An Eventful First Year

This August marked our one year anniversary selling medallions at local craft shows. For the second time I attended the Antique Car and Quilt Show at the Wolcott Mill in Ray Township, Michigan. This had been the very first one I had ever participated in.

Last year several of the quilters in attendance recommended that we make quilt squares. When I returned this year I brought the result of their encouragement: Ohio Star and Flying Geese medallions. These are unlike our others in that they are square, not round. Some are painted with just blocks of color, but I also have designed my own "material" patterns as a variation. (I'll insert pictures soon. we've been making them and forgetting to photo them.)

The American Flag with encircling stars is another addition to our line-up. The sizes are 18", 24", 32" and 48."

 

Here's our "Land of the Brave" variation.

A specific piece was commissioned that bore the words, "Land of the Free Because of the Brave."

And now....my second post!

The Transitional Star Medallion

I've added another design to our line of medallions. We call this the Transitional Star. It was my husband's idea to give people an option to the ubiquitous metal stars out there.

It's a one-color cut-thru medallion. There are several colors to choose from including  red, yellow, green, rust, black and white.

Diameter sizes are 16", 24", 32" & 48"
 

Medallion Livin' Larg

One of my 48" medallions is now mounted at the peak of this really huge barn.

That's got to be the best part of this--seeing my designs displayed out in the grand wide open!

A Beginning

Hello, and welcome to the blog! This post is partly to put a good first step forward, and partly to test everything. New posts may be here soon, knock on wood. Anyway, hope people can see this.

  

These are the originals (the prototypes) mounted on our barn. Soon afterward people began asking me about them and I began to receive commissions. So I painted them one by one. Painstakingly. Now that my husband routes the lines in for me, it goes much faster and more efficiently.