D's Bear Paw - My son loves orange. He chose this pattern after seeing it in the book "Quilts from The Quiltmaker's Gift", and he helped select the fabrics.
Mother/Daughter Jackets - I decided up-front to make two of these jackets. I knew my mom would want one, so as I went through my stash, I cut four 2" squares of each fabric. There are approximately 250 squares on each jacket. We both get lots of compliments when we wear the jacket! All the fabrics I love in my stash are represented!
"Ridin' the Range" by Lynn Brown - Made for my friend Dianne who is "retiring" to Idaho. She wanted a more rustic look for the quilt so I tied it instead of quilting.
Susan's Sampler - "First Saturday" Block of the Month sampler pattern from The Back Door Quilt Shop. Almost done quilting and last area I'm working on I noticed that the block was pieced wrong...do you see it? Oh well, I'm not taking it apart since it's just for me anyway!
Yet Another Learning Experience (YALE) - I am a beginning quilter but an experienced embroiderer. I wanted to challenge myself with this quilt and I did succeed!The nick name for this quilt is YALE and I feel I have graduated.
Serenity - The quilt was made by me for my mother's birthday in 2000. It was the second quilt I ever made and as I look at it now I'm very proud of it. She recently passed away and now I have it hanging on the wall just outside my quilting room. I imagine her sailing away in "Serenity"
Ozark Spring - This is my attempt at an "art" or landscape quilt. I have visited the Ozarks since I was a child and love the dog wood trees in the spring.
Oldie ut Goodie - This is an old cotton quilt that is cross stitched and quilted by hand. I think it is from a printed whole cloth kit. I bought it from a friend of my mom.
Cranberry Cocktail - This quilt was my first attempt at foundation piecing. I purchased the printed foundation from a warehouse fabric store in NY. I wanted to try something I had never done before and was able to use fabric I had in my stash. I started it and stopped and lost interest. When my quild had a "UFO" meeting in January, I brought it to the meeting and was challenged to finish it by our end of year party in June (we break for the summer). I started working on the quilt again with new enthusiasm and found I really liked how it was coming along. So much so that I finished it by the middle of February! I gave it to my daughter for her 26th birthday. I used flannel on the back and tied it because she prefers tied quilts. She loved it!!! It's now hanging in her apartment.
Beguiling Argyle - My Grandaughter and I picked out the fabric for this quilt. It has machine embroidery in the center diamonds and some heat set bling.
Silver Pines Amidst The Snow - This quilt is heavily quilted with metallic and hologram threads, and has about 200 Austailian crystals. Made for contests and the pleasure of it.
Dawn's Garden - This quilt was made for the "House of Fabrics" quilt contest, "How Does Your Garden Grow," in 1996. Each butterfly is a separete piece, tacked on. It won 2nd place.
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