From Latte to Espresso - I have a passion for bargello quilts. When I saw a picture of one hanging in The Scarlet Thread quilt shop in McDouogh, GA I knew I had to make it! I finished in 15 days and sent it off to Mary Walck to quilt. This quilt is a Nancy Smith Design A Diamonds Jubliee Bargello.

Wood Ducks and Water Lily's - Both quilts are my interpretation of wood ducks and water lily's. Both quilt panels are the same size. For more close up images you can visit my quilting blog at http://windyglenquilting.blogspot.com Thanks for viewing.

My Star Quilt

The Beach Quilt - Added appliques of my own design after seeing a flip flop quilt pattern. Made for fundraiser for a local hospital to raffle.

UFO Blocks Carrier - Two16 inch blocks with designs were choosen (Schoenrock Cross Front & Chained 5 Patch Back) were made. Then a outer border measuring 2.5 inches was attached to make a single panel showing the two designs. Then a sandwich was made and both blocks were stitched in the ditch using 50 weight thread Rasant. The inside of the carrier was then formed and the two blocks were separated to front and back. A cardboard insert was inserted into the back section and covered by a bright pink fabric. Then a 2.5 inch binding was attached. Toggle buttons were sewn onto the front so that blocks could be easily accessed and closed in.

Koi pond

Orange Crush - Started in 2008 and finished in 2012

Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling - This quilt was started in a Katie Pasquini Masopust weeklong workshop. It was adapted from an original watercolor which we did in class. It is turned under machine appliqued and machine quilted.

Tree of Life - I used fabrics that were left from our opportunity quilt and added some yardage of coordinating Jo Morton-type fabrics for the setting triangles. I had pieced many large flying geese for an inner border on the opportunity quilt and made additional smaller half-square triangles after trimming the flying geese, which gave the tree everlasting blocks a very scrappy look. This quilt was donated to the silent auction at our guild quilt show. I made a bird applique to practice the machine blanket stitch and used that as the label on the back.

Mini-Tumbler - My small group, Mini-Masterpieces, exchanged 3-inch squares in order to make mini-charm tumbler quilts. I added enough tumblers to total 144--no fabric is repeated. In addition to the black inner border, I string-pieced borders on some left-over sew-in interfacing (2x6-inch strips). After the strips were long enough for two sides, I cut them in half lengthwise. I used my walking foot and did a simple wave quilt design lengthwise through the center of each tumbler, and stitched in the ditch on either side of the black inner border. For some reason, I could not square this quilt up after quilting (because it is rectangular as one of my smart-alecky friends said), so I attached commercial single-fold bias tape in a wavy pattern, trimmed the curves, and then sewed the folded edge down. I had drawn some uniform curves but ended up just free-forming the curves. Voila, a table runner for my dresser top.

String Theory - From the very start of this quilt I was inspired. The base fabric, a batik, has lots of visual texture. In making this quilt, I wanted to add to that texture. I also wanted to add more color to intensify the visual impact of the quilt. I also happen to love bright bold colors. As I worked on this quilt I noticed a flow begin to develop. Areas were stitched, not in a planned order, but rather as inspiration came. I let the quilt “tell me” what it wanted rather than trying to plan everything out. Symbols that have personal meaning, such as the spiral, were incorporated into the design. There are a lot of organic shapes that emerged as the quilt took form. Various areas were filled with hand stitches but also some machine stitches. In places, threads were woven through other stitches. Much like our lives, the combination, working together added strength to the whole. I sometimes used more than one thread in the needle as I had sewed. This allowed some subtle color shifts that would not be possible with a single thread. It also created a few challenges in the hand stitching. It was a great learning process for me. I chose the title String Theory for a couple of reasons. In science, string theory is a contender as a “theory of everything.” It is a way of attempting to describe the natural world and its wonder. I am fascinated by the higher sciences. The second reason is that every part of the quilt is made up of strings. Some of them are visible and some are hidden. I found the wordplay in the title appealing to me creatively.

Sunrise at Myrtle Beach - The design was inspired by a vacation photo of Myrtle Beach at sunrise. The technique is based on a workshop with Gloria Loughman in September 2012 at the Mancuso Pennsylvania Quilting Extravaganza.

Glow - I made this quilt in Carol Ann Waugh's "Stupendous Stitches" class on craftsy.com. I had a lot of fun playing with the fancy stitches on my machine and playing with the fun threads. And the freedom of the method is exhilarating. I used Superior Thread's glow-in-the-dark threads for the fancy stitches, so this quilt is also a lot of fun in the dark. This quilt will be a gift for one of my nieces at Christmas.

Celebrate Life - This quilt was made as a combination of a free-motion quilting exercise that Cindy Needham includes in her classes and the ribbon quilts that Libby Lehman is famous for. The ribbons are quilted using FilTec's Glide thread. Each area between the ribbons is filled with a different background fill using Superior's Kimono silk thread. This quilt will be a gift for my friend for her 50th birthday in a couple of weeks.

Sunshine - Paper piecing, applique, and hot ribbon embellishment are featured in my version.