Tommy's quilt

Patsy's Quilt

Circular Confusion - I bought a couple grab bags of scraps at a previous COGQ quilt show. I cut whatever pieces would fit using drunkard's path templates. After supplementing with a few fabircs of my own, I auditioned on the floor to determine the most pleasing yet confusing design. Free motion quilting as one big quilt would have been a royal pain so I assembled it in fourths. The quilting designs are intended to represent wind, fire, earth and water - the four elements.

Galactic Basket - This was an exercise in sewing curved seams and practicing the 6 minute circle by Dale Fleming.

Lighthouse Quilt - Some friends of mine met each month for 1yr and did this quilt as a Block of the Month.

My Wild Side - Introverted, elusive, yet adventurous, capable and fierce. This portrait is adapted from a pencil drawing my daughter titled Tigress. I expanded the picture 200% and traced on water soluble stabilizer. The portrait is "drawn" with free motion thread painting using variegated threads. This portrait, like my home, is bordered and framed by the wheat fields of our family farm.

The Horse Lady - Machine pieced using pattern adapted from BQ - Maple Island Quilts by Debbie Bowls to accommodate Queen of the Ranch prints. I added fussy cut barrel racer print to complement theme. The dark brown squares in the inner border depict my daughter’s signature brand, THL for The Horse Lady. The quilting is primarily free motion using a Singer Quantum 9940 sewing machine. Red accent border includes barb wire quilting design. Red piping in binding was added for more interest.

Mary Ruhl's Quilt - I was attracted to the quilt Mary Ruhl displayed in our church quilt show several years ago, so I took a photo. Mary said it was her aunts quilt and it was quite old. With graph paper and the snapshot I figured out how to make each block from a fat quarter print and base fabric. This is the perfect UFO project because you can make a block every now and again when you find a cute fat quarter. My mom embroider-quilted the quilt. I'd like to add applique flowers and a scallop border...some day.

Tucson - This is my third quilt created for my parents when they retired to Oro Valley AZ. I used the mountain view from their window as inspirational colors behind each cactus. There are 5 different patterns of cactus each done in different greens. I used a twin needle to sew the ribs of each cactus.

Shirley's Quilt - This is my second quilt. I created this for my mother-in-law with colors that best blended into her home. She has since then given it back.

North American Wildlife - I use my love of machine embroidery in making my quilts. I also love wild animals and I have the best of both worlds in this quilt.

"My Geese Flew Around Provence" - Wanting to make a quilt that would be a challenge, I made this one using my collection of French Provence fabrics. It was challenge...and I am happy I made it.

My Carolina Lily - "My Carolina Lily" quilt top is still a work in progress. I have yet to design the borders, not knowing where to start or what I want to do. But, I will figure it out...

Christmas String Quilt

Convergence II

My Parent's 60th Anniversary Quilt - I added a secondary design to the pattern in the book

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