Venetian Rose - Pattern was developed by Norah McMeeking when she was inspired by Italian marble floors. This was a fun pattern to do. All paper pieced and applique.
Dashing Nines - I designed this quilt to use when teaching classes. It is completely rotary cut and is fat quarter friendly. I am currently updating the pattern for publishing.
Grandma's Roses - I saw the rose fabric, found the pattern, and the rest was quilted! It is currently on display in a great quilt/fabric shop not far from my home. It was fun to put together.
Country Peddles - I spent a couple of cool summer days in the mountain resort of Angel Fire, NM and decided that I needed a quilt to resemble the colors and cozy feel of that mountain serene setting.
Butterflies and Sunshine - I always wanted to create a New York beauty. This one was a 10 month work of love. It is currently on display at a great quilt/fabric shop near my home town. I used butterflies that resemble the ones in the peach fabric as my quilt design.
Mad Dash - I saw this pattern and fell in love with it and with the thought of using some of my stash of batiks! I used the tropical leaf design from the batik backing fabric in a bright varigated rayon thread matching the top's colors for my quilting design. It is also on display at a wonderful local quilt/fabric shop.
The Rose Garden - A trip around the world quilt in brown, yellow, neutrals, pink and red, with border prints by Jinny Beyer; color combinations inspired by Jinny Beyer's "Color confidence for quilters".
Chess quilt with snail - Original design inspired by the chessboard with lots of novelty fabrics. The quilt is a quillow which can be folded into a pocket to become a pillow. On the front side of the pillow is an appliqued snail (not shown in picture).
Family album - original design in turquoise with black and white family photos of 5 generations, New York Beauty blocks and bargello blocks and lots of batiks and Jinny Beyer palette fabrics
Two sisters challenge - After watching Vikki on the 2nd episode of the Quilt Show my sister and I challenged each other to use her technique of free-hand curves. The brief was to use three or five fabrics and to have it finished before my sister went into hospital to have her hand operated on. As you can see I finished mine - I am still waiting on hers to be completely finished!!!
Moondance - Found this on internet and fell in love with it. It is designed by Beth Ferrier from Applewood Farm Publications. It was a block of the month and took me over 2 years to complete. My first attempt at making a full size quilt with free machine quilting and I still love it.
Twisted Log Cabin - I bought all the fabric in Houston and made this quilt for my daughter. This is not made in the usual way of paper piecing but is made as a traditional log cabin and then each round is trimmed on the diagonal and when finished this gives the block a twisted look. Quite complicated and wasted a lot of fabric.
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