Marie's Quilts

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Kalidescope -- Pinwheel

"This is a good one -- it was fun to do."

A lady from Fairview, Lynne Hodges, sent a quilt for the Garden City Relief Society to quilt. After it was quilted the Relief Society president sent it home with Marie to be bound. Marie used a silver spoon rubbed in her hair to take the patterns. Anita appliqued and embroidered the blocks. Marie put it together and quilted it. The quilt is 100% Indian Head cloth.

Log Cabin -- Velour

Marie made 5 of these great big, fuzzy, quilts.

Log Cabin -- Velour

Carpenter's Wheel

Log Cabin

The center star is put together like a pinwheel in contrast with the corner stars. There are over 3000 pieces in this quilt.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Double Wedding Ring

The Pioneer Trail pattern is quilted around the edge. See the variety of fabric patterns in this quilt. The back is gingham.

Tumbling Blocks or Baby Blocks

This quilt was hand tied with the International or Kosovo stitch.

Double Irish Chain

This quilt was pieced and quilted at the ranch in Sage, Wyoming. "All the quilts I worked before 1994 were measured and cut one piece at a time with scissors. In 1994 I acquired a cutting board and wheel, so most of my cutting now is done with the wheel."

This is just a sampling of the many quilts Marie has produced and been responsible for being produced. She has given her family and others dozens of baby quilts, camp quilts, and bedding quilts. Ten or more years ago she was called as the quilting specialist in her ward. At that time she organized a program of weekly quilting. Many women began coming, materials were donated, and teaching happened. At first, they quilted for each other, but soon other quilts were made. Marie decided that these quilts needed to be used for a good purpose and began sending them to the humanitarian center. She served faithfully until January 2008, when the original Bear Lake Ward was split and everyone was released from their callings. At that time, Garden City's mayor, Ken Hansen, asked Marie to continue making humanitarian quilts using the city's Convention Center. The women participating in the humanitarian quilting efforts have continued making from five to twelve quilts each week. In 2007 the women made and delivered 370 quilts to the humanitarian center and have made a tremendous start this year. All fabric, batting, yarn, tacks, stands, thread, clamps, etc. are donated. It seems whenever the group starts to get low in some of these items, more are donated.

Because Marie gets the tops and backs ready for each Tuesday's quilting, and she actually puts on the quilts each Monday morning, then binds many of these quilted items the rest of the week, she has not spent as much time these last ten years making her own tops and quilts. She still manages to squeeze in a few pieced quilts of her own as she spends her time at the cutting table and sewing machine.

Marie not only loves quilts and immerses herself in working on them, she is also known as the town's flower lady. Each spring she tills the soil in her flower beds and plants seeds. She weeds, waters, and talks to her plants. Each summer her garden becomes a fantastic display of color and beauty. Hundreds of people drive by just to admire the flowers and smell the wonderful fragrance they produce.

Her home and yard are featured in a painting, puzzle and tin painted by Eric Dowdle. It is also pictured in a book called " Bear Lake -- Life in a Lakeside Town" written by Charlie Sheehan . The most frequently asked question posed at the Visitor's Bureau as people are coming into the area is "How do we find the house with all the flowers?"

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Nine Patch

Kalidescope -- Pinwheel

Grandma's Flower Garden

Log Cabin -- Star

Stars

My Flower Garden

Log Cabin -- Velour

Log Cabin -- Velour

Carpenter's Wheel

Log Cabin

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Double Wedding Ring

Tumbling Blocks or Baby Blocks

Double Irish Chain

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Butterflies (Embroidered by Anita -- Hand Quilted by Marie)

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