I've been caught up with the Military Barracks Quilt Project almost since joining the board and have been seeing many of your quilts first hand because of it. But somehow I never thought to share some of mine with you until I got to playing around in my files this morning.

Jan in VA

Wow, the colors look pretty good in the Log Cabin, very nice. So is the heart quilt, pink and red are so good together.

Very nice!

I love log cabins also! Please share more:)

Nice, I love the logcabin
More Pictures Please!!! :lol:

Very very nice

And a few more.
My Floral garden was made during my cottage chic period a few years ago, but is now on my bed and keeps me cozy during the winters which are so cold in my old cottage on the farm.

The Dancing School quilt was a challenge: design must be on the diagonal; must use hearts and bowties; must have black; must use Mary Ellen Hopkins piecing techniques. The hearts represent the girls - notice two who always clump together and whisper. The bows represent the boys, one of whom always flies in the face of the dress code. The shapes in the middle are the "couples" demonstrating the dance steps.

The Patriot Quilt, went to the VA hospital in Richmond VA this July.
These are all my personal designs.

Great!

You do such beautiful work! Keep the pic's coming! Thank you for sharing.

Your quilts are sewww pretty..I hope you stick around and share more of your talent..this forum, in my opinion, is by far the funnest forum..join in some of our swaps..they are alot of fun too..

Very beautiful Jan. You are very talented and have such an eye for putting colors together. I love them all, but I'm especially drawn to the Log cabin and the cottage chic quilt.

Your work is just beautiful!!!!!!

Beautiful quilts. When I first looked at the Log Cabin I though you had used lace on the blocks--it's just your fabric placement. Very nice!

Love your quilts!

you are very talented and I love your quilts! The family tree one is gibing me ideas. :)

Very pretty!
Blessings,
MaryAnna

I like your work. They are all very pretty. Thank you for sharing with us.

Wow! Jan you do awesome work. Thank you for sharing with us.

You do very beautiful work!!
Love the log cabin!

What beautiful quilts. I love the one for the dance school, that is so creative.

Jan, love your quilts! That dancing school is adorable!

You do such great work. I wish I lived closer to you so I could take one of your classes. You have so much you could teach someone like me.

I agree with T-Bones mom. I'd love to take a class from you. Love them all, but I'd like to have that red/white one on my wall.

Thanks for sharing these! They are both great! :thumbup: :D

Sure appreciate your taking the time to post pics of your quilts. Pease share more when you can. I love your soft pastel floral garden one.

Beautiful work!

Wow, your log cabin pops...........calla

Your quilts are beautiful!! Thanks for sharing them. Please keep sharing them.
LOVE your log cabin!!

Those are all super nice! I especially like teh patriotic one! Is there a pattern name for the first hearts one?

Great job Jan, show us more!!

Lovely!

Wow, you're truly a fabric artist! Beautiful! My faves are the black and gold log cabin...partial to log cabins...and your floral garden. But all are really fantastic!

Your quilts are beautiful Jan.

You have beautiful quilts!

Hi Mom Jan......:)

Those are just beautiful.

Chase

Beautiful log cabin! I'd like to take your class if you were closer. I have a lot of pink and red squares to use up. Love the floral garden, reminds me of an impressionist painting. All of your quilts are great. Nice work!

Gosh, I'm so touched by your replies!

The log cabin seems pretty popular here; it was my DD's going-to-college quilt. -- "When the Sun Goes Down, The Stars Come Out"
It's the inspiration for a graded color study/log cabin construction class, a 2-in-1 class where I help the individual student pull their fabrics, if they wish, as they will be using from very light to medium on one side of the block and medium to very dark on the other side. Ten fabrics in all grading from light to dark....try it at home with your stash, it's great training for pulling fabrics for virtually any quilt. And then teach my never-fail method for always keeping your LC blocks straight and true.

The pink hearts are actually NOT squares!! It's a trick. The colors are ALL the hues in the red/maroon/pink/rust/purple family, as many as possible. For the greatest interest, since *you* are not doing the work (in fancy piecing), the *fabric* has to! It's an interesting class to teach because it makes the student think outside the box during construction. Sometimes one has to "nudge" them like a stuck record player needle, LOL! I do have a pattern for this one, and another assembled the same way with stars, that I might be willing to package for sale. (Or you could just hire me to come to your group and teach it, LOL!)

The Patriot Quilt was one I drew on graph paper years ago, started to make it using a solid white background, outgrew my use of solids phase, put it aside for over 15 years, and thought I'd never complete it...it would be one of those "even though your quilt isn't finished, you're finished with your quilt" things.
Then I helped start the Patriot Quilters of Virginia. I finished it with same-fabric scraps I'd managed to hang onto for years (what a stash!) and it became our "banner" quilt as we felt it had too much white in it. It was donated long-armed with variegated patriotic thread and we ended up giving it to a precious soldier who fell in love with it at the VA Hospital in Richmond VA.

Jan in VA

Your log cabin is gorgeous-I love it!

Jan, I'm so glad you finally shared your quilt pics with us! They are all wonderful!!! :thumbup:

Great quilts! Thanks for sharing! I like the cottage chic one best! :)