Sunday, July 22, 2012

Trip to Buffalo

It was great to see my 2 cousins, Deb and Pam and visit all the places that I remembered from my childhood. My last trip to Buffalo New York was in 1995. Pam and I went on all day Frank Lloyd Wright tour. The tour began at historic Forest Lawn Cemetery and then we traveled by trolley to the Martin House Complex, built 1903-05.  We then toured the Fontana Boathouse, built in 2007, on the Black Rock Canal.  After lunch at the Buffalo Yacht Club we traveled to the Graycliff Estate built 1926-31. Graycliff is located in Derby NY.  The Blue Sky Mausoleum, built in 2004, in Forest Lawn was our last stop. On Saturday, Deb, Butch, Pam and I went on a Buffalo Harbor cruise.

Buffalo Light House taken while on the harbor cruise. Seeing the lighthouse brought back many happy memories of my Dad.


Buffalo Light House Buffalo Light House quilt

The wall hanging was made for my Dad's 88th birthday in May, 1998. I drew the nautical flags in Quilt Pro and paper pieced them. They are 3 inches finished. The lighthouse was also paper pieced with a pattern from Seagull Quilts. This wall hanging has special meaning as my Dad had made a set of nautical flags out of wood. The flags were hung at our summer home on Lake Erie and later in the rec room in our home in Eggertsville, N.Y. The quilt is 28” by 32”.
In Loving Memory of Bernard S. Stell 5/18/1910 - 5/21/2002

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Offhaus Barn Quilt

I presented the Offhaus Barn quilt to my cousin Pam tonight. I used the book, Quilt Blocks on American Barns by Eleanor Burns to complete this quilt. I printed some of Pam's pictures of Offhaus Farm on fabric and added them to the center barn block. The machine quilting was done by Jessica Jones.
Offhaus barn quiltBarn center


I made 2 labels for the barn quilt

Barn labelBarn label 2

Friday, June 1, 2012

Poodle Macaroni

January, 2012, I attended Quilting at the Lake in Lake Havasu Arizona. I took a class, Piping Hot Curves-Macaroni, with Susan Cleveland. I had a great time learning curved piping. I had quite a few black and white dog prints and I decided to make a quilt which I could use on the back seat of my car. Machine quilting was done by Jessica Jones Gamez. The finished size of the quilt is 52" by 16 1/2".


Poodle Macaroni

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Meet Fang

Lucie had a wolf parka made when our family vacationed in Alaska in 1965. I had a large bear made from the fur and since Lucie named the coat fang, I named the bear Fang. The bear is about 27 inches long. Fang was designed and made by Sandy Czaja, Notchlok Bears

Fang