Sweet and Sour - This quilt was designed and partially executed in a class taught by Katie Pasquini Masopust using her Ghost Images technique. It took me almost another year to finish it.
Running Zoar's Gap - Running Zoar's Gap was created from a picture of my brother-in-law. It is raw edge applique and machine quilted. It just recently won a 2nd place ribbon in a local art gallery mixed media competition.
Mom Said - I saw Sue's Mama Said quilt on TQS episode featuring her and loved it! I went on her website and bought her patterns and have been working on this quilt for 20 months. I just finished today! I changed the top to Mom Said because no one is called Mama in our house :) It is hand appliqued and machine quilted. I used the boy and the girl patterns. Thanks for a great pattern Sue!
Lions and Tigers - A very good friend of mine was pregnant with twins and I wanted to make something special for her babies. This is the end result. One quilt with a tiger and one with a lion center.
Grande Iced Mocha - This is my version of the Quilt Show Block of the Month 2009, Stars for a New Day, designed by Sue Harmon. It hardly made a dent in my stash of neutral scraps!
A Gift for Amy & Jim - I designed this table runner as a gift for a friend's mountain house which is surrounded by aspen trees.
The fabric is what makes this very simple design. The hand dyed fabrics are actually from Ricky Tims! I had been holding on to the fabric for a bigger project that I have stewing in mind but decided to part with a little for this special gift. The gradations in color in the leaves make this simple table runner something out of the ordinary. This is a lesson that I plan to apply to future projects!
"Stars for a New Day" - My version of the Block of the month 2009. I used fabrics from my stash, starting with the purple paisley and building out from that with colors from the paisley and others that seemed to "play" together.
"Spin Out" - Our guild had a workshop in which we learned to make a "cheater" monkey wrench block. I designed this setting so my quilt would be different from the others. Also it made it large enough for a king-sized bed.
Life Lessons - Machine pieced and hand quilted on a 100+ year old frame. This is my first time quilting on a large frame. Many lessons learned in the making of this quilt.
Nolan's ABC Quilt - For our first grandchild. So much fun choosing the fabrics and making the blocks. A good way for the baby to learn his quilt blocks (ha, ha). Some are more obvious than others so I listed them on the back.
Conerstones and Crevises - Pattern is a courthouse steps block. The setting corner and side blocks were calculated with correct formulas to make the setting blocks. Using a Hoffman fall fat quater bundle this was a color challenge.
Entered in The Puyallup Valley Log Cabin Challenge July 2010 just for fun.
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