Jean Judd Art Quilts - Home Decor Commissions

Home Decor Commissions

This is a selection of some of the Home Decor pieces I have been commissioned to design over the last ten years. This page features a very eclectic group of items: from children's height charts to bargello roman shades to custom 36 inch pillows including drag racing cars. If interested in having something similar designed for youself or as a gift for others, please go to the Commission Forms menu and fill out a commission form for the particular piece you are interested in having done. I would be very happy to work with you on your own unique piece and can always design sometime totally unique just for you. The sky is the limit!

Height Chart #1 (2008), Jean M. Judd This is one of two commissioned pieces. My client requested a height chart for marking the growth of their daughter who is two years old. The chart is 10"x85" and is made of 100% cotton fabrics.

I have incorporated into the chart, a frame to hold a wallet size photograph of the little girl each year through her 18th birthday.

The piece is hand quilted and hand bound. Quilted inside each frame is the corresponding year for her age as she grows. The first frame on the bottom has a zero in it and is for her first picture taken the day she was born.

Her name is handquilted down the side and a frog, ladybug, sun, tree, building blocks with her initials and flowers are hand quilted on the chart.

Each year on her birthday she will be measured and the date and a mark will be made on the chart side with a permanent fabric marker.
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Height Chart #2 (2009), Jean M. Judd This is the second of two commissioned charts. My client requested a height chart for marking the growth of their second child, a son. The chart is 10"x85" and is made of 100% cotton fabrics.

I have incorporated into the chart, a frame to hold a wallet size photograph of the little boy each year through his 18th birthday.

The piece is hand quilted and hand bound. Quilted inside each frame is the corresponding year for his age as he grows. The first frame on the bottom has a zero in it and is for his first picture taken the day he was born.

His name is handquilted down the side, and frogs, bugs, turtles, pine trees, basketballs, footballs and soccer balls are hand quilted on the chart.

At the top is hand quilted a classic car from the early 1970s and at the bottom is a pair of praying hands as well as a heart with a cross inside.

Each year on his birthday he will be measured. The date and a mark will be made on the chart side with a permanent fabric marker.

Clients can order their own custom height chart by going to the Commission Forms page in the menu bar on the left and downloading the Custom Height Chart form.

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Memory Pillow (Drag Racing) (2005), Jean M. Judd This pillow is one of a matching set made for a drag racer. It features his car in the photo, cooling off in between races. The black and white checkerboard design is NOT a preprinted fabric, but a pieced section of white and black fabric. It is hand quilted including the number of his car on the top and the bottom and the Chevy emblem on the sides.

Memory Pillow (2005), Jean M. Judd This pillow was the third addition made for the couple with the photo Anniversary Quilt. This was their second granddaughter. Her two older brothers were also featured as pillows since they were born after the Anniversary quilt was made.

State Team Basketball Pillow (2005), Jean M. Judd There were three pillows made as gifts for the assistant coaches of this basketball team. This team was the first basketball team to make it to the State Basketball tournament in school history.

60th Anniversary Pillows (2005), Jean M. Judd Made for a couple celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary in February 2006. Their seven children commissioned the pillows as a surprise.

The colors match the anniversary couple's livingroom sofa. A photo was taken of the sofa when the couple was out of town by one of the children and that was provided to me along with their wedding photo as well as a recent photo. I was free to design the pillows however I saw fit.

Custom Basketball Pillow (2004), Jean M. Judd The customer requested a custom basketball pillow for their son's high school graduation. The son's statistics from his four years of varsity basketball are hand quilted on the top of the pillow.

His jersey number is hand quilted in the center. His name, school name, and year of graduation are hand quilted in the purple border. Each basketball is hand quilted around as well.

Custom Volleyball Pillow (2002), Jean M. Judd A pair of pillows were custom made from glow-in-the-dark volleyball fabric for a graduating volleyball player.

The outer colors of gold and blue were selected to coordinate with the colors in her room. Terminology from volleyball was hand quilted into four of the squares (ace, hit, pass and set).

Her player number is in the center (#33). In the volleyball material squares, a volleyball was hand quilted in each one.

Eagle Pillow (2000), Jean M. Judd These pillows were a commissioned piece for a wildlife photographer. He specializes in shooting bald eagles in the wild by his lake home in northern Wisconsin. Shown is one of a set of two pillows.

36" Custom Volleyball Pillow (2000), Jean M. Judd The volleyball fabric is a specialty fabric that glows in the dark. It was made as a graduation present for a client's daughter who was graduating from high school and was a star volleyball player.

Her number ("3") is in the center of the pillow. The panels on either side of the number, are a hand quilted volleyball net. In the panel on top, "HIT" is hand quilted into the panel and the bottom panel has "PASS" hand quilted. Her full name and school is hand quilted in the black border.

Bargello Roman Shades (1999), Jean M. Judd This one-of-a-kind Roman Shade was commissioned for a house remodel project. It is made with 12 different blue fabrics and six browns.

The "quilt" is not hand quilted as my other pieces are, but machine stitched only where the staves are for raising and lowering the shade. The shade has no batting, just a piece of unbleached muslin on the back side. It is signed and dated by the artist. The shade is 86 3/4" x 95" and is in two seperate panels so that only one can be open at a time or both.

Scottie Dog Wall Piece (1997), Jean M. Judd This wall hanging was commissioned in 1997 for a redecorating piece for a client's dining room. She was going to Hunter Green and Burgundy. She was also a Scottie dog lover so this was designed for her. It is hung above the antique ice box in the dining room on point as shown in the photo.

The white background behind each dog is echo quilted by hand 1/8 of an inch apart. The binding is gold lame.

Unfortunately, no detail photos exist of the quilt.

Rose & Blue 9 Patch (1996), Jean M. Judd This piece was a commission for a client to hang over their new sofa in their remodeled livingroom. We selected the colors for the wall hanging from the colors in the floral sofa to coordinate the wall hanging to the room colors.

The colors are rose, blue, light green and cream. The backing is traditional unbleached muslin. It is signed and dated by the artist.

This piece is hand quilted and hand bound. It is still on display today with a new sofa that was purchased to match the wallhanging this time and is in a new home.

Spring Charm Wall Piece (1995), Jean M. Judd This piece is part of a series of "charm" quilts. This piece reflects on the Spring season. It measures 15 1/2" x 18 3/4".

73 different fabrics are used in this piece. Yellows, light blues, medium and light greens. No two fabrics are repeated in the center area of the piece. Each rectangle in the center is hand quilted around each piece.

The piece is hand quilted and hand bound. A vine with leaves on one edge is hand quilted in the first border and a circle chain is quilted in the mint green leaf print final border. It is bound with the same light green fabric used in the first border. Detail Photo

Summer Charm Wall Piece (1995), Jean M. Judd This piece is part of a series of "charm" quilts. This piece reflects on the Summer season when all the grass and leaves are at their deepest green color. It measures 15 1/2" x 18 3/4".

126 different fabrics are used in this piece. eight whites, ten tans, 32 blues and 48 greens make up the center of the piece. 28 blacks were joined end to end to make the frame around the center.

No two fabrics are repeated in the entire piece. A rectangle shape is hand quilted at intervals from the center of the quilt, out.

The piece is hand quilted and hand bound. A grey binding is used to finish the piece. Detail Photo