This is my interpretation of the pattern Forever Blooming by Pearl Pereira of P3 Designs.  She first offered this pattern in monthly installments before publishing it.  The pattern calls for a light background, but I thought the deep navy really made the colors come out.  The background is a navy batik with white spots, that reminds me of stars - hence the name Night Blooms.  This quilt won Best of Show at our local quilt guild and the Oklahoma State Fair in 2015.

I love medallion quilts.  I think it is because I find multiple borders make a quilt interesting.  I also enjoy the math and the challenge of getting everything to fit.  This is fairly small, but was great fun to make.  I used some fabric I had in my stash.  I haven't decided whether to use it as a table topper or a wall hanging.

This year long journey started as a challenge to myself to create a modern style quilt and has ended in this final piece. Challenging improvisational appliqué, piecing, and many new techniques were practiced.  I have learned plenty, and I'm happy with the final product, but have to acknowledge it is a bit outside the box, especially where traditional quilting is concerned. It is a celebration of my joy in 40 years in church music ministry, playing the organ, singing, and teaching music and band in school.

This quilt has been in the works for over 5 years, off and on.  Finally in 2015 I decided to finish the dang thing.  This quilt definitely told me how to make it, and very loudly.  I did the setting very different from the pattern and am thrilled out it turned out.  It just received Grand Champion at our local county fair and will be entered in the Colorado State Fair in 2 weeks.  It also received an Award of Merit from the judge, who is a national judge.  I am very honored and love this quilt.

This quilt definitely told me how it wanted to be made.  I worked on it off and on over five years.  Finally, a year ago I decided to get her finished.  I did the setting completely different from the pattern.  When the top was finished the gold squares were blank so I made 20 4 1/2" squares, like barn quilts, and appliqued them onto the quilt and it really that little something to this quilt.  It just won Grand Champion at our county fair and was also awarded an Award of Merit by one of the judges who is a national judge. 

This was my entry for the Cherrywood Fabrics Challenge.  Didn't make it but at least I tried.

This quilt took 5 years, off and on, to complete.  I did the setting completely different than the original pattern, and love the result.  It just received Grand Champion at our county fair and will be attending our Colorado State Fair.  We had two judges and was is a nationally certified judge, Chris Brown, who gave me and Award of Merit, which is a HUGE honor. 

This is my first commission quilt - made for my department director's four-year old granddaughter.

Celtic Fox

The Celtic fox symbolized a need to think quickly, to employ cleverness and wisdom. Often described as cunning, that word comes from “Kenning”, meaning to know and understand. Shape-shifters, illuminated by the moon, they are associated with transformation and the need to take a new approach to our lives. Silent and Swift, Owls are the Crone Goddess’s  messengers, helping to unmask those who would deceive or harm you. Rabbits are connected to the moon and femininity. They talk to us about conceiving new ideas and holding them in our hearts. In Ireland eating a hare was like eating your own grandmother. 

The quilting on the Moon was the most difficult part of this quilt. Three books and Youtube finally helped me to draw that celtic knot work design.

MAGENTA MAGIC…

Being encouraged for many years by my husband to design a quilt, I began my adventure. As I designed the center block I envisioned an entirely different quilt…certainly not a center block and 12 circles (each made up of 97 pieces of fabric). Quilting done by Judi Madsen using two shades of Kimono silk thread. Two Battings were used:  Hobbs 82/20 and a blended batting of cotton/wool.

This quilt consists of 281 - 9-patches and over 500 different fabric scraps. It was a UFO for over 13 years. The 9-patches were part of an exchange I did with friends years ago. I found them about a month ago as I was cleaning out a closet. A lost treasure that brought back so many good memories of wonderful quilting friends. I wanted to incorporate the friendship star block in it some way and so after doing lots of playing in EQ7 this is what I designed. Paths of friendship crossing and intertwining, memories that will be forever cherished in this 93 x 93 quilt.

For years, I have been planning to do a landscape quilt and have spent a lot of time collecting the fabrics, as well as learning techniques from various quilters.  When I found one of my Dad's paintings after he passed away, I immediately knew this was the inspiration for my first landscape quilt. 

This quilt was made as part of a group challenge. The subject was Famous Female Faces. Our group won first place at AQS in Grand Rapids. I had never made an art quilt before so it was a real challenge for me. The face is appliqued with hand dyed fabric and partially hand painted. The headdress is embellished with ruffled tulle.  

I made all four Lonni Rossi Geisha series but not always using her method of construction.  This was my first and I used needle turn applique method.  Finally quilted it recently.

the second quilt created out of four different Geishas.

This was the last Geisha I created, the third was given to friends so I don't have it to post here.

My Bee had a challenge to make a two color quilt. I chose red and cream. I have always wanted to make "New York Beauty" blocks and I combined them with "Lucy Boston" blocks. 

Pieced Christmas quilt. Superior Mono-Poly thread, echo quilting in tree blocks. Star thread (trees) and Yenmet thread (snowflakes), free-motion quilting in border. Pieced back.