Isabella's Rag Quilt - My dear cat, Isabella, was close by as this was made. I saw the techinque on Simply Quilts and drew a heart to fit the size square I wanted to use.
Sacred Heart - Copyright-free images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary photo-transferred and pieced inside Feathered Star blocks. Made for my mother.
Victorianna Meets the Wild Wild West - First attempt at making a crazy quilt. I'm still adding embroidery, buttons, lace, etc... It might possibly never be totally completed.
Eleanore's Psychology Quilt - Made for my sister to celebrate her graduation from Lock Haven University with a B.S. in Psychology. Represents different areas of psychology; Fibonacci numbers dictated proportions for the layout.
Shadows of Hawaii - Made for a two-fabric guild challenge, using shadow trapunto, as taught by Karen McTavish, to create the illusion of a third fabric
Sailing the Ocean Waves - Made for a guild challenge to literally interpret a quilt block. Applique image adapted from a still of the H.M.S. Surprise from the movie "Master and Commander."
Spring Baskets - Basket block from Sally Collin's book The Art of Machine Piecing. Machine embroidered tulips on fabric painted with 3 different shades of Lumiere. 5 shades of hand dyed yellow to orange in the stars.
Old Fashioned Hearts - This quilt was made for our middle granddaughter and is pink, her favorite color. The hearts are appliqued with the embroidery module and then the log cabin strips were added to the center blocks. I included Stephanie's name and birthday, pieced into the top and bottom border.
Swirling Stars for Samantha - This quilt is made in shades of purple, our youngest granddaughter's favorite color. I made this quilt while in Bobbi Porter's Adult Education Quilting class. I named the quilt Swirling Stars for Samantha because our granddaughter was very interested in the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Primitive Patchwork Quilt-A Class with Ricky Tims - Ricky Tims taught a one day class here in Arroyo Grande for the Central Coast Quilt Guild and I was lucky enough to be able to attend. I was a very new quilter and when he told the class to tear their fabric into strips approximately 2 and a half inches wide it did not bother me, I just tore the fabric into strips. Some of the long time quilters were having a very hard time following those instructions. It took me about a year and a half to finish the quilt but our daughter loves it.
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