Grandmother's Fans, Terry's Daisies by Terry Taylor
January, 2003 - Terry Taylor has been nice enough to share four of her cheery quilts with us all. Terry is a relatively new quilter but already a very talented one. Here's what she says about her quilting -
I enjoy quilting very much--been doing it for about three years at the urging of my friend. I have always done some form of art or crafts: painting, drawing, jewelry making, sewing and now quilting. I love having lots of fabric in a full range of colors (what quilter doesn't?) and I especially enjoy putting together the colors.Thanks so much for sharing, Terry!
Grandmother's Fans, Terry's Daisies
I love daisies, ever since the late sixties when I carried them at my wedding. After collecting many daisy fabrics, I took the standard "Grandmother's Fan" pattern and adapted it for my daisies and color scheme. Most of the fabrics are new, but several are vintage. It is about 48" x 60" and has a patchwork daisy back, which I did to use up all that daisy fabric I had left over.
Crazy Daizies by Terry Taylor
Crazy Daizies
More daisies, this time, adapting the Stargazey Quilt pattern "Crazy Daizy," I believe it is called. I changed the colors to this blue, yellow, orange and red scheme and adapted the layout some for my version. It's about 50" x 70".
Leaves by Terry Taylor Leaves
Well, my second favorite growing thing is leaves and I had just taken a machine applique class. I wanted the rich dark tones of autumn and worked with this low contrast layout, but it works, I think. It's about 36" x 48".
Mom's Quilt by Terry Taylor Mom's Quilt
This was one of my first formal quilts, made for my mother, who taught me to sew 45 years ago. She and my Dad love ethnic patterns, so I chose this one to do in black, golds and greens. I wasn't titling or labling my quilts yet, so I'll just call it Mom's Quilt. It's about 48" square.
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