SAO Quilts and Other Projects Finished in 2007

Posted By on December 31, 2015

I started quilting in March, 2007  after I took a class at Quilter’s Corner (then owned by Susan Emory) from  Christine Van Buskirk.  I was immediately HIT with the quilting bug and thereafter, it became a daily activity.  It not only helped me to meet people (I had relocated to Virginia from California) but it gave me a USEFUL activity to do when I couldn’t sleep (which was a regular occurrence!)   Besides being therapeutic,  it was also so much fun.   My grandmothers were quilters and I had hand pieced a quilt when I was five – and before I started school  (under my Grandma Albertson’s watchful eye) so this was like a RE-AWAKENING of a family tradition!

I thought that it would be fun (FOR ME) to record photos of the quilts that I have made; so 2007 is the year that I will start with the photos of  my finished quilts!  All of my quilts were made in Midlothian, Virginia but many of my quilts now live in other states and countries!

QUILTS AND PROJECTS MADE BY Shirley Albertson Owens in 2007

#1     The “CALIFORNIA BARN RAISING LOG CABIN QUILT” is one that I made in Chris Van Buskirk’s class.   Before I became a quilter, I had visual-spatial skills that were quite pathetic.  I had to have help from my entire family to get the log cabin squares placed into the Barn Raising Pattern!   I gifted this quilt  to my son, Rob, and daughter-in-law, Lillian  Johnson. This quilt has lived in Lake Forest, California, Eastvale, California, and Frisco, Texas!  

California Barn Raising Quilt

ROB AND LIL JUNE 2010 (2)

#2     “TARA LYNN’S SNOWBALL QUILT” was a baby quilt  made for my grandniece, Tara Lynn Cook.   This was  the SECOND quilt that I started but the FIRST that I finished!  I didn’t even know how to do the binding so I just made it up!  “TARA LYNN’S SNOWBALL QUILT”  lives in Kansas!

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#3      “CHRISTI’S LUCKY STAR QUILT” was made for my daughter, Jennifer Christine Johnsons Epps (AKA Christi!)  “CHRISTI’S LUCKY STAR QUILT” lives in Midlothian, Virginia.

Christi's Lucky Star Quilt sao 2007 Christi's LUCKY STARS QUILT

#4      “NANNA’S  CIVIL WAR MYSTERY  QUILT” was made at Quilter’s Corner as a “MIDNIGHT MADNESS mystery quilt.”  I gave this one to my Grandangel Leanna.  Her quilt lives in Midlothian, Virginia.

NANNA'S CIVIL WAR MYSTERY QUILT (2) sao 2007 NANNA'S CIVIL WAR MYSTERY QUILT

#5     “GG’s KRAZY MOTHER’S DAY KWILT”  was made for my mother, Marjorie Ruth Lyle, for Mother’s Day.  (Her favorite color was orange!)  This quilt lived in Kansas City, Missouri until my mother’s death and then it came back home to live with me in Midlothian, Virginia.  Pictured with this quilt is my mother;  and my father has his “Father’s Day Crow Fence Quilt” on his lap.

GG's KRAZY MOTHER'S DAY KWILT sao 2007 Krazy Quilt and Crow's Fence Quilt

#6     “SARAH’S FLYING GEESE QUILT” was made for my grandangel Sarah Epps when she was 5 years old.  She selected the pattern and the colors of the fabric.  I made a matching pillow case!

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#7     “SIMPLY SPOOKY Quilt” was made from a Lincoln Logs Pattern.  As of July, 2015 the quilt lives with me in Midlothian, Virginia.  It has become a family Halloween decoration!

Simply Spooky Quilt

#8     “AUNT AND UNCLE KITTY’S LOG CABIN QUILT” was made for my brother Jim and sister-in-law Kerry Albertson and this is KING SIZED 127 x 127.  It started as a small Quilter’s Corner MIDNIGHT MADNESS Mystery Quilt!  This quilt has lived in Panama City, Florida and both in Overland Park and Olathe, Kansas.

