The inspiration for this quilt was from my photos and memories of being at this fort, at sunset,  on the large Aran Island, Inishmore, off the coast of Galway

The fabrics are my hand-painted cottons, and silk radiance, (Robert Kauffman fabrics), and silk organza.

Size: 53" wide x 73" high

The inspiration for this quilt is a magnificent dolmen, Kilcooney Dolmen is located near a small village of Ardara, County Donegal, Ireland.  The fabrics are mostly my hand-painted cottons, hand painted silk organza, and couched yarns and trims. I typically paint mostly fat quarters, then each stone cut and appliquéd. There is strip piecing, and turned edge appliqué, and free motion quilting. The edges are faced. 

This quilt was part of a block of the month at my guild in 2015.  It was made with fabrics I purchased on a shop hop in Minnesota. My daughter now owns this quilt.

Baby quilt for a nephew

Baby quilt for a nephew

 Medallion quilts are, for me, the perfect medium to expand on an idea throughout the process of designing and making the quilt. I could have stopped at many points in this quilt and decided that is what I want to make. This quilt started with a Hoffman digital print fabric I found and loved during my areas "Shop Hop" 2016 that inspired me. I had just finished a Lone Star medallion quilt and was inspired by the many possibilities of Lone Star variations. When I was done piecing it, it reminded me of a peacock in full plumage. That was then the inspiration for the quilting I did on it. It's my "Y-seam quilt", lots and lots of Y-seams went into making this.

Every year my family draws names for gift giving.  The only rule is that the gift must be handmade.  It has become the highlight of our Christmas.  This year I drew my niece's name, so I decided to do a pet portrait after seeing Barbara Bates Beasley's episode.

Started with a Dr. Seuss Alphabet Panel, that was quilted using a mix of ruler quilting and free motion quilting (on a domestic machine). Then I removed the binding, and added a section with Emily's name, using fusible applique, and joined both sections using 'quilt as you go' technique.

Alphabet quilt. based on Baby Bunting by Quilt Routes, on Craftsy.  Made in lots of different coloured and sizes of polka dots, with complementary plains for the fused appliquéd letters and numbers.  Quilted in the ditch, and free motion quilting on a domestic machine.  Made for my grandson.

"Reflection Upon 2016" is a portrait, utilizing acrylic paint, chalk, pencil, free motion quilting; silks and cottons.

Portrait: Acrylic, Chalk, Pencil, Quilting.

This quilt is make from a package of Baby Einstein charm squares purchased several years ago.   I quilted it on my Bernina using a straight stitch alternating with a decorative stitch and King Tut variegated thread.  The border has ric rac, ribbon, prairie points, and yoyo's.  Fun to make!  The back is flannel with trucks, cars, and trains.

This was a great New Year's Day/day after New Year's Day project! I bought the yellow/orange batik fabric for the background, but all the other fabrics that are and will be used in this quilt will be from my stash.

"Saxony Farmhouse" was inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement. The outer border is a nod to William Morris while the Dresden Blades throughout the quilt bring a traditional flavor to this quilt. The blocks are set on point and have applique sashes and posts.   (Yup - those sashes were appliqued, not pieced!)

This is a great design to use up all those small florals and prints from other projects!

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My mother-in-law gave me this bed cover that had been in a bag in her basement for decades.  I brought it home, washed it and laid it over my longarm to dry.   What a mistake that was!  The linen and the crochet lace dried differently and there was a terrible amount of fullness.  This changed my wholecloth design drastically.

I used a light floral backing, Hobbs 80/20 batting, a light grey liner and the linen on top of all that.  You can see in one of the pics I uploaded how horrible the bottom border was stretched out of shape.  In the next photo you can see how I tamed it.

I decided to frame in the middle and run various channels to look like a Victorian corset.  Feathers and lacy fillers finished it off. 

This quilt won viewer's choice at the Oakland County Quilt Guild in April 2016.

This quilt is for sale - serious inquiries only please.

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The 2017 TQS BOM designed by Sue Garman, pieced by Carolyn Hock and quilted by Angela Walters.

 A 10th wedding anniversary quilt for my son and his wife, finished in 2015, and which has 480 three and a half inch appliqued blocks, each different, 60 appliqued side triangles, and 56 appliqued border blocks.  The cornerstones are half inch and the inner border is made from 3/4 inch squares.  The quilt took about 9 1/2 months from start to finish, working almost every day. It's 100X110 inches and fits their queen size bed just great.  It weighed 11 pounds when it was done. :)

 The patterns came from many many sources ( ever try to find more than 500 applique patterns that can be sewn in 3 1/2 inch blocks?!)  but I did use many from the book "Dutch Treat"  by Judy Garden.  The 'house' border was adapted from a pattern by Bunny Hill Designs' "YoYoville" quilt pattern. Their border pattern only used three different house designs...and since I didn't want any block repeated I came up with the rest from other sources, or drew them myself, Their pattern used yoyos but I made just plain fabric circles and was pleased with the result. 

The quilt is machine appliqued, with each applique being satin stitched, and home machine quilted. Hidden throughout  in the quilting are words and names, etc, that have meaning to the anniversary couple.  They will be finding them for years to come!