Rhonda dort

I’ve been collecting Pansy Doilies for years and years and decided they could be used in as a collection in a quilt. I sorted them by general color as I have those with white or very l…

It was once a beautiful quilt but with use and age, many of the fabrics are either deteriorated or thread-bare. I had a goal for half of this quilt and the following gazillion pictures will take yo…

Let’s start 2021 with a free quilt class! I’ve designed an original quilt pattern, made the quilt top and taken lots of pictures in the hopes of creating a class to brighten your 2021. Titled “Boeh…

The Dresden Plate center 12” block. Pictures 1-14 show the Dresden made with 2 ladies vintage handkerchiefs. Pictures 15-40 show the same block made with a single handkerchief plus a tiny bit of wh…

Class 3: Hexagons! I am so excited to spend a few months with hexagons! Have you noticed? Our Facebook membership has grown to 1800+! How amazing is it to have a globally active quilting group! Cla…

1 post published by Rhonda Dort during April 2019

Faced with the dilemma of needing my Vintage Linens Quilt #1 (VLQ#1) for a presentation to the Alamo Heritage Quilt Guild earlier this month and knowing it wouldn’t be back in my possession until t…

This quilt “save/rescue was one of the most challenging projects I’ve worked on in a long time. I had offered the quilt to 2 of my different retreat groups and with no takers I decided to work on t…

I'm so happy to let you know I had time today to get the top and the backing fabric loaded on the longarm! The batting will be a challenge as the large rolls of Hobbs are stowed away in a guest room closet. A closet that is quite inaccessible because boxes and boxes and boxes…

I have had some lovely comments by bloggers with regards to my Doily Hexagon wall quilt. I am very happy with how it is coming together. The doilies are getting harder to find now in Op shops but I have some wonderful friends that find one or two occassionly. Not a very clear photo, but the best I can take with the camera I have. I seriously think I need a new camera. Thanks for all the lovely comments. (((HUGS))) Roz.

2 posts published by Rhonda Dort during April 2022

Class #2…the Rules! 🗓 Class #2 begins on March 1, 2021 and oh my, I just looked and we have over 1600 members in our Facebook group! Wow! It is a bit difficult to maintain a sense of order and orga…

What do you do with bits and pieces of vintage linens when you want to make hexagons that are bigger than your really cool little left over embroidery and lace scraps? Here are about 35 pictures me…

1 post published by Rhonda Dort during December 2019

What’s not to love about sewing with a big cat on your lap… He was bugging me because he thought it was “kitty crack time”. This is another blog post loaded with pictures an…

2 posts published by Rhonda Dort during April 2023

Let us take a few minutes to clear up some confusion…I cannot tell you how much fabric to buy because I do not know where you will use it, how much of it you will use or how often you will use a pa…

I know there are several quilters that are well into the process of creating their own Vintage Linens quilt! Thank you for sending pictures of your awesome progress! Recently Elaine Marie on Facebo…

1st four hexagon quilt blocks for the CQJP2016 Challenge. By Rhonda Dort

1 post published by Rhonda Dort during September 2018