Aunt and Uncle Kitty's Log Cabin Quilt

Jim and Kerry

#9     “VINCENT’S DINOSAUR QUILT” was made for my grandangel, Vincent Johnson, who has been and probably still is one of the biggest dinosaur fans ever!  This is an adaptation of Karen Dumont’s  “Dinosaur Dynasty” quilt pattern (found at Kariepatch.com.)  VINCENT’S DINOSAUR QUILT has lived in Lake Forest and Eastvale, California and Frisco, Texas and has been used as both a quilt and bedroom curtains.  It may be one of the most loved and used quilts that I have ever made.

Vincent's Dinosaurs vincent-on-dinosaur-dynasty-337x450 Feb 2009

#10      The  “BUGGY BARN BLOCK EXCHANGE QUILT” was made with quilting friends from Quilter’s Corner in Midlothian, Virgina.  It was donated (along with two pillowcases) to  the people of Japan for Tsunami Relief.  Pictured are the nine of us who each made one block in the quilt.

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#11     “NANNA’S SEA CRITTERS QUILT” was made at the request of Grandangel Leanna.  It is made from my friend, Karen Dumont’s pattern “Sea Friends” found at Kariepatch.com.  This quilt (with the matching pillow case) lives in Midlothian, Virginia and belongs to Leanna.

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#12     “NANNA’S ANT PICNIC QUILT” was inspired by my Grandangel Leanna’s 5th grade book report project.  They had to create an INVITATION based on the book.  I took Leanna’s drawings and made a quilt with enlarged reproductions of those images.  This quilt also lives in Midlothian, Virginia and it belongs to ME.  I hang it on the wall almost every summer.

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Nanna's Ant Picnic Quilt

#13     “COOPER’S CARS QUILT” was made for Grandangel Cooper Epps.  I drew the cars for this design and I included a photo of me sewing the binding on, with the help of Midnight, the cat.  I liked the fabric that I used for the back, so I included a photo of that, along with a photo of the matching pillowcase that I made.   Midlothian, Virginia is the home for this quilt.

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#14     “SARAH’S CATS QUILT” was made from a replication of an art project that Sarah did in Kindergarten and from drawings of cats that she put on the back of her napkin during Easter dinner at a restaurant one year!  Sarah picked out all of the fabric used in this quilt all by herself.  It may be one of my favorite quilts of all time – it and the matching pillow case belong to Grandangel Sarah Epps in Midlothian, Virginia.

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#15      The “JBA’s FATHER’S DAY CROW FENCE QUILT”  was a Midnight Madness Rail Fence Mystery Quilt at Quilter’s Corners and I made it for my daddy – J. B. Albertson.  The quilt lived in Kansas City, Missouri until his death, and now it is back in Midlothian, Virginia with me.

 JBA'S FATHER'S DAY CROWS FENCE QUILT

#16     “LACY’s 18th BIRTHDAY PHOTO QUILT” was a labor of love.  Her brother, Chase, and mom, Jan, were instrumental in selecting the photos for this surprise birthday quilt for Grandangel Lacy.  The quilt is with Grandangel Lacy Stark in the San Francisco, California area.

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#17     “PEPPER’S QUILT” was my first quilt made for a nonhuman.  Pepper was my Lhasa Apso dog.  It was Pepper’s Christmas present and he seemed to know that it was his quilt!  I quilted it myself.

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Pepper

OTHER PROJECTS FINISHED IN 2007

I finished 17 quilts in 2007 and also a few other small projects.  I decided that it would be fun to include photos of the non quilt projects.  Some of the pillowcases that I made are already pictured with their matching quilts – but in addition I made the following “treasures.”

The pillows and pillowcases were for Grandangel Lacy’s dorm room for her freshman year at Berkeley.

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I made this quilted tote bag for myself.  I remember having a difficult time cutting the fabric once I had pieced into what looked large enough for a small quilt!  🙂

SAO's Tote Bag

I made another quilted tote bag for my daughter, Christi Johnson Epps, for Mother’s Day.

Christi's Quilted Tote Bag

And finally here are a few more things that I made in 2007.  Potholders quilted with ant fabric and denim……my first purse with a zipper, and finally a pillowcase for my husband, Max Owens.

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Max's Pillowcase

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