Old Italian Block Quilt (detail) - A detail of quilt. I included unifying Japanese indigo fabrics throughout. Because of the cutting technique used many backgrounds appear to be fussy cut, but they aren't.
Roxie - This dog caught my attention on Facebook and I asked the owner's permission to make an art quilt of her English Springer Spaniel Roxie. I thought this dog had the most soulful eyes as well as beautiful markings.
Autumn Log Cabin - Traditional log cabin block in barn-raising design. Black sashing was used in between the blocks to give a windowpane effect. Quilted with Baptist Fan design.
Winter Night - This is a 100% wool quilt made from wool garments purchased at the Goodwill stores. I did buy wool yardage for the borders. This is a gift for my husband: because he asked for a wool quilt. Backing and binding will be a black flannel with a narrow red pinstripe running through it. I will quilt it with a large crosshatch and make a medallion design in the center 4 patch areas surrounded by the gray pieces. Red border will have the same medallion design - maybe a sunburst - and final black border will be a 1" crosshatch.
Seahorse Serendipity - I started this quilt at a two-day workshop in Maine with the fiber artist, Susan Carlson. For the applique, the fabric pieces were glued in place. After piecing it and sandwiching it together, I covered the surface with a sparkly tulle and heavily quilted it with invisible thread.
Geese in My Garden - Eleanor Burns published this pattern in a quilting magazine & was designed for a single bed. I amended the pattern to be queen-size. The fabrics are 30's reproduction fabrics on white. Floral rows are hand appliqued & the flying geese are machine pieced. The quilt is machine quilted on my Elna Quilters Dream with a swirly pattern quilted in the white areas around the geese & flowers and curving feather in the border. The picture does not show the finished edge which is scalloped and bound by the same green in the stems & leaves. The quilt was given to my nephew & his wife in celebration of their marriage prior to Chad leaving for Afganistan- thankfully he is now safely home.
Starlit Flowers - Our local quilt show hosts a border challenge every year using colors and patterns as the theme for each border. We always end up with the greatest quilts.
Wedding Whisperings - The middle section and carpenter wheel aroound it is from the book. I emailed Jan Krentz for suggestions on how to enlarge it to Queen size and she played on the computer and sent me the picture of this. I had figure out how to draft it and I think every seam went in 3 times. I named it Wedding Whisperings because the fabric used is Alex's Whisperings line which started it all. I loved that fabric line and when Jan's book came out at the same time w/this on the cover with similar colorings it really caught my eye.
Bunny Cot Quilt - This was my second pieced quilt made as a donation for my local children's hospice.I have also posted pics of the reverse of the quilt.
Bunny Cot Quilt - reverse - The original design had the bunny on the front but I quilted hearts on the front and backed the quilt with fleece and appliqued the bunny design on the back.
Mozart - Photo printed on fabric. The rose is named Mozart hence the name of the quilt. This quilt was designed for a mini exhibition on July 3rd 2011. You can see more here: http://www.normahornung.dk/12951390
The rose in the vase is the real Mozart
Ramblin Rose Meets Jamestown - This was a BOM purchased in 2007 from Keepsake Quilting. I pieced the Sampler Blocks in 2007 and the Log Cabin Blocks in 2008. In 2009 I saw the Cotton Theory Method being used and decided to make my blocks into the quilt Log Cabin Shuffle using Betty Cottons Method of Machine quilting. Each block was quilted separately and then assembled the quilt using Connector Strips. Each Block has a different fabric on the back of the quilt. I varied her pattern slightly (mainly on the back of the quilt) and only put 2 borders on instead of 3.
I presented the quilt to my daughter and son in law for their 8th wedding anniversary on July 5th, 2011.
Winter in Nebraska - The Cardinal was thread-painted and the raw-edge appliqued to painted canvas. I used cotton stuffing to create the snow on the branches.
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