Continuity - Made with scrapbag fabrics from 4 generations of sewers in my family. Quilt reverse documents people and sewing projects fabrics came from; photo transfer portraits, actual fabric swatches.
Midsummer Flight - Butterflies were machine appliqued to pieced background to simulate walking through clouds of butterflies in summer fields and thickets. I've done this in nature with large masses of "puddling" butterflies.
Joshua's Frogland - Joshua, my grandson, aged 5, loves frogs. This collage quilt, begun in a class taught by Susan Vassallo, features frogs hidden under 3-D leaves and lots of embellishments.
Pisces for Marcus - Center medallion features my eldest son's astrological design, Pisces, designed from a fish photo and hand-embroidered, padded and appliqued. Hand-designed border, traditional fish blocks.
Touching Stars Memory Quilt - Contains fabrics from scrapbags of my maternal grandmother, mother, myself and my daughter. Inspired by a photo in a book on historic quilts of America.
Black and White Flower Garden - I swore I would never make a GFG because it required hand stitching, but this is the second one for me. It is made of black and white fabrics that I had been collecting.
Bright Flower Garden - I decided to make a GFG, but not a traditional one; I used brights from my stash, purchasing only the green fabric for the background. The quilt is this size because these are all the bright prints that I had at the time. It is peaceful to sit and hand piece the octagons. Lona did a beautiful job quilting it freehand; there are bees in the corners and squiggly line between the flowers, like the flight patterns of the bees.
Lonni Rossi - I love the graphic nature of Lonni Rossi's fabrics, and when I saw an article in Love of Quilting in which Rossi showed how to use panels of her fabric to make a wall hanging, I had to use some of my collection of her fabrics, mostly from the Typospheres collection.
Beyond Color Purple - These blocks are machine applique embroidered and ready to quilt. I will add sashing and do the quilt as you go method. My daughter has already laid claims on it and can't wait for me to finish it.
When Life Gives You Pneumonia, Make a Quilt - This year I couldn't attend the Dallas Quilt Celebration with my sister Janice because I had pneumonia, so I consoled myself by making this bright wall hanging, trying to use up the small scraps of brights that I have. Bright colors=brighter mood.
Sampler Block - I had always wanted to make a sampler quilt and I really enjoyed this one. I modified the center square from the original design. I actually started the quilt in 2007, but finally finished it this year.
Summer Serenity - Toni Whitney has such beautiful patterns that I am slowly making my way through them. This is my second quilt using Toni Whitney's patterns.
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