first son Harrison.  It was the cutest panel of the alphabet...wish I had more of it because you could really transform those letters into so many different quilts! This is a one and only...for a super special one and only little guy :-)

Quilt for Harrison Rosel

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This quilt I was honored to make in memory of an old friend's step father.

He was the fire chief in Lawrence. 

Fire Chief Memory Quilt

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This was my first attempt at artistic quilting. Fun to look at up close! I stuffed some appliques for a 

3-D effect. I also did some free motion quilting around the tea cups and appliques. My most prized quilt by far. Whenever we have a little girl, this will be hers to go in her pop art nursery.

Pop Art Quilt

This quilt I made for my cousins daughter Kate for Christmas...a bit steep for a christmas present, but this little girl is so super duper sweet...she deserves it :-)

Kate's Amy Butler Flowerburst Quilt

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This is a Free State High t-shirt quilt I made for an old high school acquaintance.

She did so much and went on to be a Chief's cheerleader! Another celebrity folks!! I think I maybe have 3 shirts from high school...a play, and two class shirts, I guess art class didn't put out t-shirts.

Alicia's Free State Quilt

This is a duvet cover I made for Ryan and myself with matching pillow covers. 

Pillow Covers and folded duvet. "Cross Stitched" Monogram for Charlie.  

A few years back on a trip to SF to visit friends I stumbled into the most peculiar little shop in Divisidero, and found screen printed pieces of fabric of different images, sizes and colors. And I thought putting them into a bedroom piece would be a great way to display them. I then pieced together a few different prints into strips. A favorite color pallet of mine for sure!

Top of the Duvet 

This was a typewriter print I appliqued onto a complimentary fabric and embroidered for Charlie. Not a quilt I know, but I thought I'd end with a touch of LOVE.

I hope you have enjoyed my gallery and there will be many more....I've got a ways to go if I want to be a pro I know, but hey! You can help! If you need a quilt done...memory/t-shirt quilt, gift for a little one, or yourself. I am always up for being a part of your soft and cuddly happiness! Quilts are a heavenly thing, do you have a happy little quilt in your life? Oh my. I'm turning into the Bob Ross of quilting!


My next feat is a quilt for our bedroom. Because we switched the house around Ryan and I have to decorate our bedroom. It is a blank canvas...all I can think of is TEAL something! My favorite color in the whole wide world. Not sure what to do, but we need something for the summer months. The duvet although lovely is too heavy and goes into hibernation for the hot times. I have so many ideas, but need to hone them in. More to come on that...

Giant Pizza Roll

I have seen this many times and finally I remembered when I was at the store to buy the dough to make it. Easy, quick and very delicious for any meal! You could even make a breakfast roll :-)

What I have here is a Giant Pizza Roll with green pepper, onion, garlic, salami and pizza herbs with a pink sauce (red & Alfredo mix).

To make things a bit healthier I got the whole wheat pizza dough. Worked very well and I slept easier last night knowing that :-)
Steps:
-Unroll dough on a pan covered with parchment (or foil)
-Spread sauce over dough
-Chopped all my veggies and sprinkle them over sauce
-Lay down my meat
-Sprinkle shredded cheese
-Sprinkle with pizza herbs (oregano, basil, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, onion powder, salt & pepper)
-Roll up!
-Spread a little butter on top and sprinkle with more pizza herbs
-Bake at 425 for 20-30 minutes

I cut it in slices and served (Charlie approved!)

What a year!

On Thursday is Charlie's first birthday! Wow. What a year it has been. The fastest, most fulfilling, emotional, special, fun, learned experience of my life and it doesn't stop here folks! I must say I generally live my life to the fullest and have always been very happy, but this...this is SO different! It is the most amazing science experiment thing to watch a baby from conception to birth to day to day life, turn into a person is the coolest thing I have ever known. Raising babies has gone on since the beginning of time, but once you go through it you see how unbelievable it can be. Having a baby has taken me to a more spiritual place than I've ever been before, seeing a life grow in front of you changes everything. The way you think, feel, and do most things. Charlie has changed my life for the better and I will continue to thank him everyday.

Over the past year Ryan and I have delivered a baby, brought him home wondered what the heck to do next, laughed, cried, nursed, taught, read, sang, smiled, changed I don't know how many diapers of SO many different kinds of poops, been peed on, spit up on, bounced on, slapped, licked, screamed at, looked at, cuddled with, and just plain loved. Having those blue eyes look at me everyday and smile is the best feeling I have ever known. I love this baby. He is my buddy. Wherever I go, he goes! Being able to stay at home with him is such a treasure to me. We would rather be broke and me staying home with him than working a low paying job (which I was before he came along) and still being broke, and missing that face everyday. You do what you need to do that works for you. Me + Charlie = happiness.

Charlie is and has always been a really good baby. Thinking back to when he was just born and couldn't even roll over, and now he's walking across the living room! He is amazing to watch. Such focus, such intent on what he is looking at or experiencing. Loves books, cars, dogs, trucks, and anything in the kitchen. He loves bath time, story time, sing & sign time, playtime with friends, family time, and his animals. Charlie is a chatterbox and doesn't believe in the word cat. He squints his face up when he is happy and wants his mama when he is sad. He is the most beautiful creature I have ever seen and loved. I have known many types of love in my life, but this one has my heart full to the point of bursting. Ryan is a wonderful daddy and seeing him with Charlie also adds to the bursting. I loved Ryan before and although there are stresses with children, work, time crunching, and such seeing the one you love with your child is beyond beautiful. Its magical. Life is magical. Life is beautiful. Life is SO worth living when there is love to give and receive.

Every day is a Sunday with my Charlie boy. Here's to another year sweet baby!

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ONE YEAR!!