This is my masterpiece that was completed last year so it could be entered in AQS shows, first time entering,not accepted anywhere. Our Florida Keys Quilters guild was going to have our show on the 21st and 22nd but of course it was cancelled. Luckily the judge from Key West saw and judged our quilts on the 10th so I actually got comments for the first time. Now it is on display at our computer store in Tavernier and I wanted my TQS family to see it finally. I threw every ting I know on this quilt and it was very fun to make!
This quilt is inspired by the art of the Tlingit of SE Alaska and portrays a raven surrounded by two female salmon. I have worked as a ranger and now as a tour guide in Alaska, and appreciate the native artwork and its significance to the culture of the Tlingit people. The pattern is by Lisa Moore using artwork by Tommy Joseph. Traditionally the Tlingit use shell beads to embellish their fiber art, however I didn't want to introduce another color to the quilt, so I used red buttons with black beads sewn onto the 98 black fabric circles, and then larger black buttons to embellish the eyes.
Seas the Day was made with blue nautical fabrics from my fabric stash. It was made without a pattern after seeing a photo of a similar quilt. I found out after the fact that it is similar to the Strip Tube Lattice pattern designed by Cozy Quilts, however I made modifications by adding a blue strip around the inside squares. It was machine quilted by Ellen Abshier of Cottonwood, CA. It was the first time I've used the strip tube method, and I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to making some more quilts that way.
Bailey on the sailboat belonging to our son and daughter in law. They adopted Bailey before they bought the boat and he turned out to be a happy sailor.
Background is photo shoped to "watercolor" and printed on fabric.
Using a photo I had seen of a Christmas Star quilt, I decided to make my own with some red fabrics in my stash and improvised using a Hawaiian applique inside the center star. After 40 years of quilting, I finally have my own red and white radiating star quilt that can be used throughout the year and not just at Christmas. It was machine quilted by Ellen Abshier of Cottonwood, CA using a snowflake design.
I made a lovely Valentine's Day table runner for our kitchen table
Wedding quilt for step-son, Phillip, and his bride, Shannon.
Shannon had a red theme, and asked for family to wear red - any shade of red.
Pieced scrap quilt for charity Oz Comfort Quilts for distribution to someone impacted by the 2019/2020 summer bushfires in Eastern Australia.
Based on a Spoonflower panel, with added border and name panel. Made for my step-son's step-grandson.
Starts with a Batman panel, with added borders and modified to cover the 'Coloring Book' text on the moon with 'and Harry'.
Outline quilting on the panel.
Made for my great great nephew, Harry.
I started with Apple Blossom Fairy panel and added log cabin blocks in the main colours (green/yellows on one half and pink/red on the other half), plus a name panel.
Made for charity Ox Comfort Quilts for distribution to a child impacted by the Australian bushfires in summer of 2019/2020.
Uses a dinosaur panel, cut into its constituent pictures, each framed in bright plain homespun and sashed in black.
Tula Pink's Paper Hearts quilt design from the book 'Sew Red', made in purples as a wedding quilt for my purple-loving daughter-in-law. Free motion quilted, including fearhered hearts in each of the heart blocks.
Tried a new technique and enjoyed the process
Made by thread painting each flower from Frond Fabric and applique them onto the pieced quilt using the pattern Zen. from Blue Underground.
This was TQS BOM for 2014 designed by Janet Stone. I used an olive green polka dot fabric for the background instead of cream or some other light neutral. I machine quilted the quilt on my long arm quilting machine with blue, green, and black Bottom Line thread as well as accents in gold metallic thread all by Superior. Although barely visible, I quilted the entire alphabet in the outer black border. I added heat set crystals as accents to all the blocks. Each letter of the alphbet has a crystal, too. You can see more details on my blog at https://quiltsbyjoyce.blog/2016/08/31/a-to-z-for-ewe-and-me-completed/ .
Growing up on a ranch, it always stirs emotions when I come across an image as this. Once a treasure now 'put to pasture' begins the thoughts of the stories this relic could tell. My heart ponders as I create my art piece and finally conclude that life has a way of moving on.
This quilt is a combination of Sue Garman's Bed of Roses and my layout. After watching the 2020 BOM show, I realized I had never posted it at TQS. I wanted to do something a bit different, so I did the applique out of Kaffe Faucett fabrics and combined it with a Civil War Reproduction red background and some lime green. I enterd it in Houston and won an Honorable Mention. I was fortunate to communicate with Sue prior to her death. She and I had a nice conversation about how I chose to quilt it and why I chose the colors I did. How I wish I could have met her.
My granddaughter, Emersyn, loved horses as a young child. This quilt still hangs in her bedroom - she's 13 years old now.
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