Jinny's Garden - Made with Jinny Beyer's palette of 150 fabrics. The hardest part was separating the fabrics by value and deciding which 6 to use in each block. I didn't know Jinny was a gardener when I named this quilt.
Santa's Parade - Patterns published December 1929 Kansas City Star, book written by Jeanne Poore. My profile contains a closeup photo of the Santa block, bottom right of quilt.
Hats and Mittens - This quilt is an adaptation of my original design and was published in Quiltmaker magazine Nov/Dec 2008 issue. It is paper-pieced and very easy to do.
Graditude - After making several small fused quilts with Sue Benner , I made more and more. I cut them all up, reassembled and stamped names of great teachers I have worked with. Gratitude!
Positive and Negative - Every morning I hike in a beautiful forest of Madrone trees. I love the way the light creatives positive and negative spaces. The photo is actually 2 small quilts.
Count Your Blessings - This wall quilt is a reminder to me to "Count My Blessings". Listening to the news especially the financial reports can be overwhelming. I needed to regroup and what better way than a pottery jar with corn overflowing. The kernels around the base are vintage buttons that I collected from an estate sale. Each one represents a different blessing.
Christmas Snow - I fell in love with Peppermint Pines, but unfortunately neither of the local shops carried the fabric. I turned to Snow Show teal collection by Benartex. Love it!
To Teach and To Learn - Embroidered Sunbonnet Sue characters representing each month of the year surrounding a version of the "days in a month" poem. Constructed as a learning project for software and embroidery features of Bernina 630.
Chill Pill - I wanted to start a pattern with a very simple design to make use of the influx of 5" charm square packs. This design is all about the fabrics. Good for beginners.
Hocus Pocus - I encounter so many quilters who don't know what to take on after their first project. This is perfect! I included many little tips in the directions to make this a learning experience.
Hocus Pocus - This baby version of my pattern was made almost entirely of "found" fabric on salesman's sample headers. Nancy tested my pattern directions during a week of intense sewing at her new house!
Circle of Time - Circle of Time, made for a Mt. Tam Quilt Guild Challenge, required using the background fabric and the big dot fabric. I love the way the quilting emphasizes the design.
Kaffe Sampler - Really a fun quilt to make. There are 40 different blocks - each repeated 4 times. The symmetry is what makes this quilt. Not your classic sampler quilt.
Terri's Quilt - My best friend/sister/sister-in-law and teacher has been fighting cancer for a year now. This quilt was a way to give her a piece of my heart and from many others. The process of fighting cancer can be cold and here was something she could wrap herself in and be surrounded with love and hope. The image was taken from a photo of her daughters and Terri under a tree. We had everyone hold the quilt and send the most positive message into the quilt. Then we got all the young kids and had the quilt drape on top of them and they screamed as loud as they could (outside of course). We love you Terri. She has recently lost her battle to cancer. We will miss her deeply.
Gypsy Fire - Inspiration was taken from my photos of a herd of draft horses. This one stood out to me with the way her neck was so graceful as she looked on. The piece is painted with handdyes and embellished with yarn in her mane. My boys helped me paint the fire like background. That part was my favorite for sentimental reasons.
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