At Jim's Request - DH wanted a bed-sized Christmas quilt. I started in Nov. 2009 and vowed to finish in 2010. Blocks are applique, crazy patch embroidery, pieced, and trapunto. All done on the 830.
But Who's Counting? - I saw this quilt in the Henry Ford Museum quilt book. It was done in mid 1800s by Susan McCord who loved small triangles. I started this quilt 2008 and finally put the finishing stitches in it on New Years Eve 2010 - so it really was a 3 year project. There are over 10,000 pieces in this quilt and over 700 yds of quilting thread. But who's counting?
Carol's Christmas Quilt - My mom called to tell me about this technique she learned at a quilt guild meeting. I was so supprise at how easy it was, and that I understood how to do it with verbal directions only. You rock Mom! So I made a quilt for Carol for Christmas and she loved it.
Nebraska to Alaska - This is a small wall quilt I made for my daughter based on one of her favorite photos that she took on her move to AK in 2008. She drove her truck from NE to Washington and then took the ferry to Haines and then drove the last 750 miles to Anchorage. The quilt is fused with thread painting. I gave dimension to the hiking boots by making actual laces.
Delectable - The delectable blocks are cleverly made with large triangles, pieced into rectangles and cut apart, shifted around and pieced back together. The fabric is Chloe by Benartex.
Heart to Heart - purchased a kit from out local quilt store some time ago and tweaked it for a Christmas gift for my sweet mother-in-law, my sister and another one for my daughter. 12 blocks with appliqued hearts. I stitched in the ditch then hand quilted around each heart
Heart to Heart - purchased a kit from out local quilt store some time ago and tweaked it for a Christmas gift for my sweet mother-in-law, my sister and another one for my daughter. 12 blocks with appliqued hearts. I stitched in the ditch then hand quilted around each heart. My California daughter loves those teal colors.
Phoenix rising - About the myth of the phoenix laying his egg in the sun to burn an rising from th ashes. Bati fabri used with the addition of piantstik accents
Fair Winds for Susanne - This fused applique landscape quilt depicts the Jamestown bridge and Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. The sailboat has been part of our family for 47 years. This quilt was started in a workshop taught by Kate Cox. It's embellished with netting, beads and hand embroidery. The fabric was dyed in a workshop taught by Janet Jo Smith.
Baby quilt - Baby quilt using forget-me-not fabric used for cloth under parents' wedding cake. Combines rows of applique, paper piecing and simple blocks.
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