Stitchin' Therapy: Meet and Greet

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Getting to know you at Stitchin Therapy

Welcome to my spot in blogland. Feel free to sit a while and enjoy my creations. Many thanks to Benita at Creative Space for setting this up.

String Me Along

I'm Debbie and I'm a quilter! No surprise there. I began my blog about 9 years ago, and consider it my special spot on the globe. I am a traditional quilter who loves floral fabrics, and found my niche in watercolor quilting.
I do multi-color, multi-print quilts....translate that to scrap quilts and watercolor quilts. String Me Along was inspired by a quilt in a magazine. I used tons of strip scraps and drew all the applique myself.

Persistence

This wall hanging is called Persistence. It is a watercolor with a thread painted Goldfinch that I appliqued before it was quilted. It has a narrow gold flange to set it off from the dark border.

Before I get too wound up, I need to point out a few things on the blog tour.

Under the banner I have various pages listed that highlight and link to posts and photos of my quilts and techniques I use.
A page of watercolor techniques, patterns, a few tutorials, and several years devoted to quilts I finished.
In the right hand column, there are handy sections to use. Talking About is the labels used on posts and a quick way to search for what you are looking for.
There is also a search this blog box to help find info, too.
And email.....this is a quick way to get a reply or help for information from me.
And my blog roll.....a lot of great bloggers who inspire me. Stop by and visit them.

In the last 3 years, I have been focusing on very traditional quilt patterns that could feature my extensive floral fabric collection. See the page here of The Year of Florals.
While I thought it would only last a year, I am still exploring patterns and repeating favorites.

My blog banner photo is a simple traditional pattern using all floral fabrics. Many Scrappy Trips pattern is from Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville. I am a big fan of hers, so you may recognize many of her patterns that I have used.

I also do free motion quilting. Swirls seem to always fill up my quilting space. And feathers took me a year to conquer, but are now one of my favorite motifs. The plume motif was inspired by a magazine ad, so I can't claim it as original.

The trail of plumes turned this border into something quite special. The more plumes I added, the more I wanted to add. They really became addictive.

I have used this design on table toppers, place mats, and table runners too.

Since I can never pick my favorite quilt, I will end up with my most recent finish.

Once again a traditional half log cabin block set on point made using my floral fabric stash.

Little known things about me----
I love coffee, cool mornings, and sunsets. I love to read a good book that takes me to places unseen, and adventures unknown. I grew up in Orlando, Florida before Disney turned the sleepy town into a nightmare.

I hope you enjoy your visit, as I appreciate your stopping by. I would love to see you visit again, and share my quilting adventures. Now venture over and visit some other quilters and don't forget to enter for that big prize.

Happy stitching.