Intense Horse - A stallion from a nearby barn inspired this quilt. While I was photographing him, he seemed to just glow in the hot summer. I played with sheers in the quilt to add a little zing and intensity. The yarn has angora in it to add a softness that this stallion also had in his personality. The quilting is very dense and added a painted feeling to the piece. It was a finalist at the International Quilt Show in Houston 2008. My first quilt show and I got in. Yipee!
Dance - This Rhapsody quilt, featuring cowboy themes, was started in 2006 at Ricky Tims' Rocky Mountain Quilt Retreat at the Glen Eyrie Castle in Colorado Springs, CO. It was a wild river ride and a real labor of love. I'm excited that it will be in Ricky's next Rhapsody companion book.
Happy - I love Hawaiian applique and I love Japanese pop art, so this is my attempt at both. My design was printed by the good folks at Spoonflower.com and I'm in the process of hand quilting it. I am so in love with this quilt!!! The backing is an enormous red and white polka dot.
Mystery Quilt - This was a mystery quilt offered by Among Friends Quilt Shop, Louisville, KY. The shop used Laurel Burch fabrics. I love batiks so I chose the boarder fabric (not knowing what the pattern was) and the shop chose the other fabrics. The first month we were given four fabrics and they were to be stripped. The next month we were given the ruler and told to cut the strip sets. The next month we sewed them all together. It was a fun project.
Glory Bee - Adapted from blocks designed by Gloria Hartley for the Northern Star Quilt Guild.
Has won several quilt show awards and a 2nd place in the American Patchwork and Quilting Challenge contest.
Spring Row Quilt - Seminole-pieced bunnies & fence, paper piecing, 3d flowers & carrot tops. Designed as project for community college class I taught with Lisa Coulombe.
Fear, Relief, Anger - I taught a class based on Dianne S. Hire's book, Quilters' Playtime: Games With Fabric. This is my adaptation of one of the quilts from the gallery, using her "Hopscotch" method for the outer border and "Musical Chairs" for the center.
Yes, Lisa, It Has Beads - This pattern was designed with Lisa Coulombe for a class we taught at Palomar Community College. This was the first quilt I embellished with beads.
Perri's bedspread - I wanted a batik bedspread - and had lots of batiks, so I made up a design and made the quilt. It is a rag quilt, but I use it on both sides. I had lots of extra batiks so I also made three pillows to go on the bed.
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