Eel River Convergence - I was lucky enough to spend a week at the Eel River Quilt Retreat with Ricky as my teacher. This is just one of the quilts I finished from that week.
Four Patch Garden - This is the common four patch with a gradational color diagonally. Theme is gardens and chickens. I used squares from a mail order catalog and found coordinating prints and solids that worked.
Converging Wild Dreams - Followed Ricky's Convergence book for the center, then added a few borders to make it larger and more colorful. My husband saw this and requested it as his, so I gave it to him, but now he has put it away, and I've taken it into my quilt room for color, and my cat sleeps on it!
The Twins - These are a pair of quilts that I purchased at my friend's shop - Donna Bacon in Kennett Square, PA. I love these quilts -- I call them the twins. The quilting is superb! The butterflies are hand appliqued with hand satin stitching.
Lucy in the Sky - I started with a photo of dogwood that my father took. I then kalideoscoped it with Paint Shop Pro and printed my favorite ones on fabric. Those were then made into a quilt that I embellishd with crystals. It reminded me of the Beatles old song "Lucy in the Sy with Diamonds" thus the name!
Tyger Quilt - Irregular shaped images from fronts of t-shirts creating a challenge to bring together in this quilt. The color mats around each standardize them to make them easier to bring together.
Miss Teruya's Bears - The bear is the school mascot at my granddaughter's elementary school. Her kindergarten class colored the "bear" drawings I provided on fabric squares. I pieced and machine quilted it using the school color and mascot. The quilt will be hung in the classroom and later sold at silent auction as a fundraiser.
30s Saturday Sampler - This quilt was a Saturday Sampler. I created the setting, super simple because I knew that I wanted to scallop the border, talk about fun, I love it.
Sweetwater Sampler - These blocks came from the 1st East Tennessee Shop Hop. I picked out the fabric colors for a local quilt shop and made the sample. There were 20 kits sold.
Spring Flowers - This is a broderie perse medallion quilt. I took a class from Judy Severson and learned this technique. The applique and quilting are both done by hand.
Kathy Heystee - I used the Bento Box pattern and then designed my own borders. The quilt is done in asia themed prints. The borders have words in Chinese using red embroidery floss. The quilt is quilted with red thread and the Chinese words are interpretted in English in the quilting. I was very excited that one of my Chinese friends could actually read the words I had in embroidery.
Just a Panel - I bought this panel that was suppose to be a small wall hanging. I then proceeded to cut it up and add borders. It turned out absolutely beautifully.
Kaleidoscope - Ricky Tims taught a class in Durango, Colorado on the Kaleidoscope quilt. This quilt is a result of that class plus an extensive amount of beading.
Improvisation I - I was intrigued by Vikki Pignatelli's quilting technique shown on The Quilt Show, and I purchased her book. This quilt is my first experimentation with her technique.
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