Jennifer's Rainbow - My daughter wanted a rainbow quilt. I gathered the fabrics, cut them and she placed them in the design she wanted. This is my first quilt and my favorite because we made it together.
Jan's Quilt - Irish Chain (instructions found on internet) with hand appliqued flowers from a pattern in Australian Patchwork and Quilting magazine. Free motion quilted.
Self Portrait: Easily Distracted Girl - Originally made for a Quilting Arts magazine challenge; one of 50 selected to tour (from 500 entries); also published in 2007 in Down Under Quilts magazine.
Three Sisters - I challenged myself to create a quilt using squares of fabric of predominately blue color or blue in the pattern. At the base of the 3 mountains is a stream bed outlined with sashiko stitching. Indispersed along the mountain tops are pockets of "snow". The quilt is Japanese inspired. There is a good bit of Japanese fabric in the quilt.
Cowboy Quilt - My daughter bought the cowboy fabric and asked me to create a quilt for grandson Aidan. I improvised piecing so that the printed design setting was not lost in cutting. The satin pillow on the bed was also an original creation that uses a machine embroidered Indian design (Pack 11743)that was purchased from Oaklahoma Embroidery Supply & Design.
Stratoshpere - I have been obsessed with Ricky Tims Convergence Book. How easy and so much fun to stitch an unknown... as far as finshed product is concerned. I also reviewed the Video "Grand Finale" many times to get a handle on quilting with the flame stitch.
Sailboats in the Bay - Watercolor type wall hanging depicting sailboats in a bay. I enjoyed the creativeness of trying to place the fabric squares into a recognizeable picture. I studied a wide range of sailboat/bay pictures before trying to create my version.
Christmas Stockings - This hangs on my fireplace during the Christmas season. I made a sock for each member of my family --3 kids and spouses, plus 6 grandchildren. That is 13 large socks...(One for me). The names are embroidered on the back of the quilt to keep the surface a little cleaner. The two tiny socks represent those that have passed away.
French Bouquet Quilt - My daughter's grandmother made this quilt from Nancy Page Quilt Club by Florence La Ganke patterns published in the Times-Picayune newspaper in 1934. She researched the newspaper files, supplied me with the floral bouquet patterns and bought reproduction fabric for me to make the quilt. The designs were machine appliqued.
Summer Table Runner - This was created in a class taught by Janie Wiens at California Sewing in San Jose. It was a Bernina Club class that inspired everyone there.
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