Nested Development - Again, part of my art quilt workbook series. The technique for this one was "collage". It really did turn into a collage as I started to make it, hated it, cut it apart, added more, kept working on it, made a mess, then finally reached a stage where I liked it.
Fleurs de Feu - Fleurs de Feu a été fait pour le concours organisé par la commune de Vernier sur le thème Boléro de Ravel, Il a été sélectionné pour cette compétition qui est une des plus difficile dans notre pays.
A Touch of Cubes - Made wallhanging with Mckean Ryens fabric sweet insperations all are veragated colored. I love her fabric. I made the cubes pop out of the quilt to continue making the color of the bars.
Brenda's Mountains - Quilt is about full size done in earth tone colors on tan and cream colored back ground. My sister-in-law asked me to make the quilt for my nieces graduation from nursing school when she got her RN pin.
O'Christmas Tree - This is a christmas gift for my mother-in-law. I incorporated pictures of her 9 grandchildren as the center of 9 of the quilt blocks.
Hearts 1 - I found this pattern in a book (totally forgot name) and adapted it a little. I was so inspired I whipped it out in no time. It was a lot of fun. It used piecing and fusing techniques.
Asian Moons - Totally original design started in a Sue Benner class at Quilting Adventures in New Braunfals, Texas. It is fused, cut apart, shuffled then refused. After cutting the circles apart, I added some hand painted fabrics. Thread painted in gold on the black background (also assembled w/ different black fabrics) are designs from real kimonos. Cranes, fans and bamboo are very typical designs on kimonos. The shapes on the moons themselves are the cloud shapes used on kimonos. The reason there are 5 panels is that the Japanese do not do things in 4s. One of the words for "4" also means "death".
Bear Tracks In My Rose Garden - Fabrics primarily from Decadent Victorian, batting is Hobbs Tuscany Silk and the quilting completed on my Gammill Classic Plus using the Pantograph: Rebecca's Rose.
Fisherman's Delight - I was inspired by the fishing-reel fabric which was fussy-cut for the block centers. Made for my nephew as he graduated high school. The label (not shown)is a photo-tranfer of him fishing at age 3. He's now 23 and still fishes with a passion. This was my first full-sized "real" quilt (not t-shirt or jeans). Also one of the first I free-motion machine quilted, outlining the images on the backing fabric... fish, flopping around on newspapers.
102nd Birthday Quilt - This was the first "real quilt" I made (not jeans or t-shirts). Also my first free-motion quilting. Made for my Grandmother for her 102nd Birthday. She lived another year and a half, then the quilt came back to me.
George's quilt - At age 4 George picked out all the fabrics. I made this quilt and taught myself how to free-motion stipple--all over! They say practice, practice, practice!
Saint John the Evangelist - I used Beth Wheeler's technique to print the icon of Saint John the Evangelist on fabric. I then quilted the piece using a variety of rayon threads. I did some highlighting with white Jacquard textile paint. I made this in honor of my big brother's 65th birthday. John the Evangelist is his patron saint. This image is from the 19th century and was painted on wood. In the picture you can see an eagle, which is a traditional symbol of Saint John. A close-up is on my profile.
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