My Flower Garden - I wish I could give full credit to the designer of this pattern or even remember exactly which magazine I found it in. I loved making this because it was easy to take anywhere. The appliqued flowers where all cut from the same piece of fabric.
Aimee - This is a quilt of my daughter Aimee. While at the International Chicago Quilt Show in April of 2008, I took a class with Tammie Bowser who thought the technique of taking a photo, using a computer to create a graph and using that graph to reproduce the picture as a quilt. It's almost like paint by number using fabric as the paint. Color value is extremely important when using this technique. I found the technique extremely forgiving. Every quilt made using this technique becomes an original. The most difficult part is choosing the right photo!
Dreaming Amongst the Stars - Designed for the Dream Rocket Project.
Sponsored by Coral Springs Quilters.
Different sized paper-pieced star blocks
quilted with metallic hologram thread gives
the appearance of twinkling stars from a distance.
Easter Comes to the Cabin - 2009 guild challenge (I never got around to taking a photo.) The theme was spring, we were given a size range, and we had to use the white with blue polka dots fabric. When I think of spring Easter comes to mind and after trying to design something really cool and original found I myself using log cabin blocks!
The Underground Railroad - This quilt was made from the patterns found in "Facts and Fabrications: Unraveling the History of Quilts and Slavery" by Barbara Brackman. Michelle and I made 2 of these quilts. One was a commissioned work for our neighbor who gave it as a gift to her brother in law. The other was for us to have.
Mac Awwwh - Thanks Margie Engel. I made Mac Awwwh for my husbands birthday. He really loved it. I changed the coloring and made the feathers individually. This was so fun to make.
St. Patrick's Day Wall Hanging - I could not find any designs for St. Patrick's Day and I wanted one to hang on the wall at work, for the holiday. I found a window hanger in a magazine, and blew up the design and appliqued it to the center and put borders around to make it larger. 39x39, it fits perfect on the wall behind me at work. My own personal quilt show, and it changes every month
Center of St. Patrick's Day Wall Quilt - I did the vines with zig-zag on the machine. It is not perfect, but from a distance it look fine.... I just thought you could see it now that I uploaded a larger photo. It is a nice design and the quilt is perfect for St. Patrick's Day...
Doctor My Eyes - I really named this quilt Sweet Dreams, but I noticed when I looked at it through a reducing glass, it looked like glass blocks, so for this gallery, I decided to name it "Doctor, My Eyes!
Halloween Sudoku - Laid out 3 inch squares using rules of sudoku. Entered in 2009 Arizona Longarm Quilters President's challenge. The theme was Anything Geometric.
Storm at Sea Color Gradation quilt top - I used Wendy Mathson's Quick2Cut rulers to put together this color gradation in batiks. The quilt top measures 39.5"x48.5", I think. I may be adding some silk organza overlays on top of it but I haven't quite decided yet.
Cheaper than Therapy - I used leftovers in my stash from a diaper bag I made for my sister-in-law and had a good time using Moda Bakeshops "9-Patchtastic" tutorial to quickly put the blocks together. This project kept me sane during a particularly trying rehearsal process for a play.
Shattered Angles quilt (unnamed so far) - I took the "Shattered Angles" class at Quilt University and made a cutting error on my first group of strip sets. Rather than throw out that series of blocks, I just continued to make the same cutting error for the rest of the quilt. I was very happy with how it turned out.
Penguins at Play (working title) - I had little batik squares with penguins in them, so I built the blocks around them using Margaret Miller's Angle Play templates. When I lined the blocks up, the orange squares made the quilt spotty. When I lined up the squares, I had open spaces to fill. Penguin batik fabric in black and white! All scraps except for the penguins.
Quilt for baby - Have made this quilt for my soon to arrive first grandchild, it's a great pattern and looks good whatever charm pack you use. I've seen it in very pale pastels and really brights and it always looks great.
A Very Special Quilt - I combined 2 Andover pre-printed panels from the "Very Hungry Caterpillar" collection to make this quilt. I gave it to my niece as a baby shower gift, along with the book by Eric Carle.
Teddy Bear Picnic - I purchased this kit from Keepsake Quilting. It uses that company's die-cut shapes, which I fused onto the quilt top then stitched around each bear. Very cute and quick.
Bubblegum Stars & Blue Wiggleworm - I made these quilts for my good friend's son and his wife who are expecting twins. I wanted to use the same border fabric and basically the same fabrics, but make one boy and one girl version. I think it worked!
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