Dinner With VAn Gogh - This quilt was made in response to the Hoffman Challenge in 2003. The cahllenge fabric is the allover cherry design. I used Van Gogh's painting called "Cafe Terrace at Night" as my inspiration. The quilt did not receive an award but traveled in one of the Hoffman trunck shows for a year.
Tumbling Blocks - This is one of my favorite quilts. The purple and teal diamonds are all different fabrics, the light diamonds are repeated (approx. 10-12 fabrics). It was constructed using Sara Nephew's technique for 60 degree diamonds.
African Sampler - After collecting many imported African fabrics I wanted to showcase them in some way. I modified the Aloha pattern in the Quilts Sew Quick book, using smaller squares. It is truly a sampler of the fabrics I had...then. I have collected many, many more now, so they wouldn't all fit in one quilt.
Secluded Splendor - A photograph I took is the background of this piece.
The remainder is appliqué. Small pieces detail how lights and shadows play on the brick and gate.
Freedom - The center and border fabric was found at Mary Ellen Hopkins' shop, Crazy Ladies and Friends, in Santa Monica, CA. Some of the other fabrics are from her first line of fabrics. I really like this pattern because it is great for showcasing a fabric or other design in the center.
Time for Tea on the Veranda - The veranda of this old home was particularly appealing, but not it’s beige color, so taking artistic license, I gave it much more vivid hues.
This piece contains commercial cottons. A fusible appliqué technique was used and it was puzzle pieced together with no overlapping layers. It is very heavily machine quilted with each tiny section in matching thread.
Night and Day - This block was taught by a staff member at a quilt shop where I was teaching. It was my first quilt using a template!! I had only done strip pieced quilts before, but I really like the effect of this block using highly contrasting fabrics.
On the Trail - Made in Debbie Caffery's "Mystery in Houston" class. This was really a fun quilt to make...one I may not have tried, but it was a Mystery and I enjoyed every minute of it!
Planting Time 2 - A famous regional artist by the name of Ivey Hayes contacted me and requested that I recreate some of his paintings into quilted wall hangings. The background of this quilt is pieced. The tractor and people are “puzzle piece” appliqué. It is made of commercial cottons. In this case this was quite a trick to find colors that matched the work exactly as Ivey had painted it.
Historic Perspective - This quilt is a result of a photo. It is completely pieced with commercial cotton fabrics. The blooms on the tree are appliquéd fabric snippets. The quilting in the border is clear monofilament thread and continues the scene to the edge of this piece. One has to look very closely to notice this feature of the quilt.
Blooming by the Weathered Fence - This quilt recreates a very simple photograph of some flowers against an old wooden fence.
The background of the scene is done with piecing. The flower and petal details are “puzzle pieced” appliqué. I wanted a few of the blooms to be more prominent so each petal is quilted separately. The centers of the flowers are knotted pieces of yarn to give them texture. I utilized commercial cotton fabrics in this piece.
Strip Bow - This pattern caught my eye, but I needed to make it smaller...wanted to get it done quickly. Pattern was modified to accomplish my purpose.
Florentine Fantasy - The Florentine collection by Robert Kaufman was the inspiration for this quilt. The fabric was too beautiful to just leave in my stash. After seeing the quit top, the Director of Marketing asked whether I would be willing to write a pattern sheet based on this quilt for their Florentine collection. I was and I did, which started my budding career as a quilt pattern designer.
Beauty in New York - Using mostly fabrics I owned in my stash, I constructed this quilt using paper piecing and template piecing. I started it as an experiment and loved it. I gave it to my son, Dan, who loves the color and design. It stayed with me while he was a college student, and now lives with him.
A VERY STINGY TOOTH FAIRY - I broke a front tooth and another crown went with it just before Christmas! This tooth fairy only left a nickel, when what I really need is $10,000.00 for teeth implants!
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