To My Mother on her Seventieth Birthday - I made this pictorial quilt for my Mother's 70th birthday. I had help with donated pictures from her siblings. She was delighted with the quilt and shocked with photos she had never seen. I selected a wisteria fabric as the focus fabric because the family home in the middle of the quilt was adorned with wisteria over the porch.
Will Rogers Rose Garden - Photo transfer using Bubble Jet Set 2000. Stitch and flip quilted. Freemotion monogram. Button flowers sewn with the sewing machine.
Santa Mantel Quilt - I have a very large fireplace in my family room. This quilt really complements my Santa collection which goes up Friday after Thanksgiving and stays up until Epiphany. I store this quilt on a hanger so it doesn't wrinkle at all. I have had to touch up the blusher on Santa's cheeks a little. This is such a charming part of my Christmas decorations.
"It's A Deal" - This quilt was made as a thank you gift for a very generous person who did me a HUGE favor. Coincidentally, her daughter is a big fan of the "Wizard Of Oz" so it really struck a cord for her family! The blues and yellows of this quilt just sang to me.
Snowman Mantel Quilt - My granddaughter, Hannah Good, loves snowmen. My daughter Anne used to live in Oak Park, Illinois, but she and her husband Matt now live in Nashville, Tennessee, where it doesn't snow that much. I promised Hannah a snowman quilt for their use at Christmastime.
QP's Last Hurrah - This quilt was the last "First Saturday" Block of the Month from Quilter's Palette which was located in Morton Grove, IL. The shop closed in July 2006. I gave it as a baby quilt to my sister's granddaughter - who was almost 14 months old by the time I finished it!!
Earth Beneath Our Feet ( aka 30" x 34") - Part of a group traveling exhibition with theme being EARTH. Well, there is dirt beneath his feet. I'm told the title should be 30" x 34"! Painted in a watercolor style.
I'm Passionate about Pansy's - One of my first multi-hooped embroidered quilts. The designs are just gorgeous when stitched out, and the flowers on black are my all time favorite.
I Can Still Hear Your Voice - I made this quilt after my twin died. She had Down Syndrome, died of ovarian cancer. Pictures are slides from our life together and with my family. I wrote phrases she would say around the pictures, which gave the quilt its name.
Stained Glass - This is one of those UFOs-i didn't know enough about how to baste back then so i had trouble quilting it. I know alot more now and it won't be a UFO for too much longer!
Tutti Frutti - I needed a quick quilt that was colorful for a show that my guild had at a gallery. I used stack and slash, and I used a varigated thread in the border and added beads.
Big Boodee Trudee - A guild challenge to use M. Miller's lava lamp soul sisters fabric; used the color wheel to pick my coordinating fabrics and appliqued on the flowers and the rest. I thought the fabric called for a round quilt. I added beads as a final touch after i machine quilted it.
An Egyptian Perspective #1 - I did this quilt using the snippets method for the oblisk and the pyramid. I had someone draw the picture for me the way i described it, but i didn't put it together quite the same way.
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