I designed the quilt, dyed and hand painted the central panel of the quilt myself, appliqued on the sun drops (petal shapes), attached the border and hand stitched on the binding. I gave this quilt to a dear friend of our family.  It is my hope that it makes her smile.

My new quilt called "Childhood". I made it for my son. When he was a child, he went to village for fishing and catching beetles. I love appliques and embroidery. Three big blocks was made by hands with using these techniques.

a quilt inspired by a Christmas cat quilt pattern but not liking a quilt used one month a year....I changed the xmas  thing for the cat in the hat hat that I designed. I changed a few things on the pattern.

Cherry fabric with log cabin, applique and basket cherries.

Piecemakers 1993 pattern time and season. 

quilt is a perspective of fish fabric

quilt made from pattern by Amy Bradley but I changed it just a little.

an original design based on previously made quilts tools.

original quilt design of grandchild with their cat, in clock frames on book shelf the clock faces are removed and replaced by family member faces.

Ricky Tims 2014 BOM

I made this quilt for my grandson James.  I used the Accuquilt GO Cars die and was so pleased with the results.

Made for my Journal quilt group in April 2015

My first attempt at a whole cloth quilt. I used the skill builders panel I received as a gift with my renewal to TQS this year. I added some hot fix crystals and love how it turned out.

My first ever written pattern from my own design. This quilt took only three days to piece but serve real weeks to write the pattern . That was so much harder to do !

I made six of these blocks in a color class with Jean Wells in October, then finished it up over the next month.

This quilt was a guild challenge for our 2015 show. It had to be 24" sq., have a traditional block in it somewhere, have no black or white, and be made from only two colours chosen randomly out a paper bag. We could use any tint or shade of those colours. It was a very good lessson in using the colour wheel. I was also exploring how to get depth and movement in my art. 

This quilt was made for a friend in memory of our childhood and her mother. We would spent many happy hours climbing the birch trees in her back yard and swaying in the breeze. Her mother always supported our wild escapades, including building a tree fort high up in the branches. Can you see the steps we nailed in the tree to get started on our climb? We share strong roots.

I have always admired the patience and stillness that Great Blue Heron's use when hunting. This is a two sided quilt of the heron, done in a class with Barbara Shapell. You sandwich the quilt first then thread paint with your top and bobbin thread at the same time. Your tension has to be good on both sides. Barb's knowledge of threads and needles was a great help. I also enjoyed using the Hemingsworth trilobal polyester thread. It gives a beautiful sheen.