Welcome to my website

 

Hi! my name is Peg Spradlin and my block is #86 in "Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks by 100 top designers",  available on the newstand or at quiltmaker.com.  I'm so excited to be part of this special collection and want to tell you a little bit about how I came up with my design. I originally designed this block in batiks to be paired with a shadow applique block in a full size quilt.  Unfortunately, that quilt has been on the drawing board for a couple years. (I'm not the only one who has unfinished projects, am I?)  When I heard Quiltmaker was asking for block designs, I immediately thought of my batik block, but it was drafted as a 9" block and Quiltmaker wanted 12" blocks. So I reworked the block and sewed it up in some bright, spring time fabrics. Happily, Quiltmaker liked the results.  One note,  I foundation pieced the C/D/Dr units instead of using patches as shown in the book.  Quiltmaker has published that foundation pattern at quiltmaker.com.

 

I LOVE TO QUILT! and I’m blessed to be able to do what I love in my home, in the country, near a small town in the heart of Nebraska. My husband and I raise corn, soybeans, and alfalfa on our farm. We have one son, one daughter and one grandson (I LOVE BEING A GRANDMA).  Check out the baby blanket I made for my lastest grandson, Gabriel Leon.

I started my quilting career 20 years ago. My sister (who was the creative artist for Quiltmaker magazine), asked me to help quilt baby quilts that she’d designed for a book published by Quiltmaker. I’ve been quilting for the magazine, and their sister publication Quilter’s Newsletter, ever since. I couldn’t ask for a better job or nicer people to work with. I also quilt for the public. I can design a custom quilt, or quilt the tops you have, for a very competitive price and with great skill. Please feel free to contact me at any time for more information.

I squeeze time in between paying projects to work on my personal quilts. I specialize in traditional heirloom machine quilting, and my real love is colorful shadow applique. I also take classes at least once a year from a major star in the quilting world to garner fresh ideas and sharpen my skills. This miniature quilt was from a class given by George Sicilliano. It is 18” x 18” and contains over 1000 pieces.  Right now, I'm quilting a top I started last winter that's made from the challenge fabric from my quilt group in Arizona.  I used preprinted foundation panels to make the New York Beauty blocks and found that to be an easy way to piece a fussy block.  Just make sure your printed foundation panels are squared up so that seams match when sewn together.

I believe quilters are some of the most generous people in the world, and we prove that by using our skills to benefit those less fortunate than us.  I just finished a baby quilt to be collected at our state quilt convention for Project Linus.

My other quilting love is teaching others what I’ve learned about quilts in my career.  I promised my quilt group in Arizona a primer on tuck quilts, and I wanted to work up a class on border/binding treatments.  The result is Window Pane Tucks.  You can find a list of my classes and contact information in the menu to the left.

Last Updated: Mar 16th, 2010 - 7:24 AM