Little tiny strips mesh together to make the whole!

During the last rainy days here in Jerusalem, I decided to take out my stash and create something special.  This is a small blanket - 36 X 44 inches (90 X 110 cm.) - meant to be a crib blanket or a couch quilt.  It is made entirely from 2 1/2 X 4 1/2 inch strips!  Isn't it amazing how the wide variety of colors and patterns all mesh together so nicely.  On a cold winter day creating a quilt which brings warmth and pleasure to others can bring so much joy and satisfaction to the quilter!

Wherever Inspiration Takes Us!

The biggest project of the last month has been a queen-size coexistence Quilt

My son-in-law hustled a commission for me from his aunt, who lives in the Galilee.  She is an Arab Christian woman who wanted a queen size quilt for her daughter who is getting married this spring.  More importantly, she requested that I integrate a major element of Palestinian embroidery within the quilt.  I ordered the embroidery from the Bedouin women at Desert Embroidery in Laquiya and created this quilt around their inspirational work!

Ilana and Erez are getting married!

We made this great scrappy quilt, with a matching table runner, as a wedding gift!  It's a large afghan or couch quilt -- great for cuddling together on the couch and watching TV!

Bold Oranges for a Little Boy

Each of us has been pulling out fabrics from our stash and combining them to make some great color combos!  These bold colors have been combined in the scrappy fashion to make a little boy crib quilt! The size is 36 X 44 inches.

Little Boy Quilt with Matching Diaper Pad

During the last few days, we have been very busy sewing and quilting together!  We have a lot of work preparing a number of commissioned quilts -- some of them double bed size! 

Take a look at this baby quilt with matching changing pad! 

A Beautiful Gift

A number of women in our community got together to order this quilt as a gift for a bat mitzvah girl, whose parents are buying her an extra wide new bed.   The quilt size is 70 inches wide and 80 inches in length -- almost fits my double bed!  The bat mitzvah girl asked for turquoise and purple -- which apparently go together quite nicely!  There are also 2 matching pillowcases!

This design is called "convergence" and takes its inspiration from Ricky Tims' Convergence Quilts.

Fair at Shefayim!

The Fair at Shefayim is an initiative of Bank Hapoalim, which offers a chance for people to buy gifts for Rosh Hashanah and, at the same time, to support local non-profit organizations.  The fair is open today all day, and tomorrow evening (motzei shabbat).

Why am I telling you this?  The non-profit organization, Desert Embroidery, from Laquiya has a stand at the fair and they are selling my "coexistence" quilts which include embroidery pieces made by women from their organization!  What a wonderful partnership!

This quilt, among others, is for sale! Come and enjoy! 

It's a Girl!

We just sold this cozy and warm crib quilt (36 X 44") for a baby girl!  It is made of 4 1/2 X 8 1/2" rectangles which are sewn together in an easy pattern.

Baby gifts

We've been quilting for about 10 years and our stash of fabrics has been growing!  Here are four new carriage quilts, made this month, all from fabrics in our stash.

This one is based on the scrappy quilt design --

This is a pinwheel design --













These two are 3 inch and 4 inch squares --

A New Lap Quilt

This lap quilt was made on special order for a friend of my daughter's.  It's in the scrappy style, and mixes stripes with florals and solids.  Aren't the colors bold and wonderful? 

It's a Lazy Summer!

This summer, we haven't been making as many quilts as we've been selling!  Here are pictures of the 3 quilts sold this week!

This pinwheel carriage quilt was embroidered with the name "Audrey".

This scrappy crib quilt was sold to a friend of my daughter's as a gift for a one-year old little boy.

This stunning "coexistence quilt" utilizes a piece of Bedouin embroidery as the central element.   The turquoise and the maroon seem to go together so beautifully! On the two sides, you can see the quilting design called "building blocks" which symbolize the building blocks of a shared future together -- between Palestinians and Jews -- here in Israel.

Wonderful Success!

The Fair at Kol Haneshama last week was an overwhelming success!  Thank you to all our friends who came and bought items from our stand!  We sold pram blankets, diaper pads, and even one little doll blanket with a tiny pillow!  People also marveled at the coexistence quilts! 

The Public is invited to join us at a Community Fair at Kol Haneshama on June 15th

Table Runners

We sold a quilt and a table runner yesterday!  It is so satisfying when other people appreciate the work that we are doing!  One woman especially liked the bold colors.

Here are two new table runners, both integrating Bedouin embroidery -- 

one using purples and pinks,

and another one in green, orange and brown.

More Changing Pads

My daughter keeps asking me for more changing pads.  Currently, she's using 5 --

one for changing the two-year-old on the rug in her room -- you wouldn't want to pick her up and put her on a changing table, she's already getting big!

one for the changing table for the infant twins

one for the diaper bag,

one for the living room for putting down one infant when burping and playing

a fifth is always ready for when one of the other changing pads goes into the laundry! 

Here are two new changing pads which are just pure fun!

Coexistence Quilts

In honor of the coming of springtime, I have been emerging from my winter cocoon and getting back to work on my quilting!  Here is my latest quilt which has cheery springtime flowers.  The quilt incorporates a major element of Palestinian embroidery, made by the women at "Desert Embroidery", a non-profit organization for the betterment of Bedouin women in Laquiya.

More Projects integrating Bedouin Embroidery

Here are two items that I recently made --

the first is a wall hanging that i made for my niece's home.  it includes a stunning piece of Bedouin embroidery purchased from the women in Laquiya.

this second item is adapted from an Arab dress that my friends in the Galilee found in a second-hand shop!  I turned it into a covering for the orthopedic pillow on my rocking chair!

It's a Miracle!

We are so grateful and so proud of our daughter's twins, born at Hadassah Ein Kerem!

Here they are covered with Savta's small quilts, keeping them cozy on the day they came home from the hospital!

More Covers for the Shabbat Hot Plate

Here are more examples of quilted shabbat plateh covers!  The first two are simple squares. 

This is a changing pad -- based on a log cabin pattern that we found in 101 Log Cabin Blocks by Linda Causee (published 1997).