Triple Feathered Star - Made for Sara & Eddie's wedding in March 2005. The subtitle of the book is "Really hard blocks that take a long time to make" and boy is that accurate! The "feathers" around the smallest block are 3/8" finished! This has been my most elaborate quilt to date and I feel that it is my masterwork so far. I am so pleased that they use this quilt - we had to remove the cat hairs before it could hang in the show and I LOVE that! Quilts, at least my quilts, are made to be used!
Twin Chantelles - I taught Caveman Piecing at a LQS and had to make 2 shop samples (2 shops). You know that every time you make 1 chantelle you are really making 2. So, these were the second chantelles. I did some free form applique and lots of quilting. Turned out really cool!
My Ma Ma's Garden - This was my third hand applique quilt and I was very happy with the result. I finally perfected tiny invisible stitches and was just so please with the way how it turned out.
Cindy's Butterflies - Made for a friend's wedding and it features machine embroideried butterflies in the star centers. I gave the first one I made to her and had to make a second one. 100% batik fabrics.
My Valentine - I cut all the pieces as directed in the Super Simple Fat Quarters book by Lynda Milligan and Nancy Smith, then I just played, putting them together in different ways, not really in accordance with the patterns. The piece in the center was machine embroidered by my Mother-in-Law. :-)
Bless Our Children - I made this quilt for my friends daughers kindergraden class. It is for their yearly fund raiser and was actioned for $1,300. The hands on the quilt are the actual traced copies of the kids hands.
"Asian Kaleidoscope" - 1st Place, 2 HMs - This is 1/10 "Wacky Wedge" quilts I have made (each quilt with 103 kaleidoscopes), done with Asian fabrics. It has won 3 ribbons: 1st Place locally, 2 Honorable Mentions (National Quilting Association and one locally). Happy girl!
Good Bye Mary Jeanne - I bought several Loralie Harris panels and choose frames to represent people who are dear to Mary Jeanne. Pictures of her and our Mobilehome Park were added. I put it together using coping strips and 2 1/2" squares. People who had their own squares signed the quilt at the going-away party.
Boy Scout Memories - My brother had a lot of Boy Scout neckerchiefs beginning from activities in his youth and continuing through his tenure as a regional BS official and various troop leaders. He designed the pattern and I sewed the pieces together combined with "camping" or "scouting" like feature fabrics.
Road to Recovery - Blocks were chosen to represent each month, colors were based on the focus fabric which was a stripe with a coordinating print. sashing and borders then utillized the stripe. The pieces had been cut and I sewed it together while I was recovering from breast cancer surgery.
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