Betty Reynolds' Quilting Page

The women in my family have always been needleworkers. As a small child I learned to sew from my mother, Kathryn Blakslee, to crochet and tat (well, OK, I can't remember how to tat!) from my Grandmother Emma Lang, and to knit from my Grandmother Katharine Blakslee. My Grandmother Blakslee and my Great Aunt Salome Lang were also quilters. Aunt Salome taught me that everything you make must have some mistake in it because only God can make something perfect.

Back about 1966 Grandma Blakslee was making a sunbonnet sue quilt and she let me help with the quilting. When it was completed she loaned me her quilting frame and I appliqued a crib quilt top with "Danish Modern" birds and hand quilted the top. That was it for the next 25 years.

Then along came my parents' 50th wedding anniversary in 1991 and I volunteered to put together a family quilt. Each family member decorated a 12" block of unbleached muslin. Some added cross stitch, others crochet, applique, and other needlework. Many of the children painted and glue gunned. Each block included the name and the birth year of the participant and represented who the person is. The quilt is 16 blocks square and is put together with blue calico borders and sashing. It currently resides in our parents home in Arizona.

So I was hooked on quilting. A visit to a local quilt show cemented the attachment, and a gift of a single issue of Miniature Quilts sent me in a whole new direction. I now participate in many r.c.t.q. exchanges of both fabrics and blocks. My true love is making miniature quilts because I can complete one in less than two weeks, but I have made a series of bed quilts for my brother and two sisters. I am also the proud owner of my mother's Singer Featherweight (born Feb. 15, 1939--the machine, not Mom) as well as a sister Featherweight born the same day.

Miniature and Wall Quilts

• Arizona Millennial Shop Hop--a mini jar quilt
• Bobbie's Computer--6 x 6"
• Canastitas de Flores--a basket quilt for the Museum of the American Quilter's Society auction, 2001 (38 x 38")
• Comet Hale Bopp over Ed's Garage
• Double Irish Chain--a 2001 QuiltSwappers class project (16 x 20")
• Fiftieth Anniversary Quilt
• First Ever Black Range International Balloon Festival Quilt--the 1999 New Mexico Library Foundation fundraising quilt, 30 x 34"
• Gato Groucho y Amigos--18 x 18"
• Go Suns!--a miniature quilt I made to look like the Phoenix Suns logo, for my mother who's their #1 fan
• I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream, for Ice Cream--11 1/2 x 22" from hand dyed fabrics for the QuiltSwappers Summer 2000 Challenge
• An International Fishing Expedition--an American ship in Japanese waters, fishing for tropical fish, 9 1/2 x 5"
• It's a Small World--the 1998 New Mexico Library Foundation fundraising quilt (38 x 46")
• It's the Cat's Meow
• Jack Frost in Miniature--7 x 7" based on a 35" pattern
• Jen's Mended Hearts Quiltlet
• Judy's Necktie Clues--a quilt made for a Judy Bolton fan in celebration of The Clue in the Patchwork Quilt
• Lime Splash--a miniature version of Spring Splash (11 x 11")
• Los Gansos Rojos--a red and white quilt for the Museum of the American Quilter's Society Auction, 2000 (39 x 39")
• Mi Casa es Su Casa--a miniature Mexican mountain village containing 25 houses and 15 trees on 5 streets. This quilt measures 14 inches square and was completed in August 1995.
• A Mini for Mom--my very first miniature quilt
• Ms. Charlene Treuse Meets the Sunbonnet Sisters--my winning entry in the 1996 "Chartreuse Challenge" at Pine Lake Fabrics (9 x 20")
• Op-Choc--my winning entry in the 1997 "Chocolate Challenge" at Pine Lake Fabrics (20 x 20")
• Patriotic Banners
• Revolving Stars--a tesselating miniature quilt using 56 different fabrics received from friends in the Fun Fabrics Exchange. This quilt measures 16.5 x 18.5 inches and was completed in June 1995. The pattern for this quilt is found in Miniature Quilts, Issue #17 (Feb./Mar. 1995), p.8
• Star Crossed Canoes
• Tessellating Quilts--a series of miniature quilts using tessellating blocks
• Welcome to QuiltSwappers--QuiltSwappers Express Yourself Challenge, 1999 (11.5 x 17")
• What Goes Around Comes Around--a look at the 1930's from the end of the twentieth century. 9 x 12 inches, completed in December 1998
• Whistler's Mother -- A Study in Gray and Black a miniature quilt using the split nine patch block set in the barnraising setting. This quilt measures 14 x 17 inches and was completed in August 1995
• Whose Library?--the 1997 New Mexico Library Foundation fundraising quilt (38 x 42")
• Wonky Cats in the Sun--a QuiltSwappers class, 1999 (16 x 22")
• You Don't have to be an Old Camper to Wear a Purple Tee--9 x 9" octagon

