Shhh!!! Don't tell!!!

My niece, who loves the color teal, is having a baby shower this weekend.  Her little girl is expected in late November.  This quilt, using teal, pink and brown, is in the scrappy style!
 

Quilting for Peace

In honor of the brave step that the Israeli government took in releasing so many prisoners and bringing Gilad Shalit home --

This quilt is an expression of my hopes for peace.  It was ordered by a friend in Chicago who asked for a coexistence quilt mainly using the color teal.The women in Laquiya offered to make something special but after searching in the market, they couldn't find the right color thread. So,the piece of embroidery that they offered me includes a bit of teal combined with yellow and orange. It turned out to be a pretty combination. This quilt is meant to be a design element on a couch -- the size of a lap quilt. The stacked bricks are made of a pretty floral print that brings out the teal.

Good luck on your new home!

My daughter Sari just moved into a new apartment in Jerusalem.  Her bedroom is filled with sunshine and her bed is covered with a beautiful quilt from her Mom!

Shanah Tovah!

Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year to all my quilting friends around the world!

I have been making small baby gifts -- all of which are for sale.  Here is a carriage quilt with 2 alternative matching diaper pads, using 4" square.

And here is a cute little pink carriage quilt in the scrappy style.  Small and cuddly and delicious!  All our baby quilts are 100% cotton.

Summer Camp t-shirts

It's not so easy to come up with creative birthday gifts, especially as our kids get older!  One of my daughters worked at Camp Ramah (in Palmer, Massachusetts) for many years and has collected an impressive and colorful collection of t-shirts from those years!  Her husband suggested a double bed quilt for their guestroom -- made from all the t-shirts -- which was a great idea! I got to work right away in order to have it ready for her birthday, which is Erev Sukkot!  Here it is!

Bedouin Embroidery

Yesterday, I made another visit to Laqiya, to see the women of "Desert Embroidery" which is a non-profit organization for the empowerment of Bedouin women in the northern Negev.  The organization provides the women with a framework for getting together, hearing lectures about a wide array of subjects, and embroidering all sorts of projects for sale in their shop.  I brought them another one of my "coexistence quilts" which incorporates a piece of their embroidery as a central element.  They were eager to receive it and to make it available for sale in their shop!

This is the quilt that they are offering for sale --

A Baby Gift

Adi and Avner just had their second child!  Together, we made this quilt for their little baby girl.  Mazel tov!