everyday housewife - I put this collage together from a song I loved," Such are the dreams of the everyday housewife". I used a silk screen for the housewife picture and I hand embellished the trims. It measures 14x14.
Feathers at 45 - I found this quilt on Pinterest, and it took a couple of weeks to hunt the pattern down. I made this quilt for a class that I am teaching at a Local Quilt Shop. It was a great way to use strips that I had collected.
"Coffee at 35,000 Feet" - Designed for SAQA's 'Redirecting the Ordinary' exhibit which will open at Houston IQF this autumn, this is an interpretation of my coffee cup on one of my many Air Canada flights!
"Early Morning at La Guardia" - This interpretation of a photo taken from my airplane window at an airport is for SAQA's annual auction. Done in this palette, the shapes of familiar objects appear somewhat mysterious and a very distant skyline twinkles!
This was a very challenging quilt to make, it took 2 years for me to finish. Modifications to the design to make smaller caused a lot of challenges in calculations to the circle. It was machine quilted.
Also Honors - Adapted from T-Shirt bought at Little Bighorn Memorial. Border design by John Flynn. Jim Yellowhawk has given permission for use of this adaptation of "Also Rises" for the Quilts of Valor program, as long as he is credited on the label.
I plan to re-make this quilt (minus the border) for my late husband, SGT Michael Boelter; to hang at this Air Force Reserve Unit, 96APS, Little Rock Air Station. Back to be his service ribbons.
Shadow of Plaids Gone By - This is shadow quilt using a variation of the Ohio Star block. Darker colors create a large star in the background "shadowing" the smaller blocks. It is made up of homespun fabrics.
Happy Days Ahead - This picture shows both front and back of the quilt. This was a commission for a beloved granddaughter for a high school graduation gift. The colors are all her favorites. The back used extra pieces from the front along with yardage to make a modern design as an alternate to the "front" stars.
Bill's quilt - I made this quilt for my brother Bill's 60th birthday. I think he was quiet pleased to receive it, and I enjoyed making it. I tried to use the same colour combinations used in the magazine, as they looked really great, and I think I succeeded.
Unknown Absolute, 2. - A continuation of my exploration of the point, defined by Kadinsky as "the unknown absolute" this quilt was inspired by a swirl of hair in my dog's coat.
Reversible Child's quilt - I used the suggestion of the Mixtape quilt and the methodology of Sharon Petersen's Reversible Quilts. The front is mostly fabric from Hawaii and the back is purchased locally. To be donated to Project Linus.
Simply Spring Quilt with Giraffe - This pattern was free and wanted to add a little something so I fused the giraffe on the quilt. It was made for a twin girl born in September. For her brother I did the same quilt with blues/greens and fused a octopus on the quilt.
The Threads That Bind - This is my version of Edyta Sitar's Spool Quilt. I doubled the number of spools and re-designed the border vine to include fucshia, pansies and shamrocks. All the spools were from an exchange here on TQS - The WotRoTT exchange.
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