Lap and Bed Quilts

• Abby's Jars of Fun--a project of QuiltSwappers
• Betty's Byways--a drunkard's path variation designed by Lyn Mann
• Bullseye
• Dadn's Charmed Life--Ed Blakslee's 80th birthday signature quilt
• Denim Car Quilts
• The Electric Kool-aid Aquarium--a child's quilt, 40 x 52" one block
• Jessica's Internet Sampler--a baby quilt made for Kimberly Strong and her daughter, Jessica, by members of the Rainbow and Fun Fabric exchanges on r.c.t.q. in 1994/95
• Fall Mended Hearts--made from blocks swapped in a QuiltSwappers block exchange
• KT is 80--Katy Blakslee's 80th birthday signature quilt
• Lotto blocks I won at Karen's Creative Fabrics in Las Cruces
• Love, Loyalty, Legacy--a paper pieced airplane signature quilt
• Mended Hearts Lap Quilts
• Mended Leaves Lap Quilt
• Millennium Charm Quilt Project
• Music has Charms--a college graduation present for my nephew, Joshua
• The Nine Patch Series
• Quilters on the Information Highway--also known as The Logon Cabin quilt
• QuiltSwappers Canning Jar Opportunity Quilt
• Spring Splash Extended--An enlarged version of Spring Splash, 64 x 76"
• Star in the Barn--the honorable mention winner in the first Inspector Cluesew's Mystery Quilt contest from Case #102
• Stocking up for the Y2K Crisis--a canning jars and bottles quilt
• Technicolor Goes Wonky--a child's quilt 36 x 39" one block
• Topical Illusions, made from blocks I won on the December 1995 Block of the Month drawing on the Block of the Month page

Quilted, but Not Quilts

• A Jacket for Mom adapted from a Judy Murrah pattern
• Mended Hearts Placemats
• Pieced Vests
• QuiltSwappers "Secret Thing" Tote Bags

Quilt Blocks

• American beauty--the block representing the United States in my Nifty Fifty 3 quilt
• The Canada block from my Nifty Fifty 3 quilt
• The Dog-Star Block I designed for the baby quilt made for Teri Miller by Rainbow Exchange on r.c.t.q. in 1995
• The Mexico block from my Nifty Fifty 3 quilt
• The first block of my Millenium charm quilt
• Nifty Fifty 3 New Mexico blocks
• Nifty Fifty 22 New Mexico blocks including directions for Judy Matthieson's freezer paper piecing
• Pot of blooms, a paper pieced pattern by Debby Kratovil from her Baskets Series
• Quilt Camp Doll Swap--this doll is me
• QuiltSwappers Official Block
• The Virgin Islands block from my Nifty Fifty 3 quilt

Quilt Shows

• Second Annual Sierra County Quilt Show, Truth or Consequences (NM), Feb. 18, 1999
• Second Biennial Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque NM, May 27-29, 1999
• Hanging by a Thread Art Quilts, and Quilt Camp in the Pines, 1999
• Quilt Camp in the Pines, 2000
• Pecos Valley Quilt Festival and Intergalactic Fashion Extravaganza, 2000
• Arizona Quilters Guild, 2001 Quilt Show
• Third Biennial Fiber Arts Fiesta, Albuquerque, NM, May 24-26, 2001
• Quilt Camp in the Pines, 2001
• Fifth Annual Sierra County Quilt Show, Truth or Consequences (NM), Feb. 22-23, 2002
• Arizona Quilters Guild, 2002 Quilt Show
• Quilt Camp in the Pines, 2002

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  Here are are just a few of the many other quilting web sites I like to visit...
  

