Each quilt I make is designed by me, pieced by me, and quilted by me. If you read through the blog you’ll see photos of quilts and textile wall art pieces I’ve completed.

Click here to see my quilts from 2024-2022

[For Pricing Information Contact Me: newman.judith@gmail.com]

If you’re interested in buying any of my pieces please contact me. You may find in my stash just the very item you’d like to have. You can reach me at newman.judith@gmail.com.

A note: I don’t usually make bed size quilts. Most people I know use a duvet. But everyone can use a lap quilt. I make these quilts large enough to extend from your feet to your underarms – to keep you cozy on a cool evening. They are also lovely as home decoration, either draped over a chair or hanging on a wall. “Functional Art” I call it. Each quilt is made to take the wear and tear any quilt will get, including being washable.

Why do handmade quilts cost so much? The best explanation I’ve come across is provided by Melanie J. McNeil – she lays out in detail what goes into making a bed size quilt – the fabric (top and bottom), batting, thread, labour, overhead, and a wee bit of profit. What she doesn’t account for is the “thinking about it” time – all that time you consider various ideas, ways to solve technical problems, which decisions to make about fabrics, thread, piecing, etc. – I spend a lot of time mulling over a project before I even begin it, then time considering options to overcome those moments when I’m blocked from moving forward. There’s no way to keep track of that time, some decisions I make while I’m asleep – I wake the next day knowing what I should do next. That time also needs to be factored into the cost of a finished product.

All of my quilts are double-sided. They are pieced both top and back – two quilts for the price of one!

There’s an enormous amount of work and technical know-how that goes into each and every piece I make, whether quilt or fibre art. Please understand I calculate what I consider reasonable recompense for the work and expertise that goes into my projects.

Contact me at newman.judith@gmail.com.

BTW, I’m also a sock knitter (if you read the blog, you know that). The yarn for a pair of hand knit socks costs me ~$25 for the yarn (before I’ve knit a single stitch); it takes me ~25 hours to knit a pair of socks for a woman wearing size 7 1/2 shoe. I put a price tag on the socks at $50 – that’s $1/hour for my time – and people aren’t willing to pay the $50! (My time at say minimum wage of $15 would be $375 plus the yarn – realistically I should be charging $400 for a pair of socks.)

So don’t be surprised at the price of my quilts and fibre art pieces.