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A Family of Quilts – Part 3

May 31, 2018

note: This is the third and final segment of a 3-part blog post about a group of quilts I made for a family in Alaska. Please read Parts 1&2 for the back story.

Part 3 features the wall quilts I made for Bhree’s two cousins. Read more >

Categories: Behind-the-Scenes, Memorial Quilts, Quilts, Special Occasion Quilts, Textiles

A Family of Quilts – Part 2

May 23, 2018

note: This is the second of a 3-part blog post about a group of quilts I made for a family in Alaska. Please read Part 1 for the back story.

Part 2 features the quilts I made for Bhree’s two daughters, Emma and Lizzie, and her grandmother, Margaret, who happens to live in my home city of Portland, Oregon. Read more >

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A Family of Quilts – Part 1

May 11, 2018

Back in the fall, a woman from Alaska named Bhree contacted me and offered up a challenge: to create 7 memorial quilts out of the clothing of 3 family members who had died over the course of a decade, and whose deaths spanned 3 generations. Read more >

Categories: Behind-the-Scenes, Memorial Quilts, Quilts, Textiles

Next Up in the Tartan Series: MacLachlan

June 17, 2015

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I have begun the next quilt in my Tartan Clan series. This one is based off of the MacLachlan Clan pattern. Read more >

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Quilting Memories Video

May 8, 2015

I am excited to share my new video which shows the process involved in making my memorial quilts. Dan Sadowsky did a fabulous job capturing what my work is all about. Enjoy! Read more >

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From Lori’s Notebook

  • Ellie’s Spirals

    Fun fact about the amazing Ellie Clarkson: not only was she an unrelenting Scrabble shark, but she also had a thing for spirals.

  • Gus’s Vermont Mountain

    This is the view that Gus loved seeing out of his living room in Vermont.

  • Judith’s Seasons:Winter

    This will be the first of four posts showcasing a series of quilts I made (and am still making at the writing of this post) for Judith and her family in Cologne, Germany.

  • Allan’s Wings
  • From Lace to Snowflakes

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