  Quilting Bookmarks

  • ABC Quilt Project, providing hand made crib quilts for at-risk babies
  • About.com's Quilting Site--with a new article each week edited by Susan Druding (here's the index to past articles)
  • American Quilt Study Group
  • Archive of American Patchwork Quilt Designs
  • AZ Blankets 4 Kids--providing quilts, afghans and blankets for children who are seriously ill or traumatized in the Phoenix area.
  • Back Porch Dyeworks in Rio Rancho, NM
  • BeaDazzling Quilts--Quilts by Rebecca Speakes in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
  • Bible Blocks in 12 size with full instructions and Biblical references, plus a wonderful Bible mystery quilt called Rejoice!
  • Big Horn Quilts--top quality fabrics at low prices
  • Block Central--an alphabetical list of quilt blocks on the web with links to those blocks
  • Block of the Month, an online quilt block lottery. I won the December 1995 block and made a quilt for my brother's family called Topical Illusions
  • Brenda Groelz's paper pieced bird quilts
  • Bryer Patch Studio--Art quilts and one of a kind hand painted fabrics by Caryl Bryer Fallert
  • C&T Publishing--books for quilters
  • Cats who Quilt Website--where quilters & cats meet on the web, by the inimitable Judy Heim
  • Christine Thresh's quilt block patterns and paper piecing patterns
  • Cody's Garden, by Krisi Santilla
  • Colorful Quilts
  • CompuQuilt
  • Cookee's Quilting Links
  • Crazy Quilt Central--your one-stop location for information about the art of crazy quilting
  • David Walker - Artist, Teacher, Quiltmaker
  • Dawn Duperault's Quilting FAQ
  • Dear Jane--The Two Hundred Twenty-Five Patterns from the 1863 Jane A. Stickle Quilt
  • Diane Halas Routt's small quilts
  • Doing the Block--Australian quilters
  • Electric Quilt--software for quilters
  • Exploring Quilting History
  • Fabric Stash--fabric and quilting supplies
  • Flower Mound Design Studio--patterns for southwestern style quilts and clothing
  • Foothill Fabric--quilting supplies
  • Goose Tracks Quilts--with instructions for tee-shirt quilts
  • Grandmother's Quilts--vintage quilts and quilt history
  • Handquilter, Candy Goff
  • Heavenly Fabrics Free Patterns--quilting patterns
  • Hickory Hill Antique Quilts--a great source for vintage fabric
  • The Hidden Hazards of Quilting
  • Hoffman Challenge
  • The Home Machine Quilter--information about the quilting tracking systems used when you don't have space for a long arm quilting machine
  • In the Beginning Fabrics
  • Jeannette's Miniature Quilts--dollhouse quilts
  • Jinny Beyer Studio
  • Karen Combs' Studio--quilter, teacher, author, designer of illusion quilts
  • Kaye Wood's Home Page
  • Keepsake Quilting
  • Kim Graham's Quilters' Neighborhood--the place to find Bible blocks
  • Kim's Virtual Quilt Postcards-send a postcard to a friend with your choice of wonderful quilts
  • The Kirk Collection & 1860 Dry Goods--a great place to find vintage fabrics
  • Laura Murray Designs
  • Lost Quilt Come Home Page
  • Make it Southwest Style
  • Malcolm's Mystery Quilt
  • Margaret Scott's Quilt Page
  • Martha's Quilt Barn
  • Mary Graham Designs Online Catalog, quilt patterns designed by an Albuquerque quilter
  • Math quilts
  • Mini Blocks of the Month--template and paper foundations
  • Missing Fabrics
  • Mother's Quiltworks
  • My Favorite Quilt Designs--quilt patterns and lots of quilting calculators
  • National Online Quilters
  • National Quilting Association, Inc.
  • Nine Patch News--AOL quilters online newsletter
  • On the Studio Wall--traditional and paper pieced patterns
  • Paper Panache--Images and ideas for paper piecing
