Harley Special

Bonnet Gals - I bought the pattern at a dollar store of the little girls in all different motions. Since a my FIRST granddaughter was on the way I thought how perfect it was. I found the backing material of all sorts of similar little bonnet gals in all diff colors and it worked out so well! I added the borders and changed the size so it was larger and then quilted it.

Star of the Ozarks - Guild members pieced the blocks and I put them together. Karla machine quilted on longarm. Pattern used by permission of Martingale Publishers.

JoJo's Pride - Thimbleberries Pattern from the Big Book of Quilts. My first queen sized quilt. I pieced this quilt and quilted it on my Grace Frame. My brother and sister-in-law love it!

"Mineral Art" - The pattern is from the Better Homes and Gardens - Quilt Lovers Favorites - Volume 4. I adapted a "change" in the pattern by copying "mineral art" pictures created by my brother for a quilt for him. My brother is a wonderful artist and draws mineral art from stones that he finds in mines. I scanned his drawings, printed them on muslin and "inserted" them in the center of each square. To make this quilt "shine" like a gem stone, I used fairy-frost material within each square to match the center stone. It was truly a "treasure"!

Guild 2005 Challenge - Guild sold fabric kits of batiks, 2 fat quarter and 4 fat eighth for yearly challege. Received at Christmas party, displayed at June Tea. All 6 fabric must be used.

Peonies from Heaven - My third Harmonic Convergence and this one I love!! The peonies were from a Kona Bay fabric call Floral Reign. They are raw edge machine appliqued on top of the convergence pattern

Four-Patch In A Square - Shirt Quilt - A vintage quilt on eBay was the source for this pattern. The fabrics are entirely gleaned from used (near-new) men's shirts and women's blouses. Even the stripey border is a shirt. I rather like the plain, homey look that these fabrics give the quilt. I machine quilt most of my quilts on this old Singer 15-91. The machine has a vertical bobbin which makes for good tension when moving the quilt around. Of course, it does not feature the computerized length of stitch nor speed control, but it does a reasonably good job for my quilts that are destined for hard use.

Y2K Quilt - In 1999 I began swapping squares of fabric along with siggies (signature squares) with other quilters I met on the internet. We exchanged packets (squishies) of 25 different fabrics in 2.5 inch square along with a signatur square. The design is my original creation. The signature squares are stitched onto the back of the quilt. This quilt was in a special Y2K quilt exhibit in Houston in 2000?. It's huge (86"x106") and needs a LARGE wall for display.

Manly Quilt - This is one of the first of my "shirt" quilts. The background of each quarter of the quilt is from a single men's 100% cotton dress shirt (not to be confused with a shirt from a single, non-married man LOL). The "jewels" are purchased cottons from a quilt store. I call this "Manly Quilt" because of the shirt fabrics as well as it's simple, rather masculine design. I made the mistake of giving it to my grandson who was then 9 years old. He won't give it back to me and I want it back!!!!! Aaaaack!!

Cherry Blossom - This was constructed as a challenge quilt. The design is my original creation.

Baby Boy Bacu's Blankee - I made this quilt for a friend baby. I used cotton and Minike fabric.

Aurora

The Swissy Quilt - my first quilt, I took the pattern and changed the colors to look like my Swissys! That is Bonnie Doon sitting next to the quilt.

Batik Diamonds - The diamond patterns are the result of careful placement of lights and darks. Batik Diamonds was made for a class at Quilting by the Yard in Vernon, CT.

Black-eyed Susan - I made this quilt to commemorate my daughter's move from a crib to a big-girl bed. It was supposed to be done for her second birthday. She'll be three in June! Machine pieced (not so accurately because of the deadline) and hand quilted with a flannel back. It isn't yet bound but should be by the third birthday :)

Blisswork - This is a nap quilt I made for my son. I modified the layout of an Ohio Star and added triangles to the corners of the blocks to create extra squares in the design.

Melon Slices - I received this project as a kit from my mom. I love the traditional look of the prints. I'm working on trying new techniques especially getting more comfortable with flying geese. I enjoyed the finished piece on my dining rm table last summer.