Love and other Hearts - The center block is from the "Love is in the Air" collection by Deb Stain for Moda fabrics. The rest of the design is mine. I wanted something that depected Valentine's Day, and would make me smile. There are tiny crystals throughout the quilt to make my little one happy.
Flip Flops on the Boardwalk - Mystery Quilt by AQS Magazine. I chose coordinating fabrics based on the flip flop fabric, crazy as they are. I adapted the flip flop blocks from a Quick Quilts magazine (that I can't find anymore). When it was completed, I saw the diagonal looked like a boardwalk and the fabrics imply water and sand.
Little Boy - Commissioned by a woman I worked with for her 2 year old nephew. The little boys are hand embroidered from purchased machine embroidery patterns.
stars allover - This is a road to Oklahoma block with an added pieced border .
The quilt was started as an exchange and after everybody in my bee made 4 blocks I still needed 60 more blocks so I designed the sides of the quilt so there are no half stars and added the pieced border.
The quilt is custom quilted
Dancing Faries - My first commissioned piece for a preteen who loved princesses. I used pink and purple minky fabric ND did a random tilt to fairy princess blocks.
Teddy Bears - The teddy bears were adapted from internet clip art. They were made, stuffed slightly, and added after the quilt was finished. The alphabet was hand appliqued.
Jen's Gift - This quilt was a thorn in my side and I was so happy to finish it - it took probably 3 years. The piecing was easy but just as I started to quilt it my machine decided that it no longer wanted to work. (It still doesn't work right).
Birds 'n Urns - I began with the 1930's series quilt Garden Bouquet, changed the pieced blocks to applique, kept the birds and some of the flowers, added flowers from Magic Vine and Laurel Quilt, added a few of my own and designed a whole new setting.
Papercuts and Toile - Inspired by schirrenschnitte blocks found in original Baltimore Albums made between 1845 and 1855, I set about to create my own "album" of papercuts. I thought they'd be perfect frames for the pastoral scenes depicted in the toile print.
Sweet Dreams - In anticipation of my two grandchildern I made two quilts, like the twin girls they are not identical but similar. A four patch combined with a appliqued hart block. I so enjoyed appliquing the hearts that the time flew by.
Love X 2 - When American Quilter Magazine announced its 'Beyond the Block' mystery quilt challenge I knew it would be perfect for the Laurel Burch panel I had purchased some months proir. I chose 7 of my favourite horses and entered the contest. I didn't win, but I enjoyed the process, and ended up with a very contemporary quilt that I love!
Paula's Favorite Color - This was a thank-you gift to my lifelong friend for hosting my husband and I in her home in Alaska for a week. We had such a good time. Her favorite color is blue.
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