Finished Block of the Month Crazy Quilt

Tracy's Wedding Shoes

Tracy's Wedding Shoes

Art Quilts

This quilt is done from a picture I took

of the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park at sunset. When the sun hits the mountains in the evening they take on this crimson color and are beautiful. The Rio Grande runs at the base of the mountains and the cacti is blooming in the foreground. This quilt is about 28" x 34". Each year at one of the quilt guilds I belong to, we purchase a packet of fabric to use in a challenge the next year. This was our 2008 challenge and I am thrilled to report that I won first place.

Yucca with two blooms. All pieces in domes are about 13" high. I have some nice pieces packed away that I don't have pictures of. I am having so much fun with this blog I might have to go unpack them and take pictures.

This picture is not great, but it is of three pieces. An old post gate with yuccas, Ocatillo, and a fence corner with yucca and prickly pear.

This well is about 13" tall with prickly pear, yucca, and a dead tree. The glass dome it is under has a little glare.

Clay Sculptures

I use ceramic clay, stone ware, and porcelain clay. Old building material in West Texas included adobe bricks, and poles. I use cacti a lot in my art work. The semi desert I live in supplies an abundance of resources, and I love them all. This piece has a prickly pear cactus along side a broken down adobe well. The piece is about 8" tall, and6" wide.

December Block

November Block

October Block

September Block

August Block

July Block

This is not exactly a pastel block, but what else could I use for July.

June Block

Purple is the color of so many flowers that bloom in the summer, thus, purple for June

May Block

The May block has fabrics with soft spring flowers. The two green embellishments are tatted pieces my sister made and sent to me to make earrings. They are about three inches long. I love large earrings, but these were a bit much. They also found a home on the cq.

April Block

Blue for April Showers

March Block

Green for March and St. Patrick's Day

February Block

I love pastel colors, and monochrome, so I chose pink for February and Valentine's month.

January Block

We did white for January to suggest snow and ice. My MOP collection is in the top left corner and I have posted a close up for you to see more detail.

January Block

Close up of my Mother-of-Pearl button and buckle collection. I hated to part with them, but crazy quilts are great homes for collections.