There Will Always Be A Spring - After a long difficult year, I needed to remind myself that there will "always be a spring" and that it was my attitude towards change that was holding me back. This quilt is constructed with a pieced background, raw edge applique, and dimensional beaded hand painted flowers. The tree is heavily thread sketched.
Bailey Pop - This quilt was created for my guild's "Fine Art Challenge". I selected Andy Warhol's "Marilyn Monroe Series" as the inspiration for the piece. Bailey was a very happy, inspiring dog and my most loyal friend for 18 wonderful years.
Batik Wheel - This was started in 2008 but finished in 2010. It was waiting for quilting ideas and that came when I brought my 730e. The circles are quilted in the hoop (first for me). The cable was drafted by me using Alex's wonderful classroom video and book. I used the BSR with a YLI varigated thread on my machine for the first time to quilt a quilt versus practicing. It's not perfect but not bad for the first time.
Dad's quilt - Made this quilt for my dad who used to be a racing cyclist in his younger days!
On the front of the quilt is his picture.
On the back are pictures from his idol a Belgian world champion racing cyclist Eddy Merckx.
Redwork Wall Hanging "Waiting for spring" - I drew the vases of flowers,transfered the designs to fabric using a light box and then worked them with pale red embroidery thread.
Coral Sea - I saw a picture of a quilt like this called "Sea of Love" in the book Barchello Quilts by Marge Edie. I loved it and tried to make something simular.
"Blue Jeans" - This is a simple quilt with a story. I made the quilt for my son when he was 9 years old. It is made of patches cut from all his worn out denim jeans. It only took me about 2 years to get enough patches. My son was the kind of boy who wore out his jeans very fast. Sometimes he could actually leave for school in the morning wearing brand new jeans, only to return in the afternoon with holes on at least the one knee. I had to buy the denim for the sashing and borders.
Stairway to Cat Heaven - I just had to make this quilf for my daughter who loves all animals. As with most of my quilts I also resized this pattern to make a smaller wall quilt.
Paul's Boys - Machine embroidered Irish Setters to represent the Irish Setters that we have owned and my husband has trained in Obedience over the 39 years that we have been married. I have quilted shamrocks and vines all over the main design and have used a Celtic border to compliment the design.
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