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QUILTS


based in my brain and from pre-prepared patterns. all machine pieced, unless otherwise noted.


posies (2025); quilting cotton + bedsheet; Poppin Posies pattern by Maude of The Retro Quilter

couldn’t resist those 16-patch blocks...




sorry, i forgot (2024-2025); quilting cotton
initially intended to be a gift for a friend, but i forgot about it for a year. machine quilted.




friendship cabin (2025); quilting cotton

based on a prompt from a friend: “a thing you love about your childhood self that you feel slightly distant from and maybe want to reconnect with”.

as a kid i used to love having people over and hosting movie nights with friends. things happened as i grew up, and i stopped wanting people in my house. to this day i’m still uncomfortable with having more than one person over at a time (my current record is 3 people). i don’t particularly miss hosting, but there’s a bit of melencholy thinking about how that changed. it’s okay, though-- i’d rather go to my friends’ houses to eat their food and fall asleep on their couches.

this is a log cabin block; i replaced the traditional center square (which represents the “hearth” of the home) with a friendship star. i fussycut the floral design to be the very center; i want there to be meaning in that, but maybe i just thought it was cute. machine quilted.



Kit block (2025); quilting cotton

practicing drafting my own blocks + yardage. hand quilted. based on a painting of Kit Kitterson from my comic, YINZ CITY.



futon quilt (2025); quilting cotton + bedsheet

Ruby Star Society layercake, thrifted sashing and backing, scrappy binding. machine quilted.




untitled (2024); quilting cotton

sewn for a class i took with Julie Zaichuk-Ryan at the local shop, Cut & Sew Studio. i don’t actually title my quilts for real, so maybe this is the most authentic presentation.




Buying Fabric Online at 3AM Cuz I’m Sad (2024); quilting cotton, mystery thrifted cotton

hand quilted. title says it all.




Zack’s Quilt (2023); quilting cotton; Broadcast pattern by Brigit Gail

i’m gonna say this straight and tell you right away that i was a fucking lunatic for attempting this one as a quilter who had never worked with this many curves.

made for my brother, who gave me free reign with no input whatsoever. colors as based on a Goosebumpbs comforter from the 90s.




COLUMBO (2022);  flannel, linen, cat hair


improv quilt that i only worked on while watching episodes of Columbo when my roommate was out of town.



PRODIGAL SON (2021); quilting cotton; Radiowaves pattern by Casey of Wellspring Designs

i love this pattern, but i fought with the colors for weeks and ended up frustrated with the final result. titled PRODIGAL SON because i put it aside for months after finishing it, and then ended up loving it when i rediscovered it.



FALLING LEAVES, alt title: CUTTING FABRIC FOR THIS PIECE OF SHIT TOOK TOO LONG (2021); quilting cotton


from a Robert Kaufman pattern. just because it says “beginner friendly” doesn’t mean you won’t have to cut out 600 1” wide strips of fabric.




LOVE U MOM (2020); bedsheets, fabric scraps


a patchwork quilt for my mama :)