A Love/Hate Relationship with Paisleys - This quilt was made for the Hoffman Challenge this year (2009). It is based on a pattern in an old issue of The Foundation Piecer (1996) by Liz Schwartz. I added the teal silk pieces to make it a circle and the border of applique squares, as well as designed the thread painted flowers in the corners. The green outer border is appliqued. It is also hand beaded. After quilting paint was added to the feathers quilted in the brown and teal areas. (photo by gregory case photography)
Flower Power - This little quilt was made in a guild-sponsored class. The instructor was Robbie Joy Eklow, and this was one of her patterns designed for the class. The fabrics were hand dyed by me, and the quilt is embellished with glass beads and Swarovski crystals.
Making Music - This quilt was designed for the music room at our church. My husband and I are both quilters and musicians, and we wanted to add a touch of color to a very neutral room. This is our first original design, and it was created on the computer. All fabrics are Hoffman Batiks.
Reflections - I was amazed at how quickly and easily this went together. It was fun to draft out the design and watch it come together in color. I wanted to imitate how real kaleidoscopes look when peering through the tube.
Written in Thread - Embroidery was the first craft I learned as a child, and I still love it. The hand embroidery was done while spending time with friends during our Tuesday morning sewing sessions. This was a fun little quilt to make.
Arabella - Arabella is a fabric collection by Pat Sloan. Her pattern is a freebie on the P&B Textiles website. I love red and yellow, and this fabric was a pleasure to work with.
American Beauty - I love patriotic decor, and this hangs in my living room almost year-round. Combination of paper-piecing and traditional piecing. And, yes, curves can make you crazy!
Grandmas Scrappy 9-block - A scrappy 9 block quilt, made up of 2-inch square blocks. Belonged to my grandmother/ my mother/then me nothing else is known as to who actually made and quilted it.
Grandma's Texas Lone Star - 8 point Stars made of prints from what looks like men's shirts, also large unpieced rectangles of med. blue and orange in between the stars.
Baby Sunbonnet Sue - Blocks are made from flour sacks with appliqued and embroidered Sun Bonnet Sue motifs. Alternating plain and embroidered blocks, 4 by 5 blocks.
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