Quilted items for use in the kitchen, on table and counter tops, or across fireplace mantles.
Having studied interior design in college, this category of quilts is a natural for me. I love the beauty and warmth quilted accents add to a home. Quilts are not only for the bed or walls, they are also perfect for table tops and for any occasion. Those who wonder what graces my tables and side boards throughout the year can check out those that are in my “private collection”.
Walk About Coasters
4.5″ Square
“Walk-About” coasters can, of course, be used with “flat” bottomed glassware. Alternatively, the base of stemware can nestle inside the braided folds such that they “walk about” with the stemware catching any drips or spills.
I enjoy using these in a wide variety of fabrics for use throughout our home and seasonally throughout the year and I make them in a plethora of fabric combinations available for purchase in Berryville, VA’s Moose Apple Christmas Tree Farm Gift Shop and Sweet Pea’s Children’s Shop (from their Gifts for Mother’s section) .
Below you will find a sampling of fabric combinations of these Walk-About Coaster sets I’ve made.
Putting on the Glitz
Mantle/Table Runner (49″ x 13.5″)
Pieced, Quilted & Embellished by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 9/2013
Hollywood Boulevard
Mantle/Table Runner (50″ x 18″)
Pieced and quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 6/2013
Dogwood Trail
Mantle/Table Runner (50″ x 18″)
Honoring The National Quilt Museum’s (Paducah, Ky) 20th Anniversary
Pieced and quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 6/2013
Let it Snow Collection
21″ Sq.
Embellished and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 12/2012
Fall Leaves Collection
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 8/2012
Sunflower Collection
Mantle /Table Runner & Toppers
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 8/2012
Bring the Beach Home Collection
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, VA 5/2012
Fall Leaves Twister
Mantle/Table Runner(15″ X 36″)
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, VA 5/2012
This mantle/table runner was created as the “demo” for a class I teach on this Twister technique.
Classic Coverlet
25″ Sq.
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 4/2012
This table topper was made just for fun because I simply love coverlets.
Love Collection
These are made using a favorite “stash” love fabric to which I added a collection of complementing fabrics. I cut all the fabrics up into 3.5″ squares and let the creativity flow arranging them, sewing them, re-cutting and re-sewing them into this precious pinwheel design. Purposing to use up all the squares, I created table toppers/wall hangings, mantle/table runners, coasters galore, and when I had about exhausted my supply, I created one special Love Around the World wall quilt (see below) using 169 1.5″squares left over from the re-cuts that formed the pinwheels in all the other finished love projects. Sorry to say I still have some of each of these fabrics left … it is frankly hard to use it all up when willing to work with smaller and smaller scraps.
Springtime Blues
Mantle/Table Runner (46″ x 20″)
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 1/2012
Formal Collection
Mantle/Table Runner (57″ x 18.5″) and Table Topper (18.5″ Dia.)
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 11/2011
Stained Glass Christmas
50″ x 14″
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 11/2011
Poinsettia Collection
Mantle/Table Runners (58″ x 17″ and 47.5″ x 6.25″) and Table Topper (18″ x 8.75″)
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 11/2011
Christmas Mantle/Table Runner
41.75″ x 14.5″
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 11/2011
Fall Leaves Mantle/Table Runner
42″ x 14″
Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 11/2010
Ring Around the Rosie
Table Runner (43″ x 24.5″) and Sideboard Topper (34.5″ x 14.5″)
A study in using a wide border print and 60 degree triangle.
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 11/2010
Yo-Yo’s for the Table
10″ Sq.
Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 11/2010
Stars & Stripes Forever Mantle/Table Runner
75.5″ x 18.5″
Pieced and quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 6/14/2010 Flag Day
Giving “new life” to five antique orphaned quilt blocks.
Whole Cloth Mantle/Table Runner
41.75″ x 14.5″
Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 7/2010
Festive Collection
Mantle/Table Runner (57.5″ x 16″) and Table Topper (15.75″ dia.)
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 11/2011
Ocean City Bloom
A Table Topper (13″Sq.)
A Study in Machine Applique by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 6/2011
(Created in a class with Karen Kay Buckley using her Kansas Rose pattern.)
It won a Blue Ribbon at the Clarke County Fair in August 2012.
This quilt was one of the quilts showcased in a Solo-Artist “Art in the Halls” show at The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, VA from October 18th, 2016 through January 22nd, 2017.
Beach Collection
Mantle/Table Runner (29.25″ x 9.75″) and Table Topper (9.75″dia.)
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 11/2011
Tide Pool Placemats
17.5″ x 12.5″ (4 Positive and 4 Negative)
Pieced and Quilted by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 11/2011
These won a Blue Ribbon at the Clarke County Fair in August 2012.
Easter Mantle / Table Runner
(34″ x 12″)
Pieced and Hand Quilted by Sue Hickman Cross Junction, Va Spring 1999
Born to Fish Tea Cozy and Coaster Set
Pieced and quilted by Sue Hickman using scraps left over from quilt of the same name Berryville, Va 12/2009
Festive Aprons
Sewn by Sue Hickman Berryville, Va 11/2012
This fun fall project resulted in over 2 dozen aprons in a variety of fabric combinations, most given to dear friends and family, and some were purchased at the Mill at the 70th Anniversary of the Waterford, Va. Fair. 10/2013
1 remains in the Artist’s own kitchen.