A FAther's Relationship with His Daughter - This quilt was for an ArtImage Challenge - inspired by "American Gothic" by Grant Wood. I used the Caveman Quilting Technique.
Pinwheel Chain - Patchwork quilt that I had adapted from a vague memory of a quilt I had seen on-line. It is not exactly the same, so I guess it is a semi-original design.
Delaney's Quilt - This pattern is designed to be used with six FQs or six 1/2 yard cuts. I used a tulip of FQs to make this as a baby gift for a friend.
Elegant Pinwheels - This is a quilt top only. I had seen the design in several different places by different makers. Not sure if there is a commercial pattern out for it or if it is just a traditional pattern. I planned the color placement in a somewhat original design.
Double Pinwheel - I love this pattern!! It is very complex looking, but is in fact very simple to make. I altered the design just slightly from the Eleanor Burns "Double Pinwheel" pattern. This picture was taken after it was quilted, but before the binding was put on. It is the first full-sized quilt I've made from this pattern. I made two other small versions as baby quilts.
"NOT" so Traditional - Most of these blocks are traditonal Baltimore Album blocks but I have no idea where the patterns came from. I took a class while living in Saudi Arabia and was provided with the block patterns. I think I started in 1993 and finally finished in 2006!
Family baptism quilt - After taking a workshop with Jamie Wallen, I created this quilt to match a baptismal gown that I made for my daughter's new family. I used dupioni silk, Isacord thread, Thinsulate batting and Renae's Amazing Rays (to make the rays). Four Bible verses are embroidered on the 4 points of the cross. The baby's name and baptism date are embroidered on another ray. We hope to add many names to the quilt as they have more children and their children have children.
Tiny Bubbles - I used silks, velvets....anything I could get my hands on to make this little crazy patch piece. I added tons of embroidery, tatting, beads, gems, charms, sea shells, yarns and stumpwork fish. I wanted to see if I could stitch realistic stumpwork fish and it was a lot of fun to do.
Butterfly Rhapsody - Frontera Quilt Guild's 2006 Mystery Quilt designed by Jan Beaman--a Nesting Robin. Color choices were more challanging than I could have imagined. I continually asked others what they thought! My first mystery quilt. Butterflies are from our local craft store.
In The Soup - This quilt was made for the 2005 Alpine Quilters challenge - "Estrogen." The menu card on the table by the bowl and spoon reads: "Today's Menu: Estrogen Soup."
Sea Stars - My mother made this quilt for my husband & I for our 2004. I requested a variation of a Lone Star in blues & greens. The name of the quilt comes from our love of the sea. My mom has a long arm business with pictures at: http://community.webshots.com/user/sharonsseams2b & this was one of the early works on her Gammil.
A Dragon Called Tsunami - Ricky taught this class at Quilt Durango in the Spring of ??????. I used Oriental fabrics that included waves, dragons and calligraphy. When I was finishing the quilt it reminded me of the horrible Tsunami. I fussy cut a dragon and appliqued it in the upper left-hand corner and quilted metallic gold thread coming from the mouth representing the waves.
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