Tropical Fantsay - Based on Ricky Tims "Convergence" was designed and executed in two weeks for a contest sponsored by Mill End Textiles. Used two tropical prints.
Modern Mix Aqua - Combination of traditional star blocks, contemporary fabrics, embroidered and appliqued blocks. Use of OESD embroidery collection. Done as practice quilt prior to use of the kit fabrics.
Iris Basket - Whole cloth quilt on Radiance fabric (cotton-silk blend). Done on a Bernina 440 without the use of stitch regular or walking foot. 20'x20". My first real attempt at trapunto or doing a whole cloth quilt.
Remembering Anastacia - This is a large full sized 100% wool quilt top, made from wool garments purchased at the Goodwill stores. It has 2 wool battings in it, a flannel backing and 3/4 inch flannel binding. It is tied with 6 strands of DMC embroidery floss. Named it for my Irish grandmother Anastacia, who made quilts from my grandfather's wool business suits. Strip pieced, 2.5 inch strips.
Images of Peru - Inspired by a picture in Peru. Consists of interlocking pieced circles and rings on a black background, border of pieced squares of same materials, small black outer border. Shadow quilted.
Transportation Quilt - Made this in 1982-1984, for my son. Restored the quilt by hand over an 8 week period in 2009. Blocks have machine applique, hand embroidery, hand quilting. It is a full sized quilt. I cut up my maternity clothes and used them in the blocks.
log cabin blue - this is a Kerry Gadd quilt i saw in a picture accompanying an article about her. it will go to Landstuhl air base for a wounded soldier. it has 144 log cabin squares! i like it so much, i might even make one for myself!
Still Life: Apple - This wallhanging was done in a class with Ellen Lindner at our quilt guild. It is raw edge applique which has been machine quilted.
Tangled Threads - I love words on quilts and when I saw this pattern in a book I knew I had to make it to hang on the wall over my sewing machine. I embroidered the words on the little sampler in the middle of the wallhanging.
Gertie - This is an applique and reverse applique portrait of Gertie - made as a gift from the owner to her sister to commemorate her sister's dog. I used the sister's favorite photo - this dog looking up at the camera from below with her nose the most prominent feature. The owner told me that Gertie had a Scooby-Doo aspect, and that I caught it in this quilt.
Grape Ribbon - A sweet applique on the background of delicate white florals. Ea block is surrounded with a precious scallop edge. Each block is quickly finish with colorful machine applique. Treasure this quilt and the beauty it creates in your home.
Crazy About Ballet - Hand Embroidered Crazy Quilt depicting ballets including Swan lake, Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, La Sylphide, Giselle, Don Quixote, La Fille Mal Gardee and Sleeping Beauty
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