  • Paper Piece Patterns to Print and Sew from #Quilttalk
  • Paper Piecing Patterns for PC Users by Debby Kratovil
  • Paper Piecing Patterns from Miniature Quilt Ideas Magazine
  • Patchwork Piecers Block of the Month Club
  • Patchworks--Fabrics with the look of bygone eras
  • PC Piecers Cyber Home
  • Piece by Number's Free Foundation Patterns
  • Pieced by Hand--Jan Engen's paper foundations
  • Planet Patchwork, including The Virtual Quilt, a newsletter for computing quilters, and Inspector Cluesew's Mystery of the Cotton Cut-up Winners, Accidental Amish Winners, and Merry May's latest Mystery Quilt
  • Quillow Instructions from Fiona Thorne
  • Quilt--America's Favorite Quilting Magazine, with links to other quilting magazines
  • Quilt-a-Round--a webring of quilt businesses
  • Quilt-a-way Fabrics
  • Quilt Blocks Galore--pages and pages of free quilt patterns with an alphabetical list by block name at Quilter's cache
  • Quilt Camp in the Pines--a July Flagstaff, AZ tradition
  • Quilt Lost & Found
  • Quilt-Pro Software
  • Quilt Restoration Society
  • Quiltaholics--home of the famous Weekend Whatever Mystery Quilts
  • QuiltArt, an Internet mailing list for quilters
  • QuiltBiz Homepage
  • QuiltBroker--Quilt labels and more
  • Quilted Miniatures
  • Quilter by Design including Paper Piecing Patterns by Debby Kratovol
  • Quilter's Album--the homepage of rec.crafts.textiles.quilting members
  • Quilters Mercantile--gifts with a quilting theme
  • Quilters Online Resource
  • QuiltersWeb.Com--from Zippy Designs Publishing, the publishers of The Foundation Piecer
  • Quilting and Sewing Supplies Catalogs--a list of addresses and phone numbers I maintain
  • Quilting with a Passion--links to many quilting sites
  • Quiltldy's Quilting Home Page by Kathleen Keller in Albuquerque, NM
  • Quilts Limited--an online quilt guild and quilt market
  • Quilts, Quilters, Quilting and Patchwork in Fiction--a bibliography
  • Quilts-Online--the web home of Quilter's newsletter magazine and Quiltmake magazine
  • QuiltSearch, a searchable database of local retail stores, and manufacturers and suppliers of quilting supplies
  • QuiltShops.com--a search engine for finding any item in 50+ different quilt shops
  • QuiltSwappers Home Page
  • rec.crafts.textiles.quilting--the online newsgroup. And look here for the RCTQ Logo Instructions
  • Remedial Quilters
  • Sarah Curry's Quilts--direct from Las Cruces, New Mexico
  • Sera's Quilts & Crafts
  • Southwest Decoratives--patterns for quilts and quilted items from the American Southwest
  • Starforest Quilts--digital photographs printed on fabric create spectacular quilts
  • Stepping Stones Quilts
  • Stone Ginger Press--for quilt notecards
  • Stud Muffins of Quilting--by the inimitable Judy Heim (Ya gotta see it to believe it)
  • Sunshine Quilts
  • Suzanne Marshall's Quilts
  • Sylvia's Studio--Sylvia Landman, author of Make Your Quilting Pay for Itself
  • That Patchwork Place
  • Threadart.com--an online source for quilting and doll supplies and much more
  • Three Dimensional Quilts by Pat Coulter, including a site for sending an electronic quilt postcard to a net-friend
  • Traditional Pieced Quilt Block Collection--A cross-referenced, indexed collection of over 300 quilt blocks. Directions and templates are not provided.
  • UFO-rphanage--a place to donate your guilt-trip quilting UFO's that you know you'll never finish
  • Web Threads--an online quilting magazine
  • Whiffle Tree Quilts
  • World Wide Quilting Page
  • Yahoo's Quilting Links, with separate pages for Quilt Businesses, Quilting Events, Quilting Organizations, and Quilt Artists.

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