My Arkansas Garden.  Hand Appliquéd and machine pieced

in 2016 with  four other friends and with the

help and encouragement of Irma Gail Hatcher we started 

on our Conway Album journey .   

This quilt was inspired by show 2127 where Ricky demonstrated how he made his own version of an antique Sumter Rose quilt.  I used Cherrywood Hand Dyed fabrics for the flowers and a cheddar for the background (in my world cheddar is a neutral).  I drafted my own pattern and used the Appliquick tools for the applique just like Ricky did (my frieds Joyce Cushing and Sue Chase did a few pieces too just to check out the process).  I used Westalee Circles on Quilts rulers for the Babtist Fan design.  Thaks Ricky for such a great way to try new technichs, it was such fun to make.

This is Judy Niemeyer's Desert Sky pattern, made with Northcott's Stonehenge Sedona collection. I changed the layout a little to make it fit a certain space on my wall.

My quilting on this is organic and quirky, like I am, so I think it the whole quilt really reflects my personality well.

I was invite to create a quilt as a sample for Paula Nadelstern's 2020 fabric lines for Benartex, "Duets" and "Poured Color"—"Flutter is the result.