The Chisos Mts. Big Bend National Park, at sunset - The Chisos Mountains turn a bright orange in the sunset. The Rio Grande runs at the base of the mountains. The cacti have their spring blooms.
Wheel of Color - I took a class from John Flynn in 2004, at The Valdez Quilt Festival in Valdez AK. I became obessed with it and used mostly my hand dyed fabrics.
Bargello Madness - QuiltUniversity.com Instructor: Nancy Lugwig taught how to design and how to sew. Each student's design was unique.
Published in AQS Quilt Art 2008 (engagement calendar)
Roses for Mom and Dad - This quilt was made to commemorate my parent's 50th wedding anniversary. My parents, Kenneth and Wilma Payne were married as teenagers and this year celebrated their 55th anniversary. The quilt is hand qppliqued and hand quilted using a 1/2" background grid. The diagonal setting blocks have a trapunto feather design.
Happiness to Ian and Bethany - I made this quilt for my son Ian and new wife Bethany. The design caught my eye because of the trees. They were both raised in the timber industry and secondly because of the houses. They are both architects. I modified the applique to accomodate trapunto of their names and the date of their marriage. It took me several years to complete. It is hand quilting using the Thimblelady method of handquilting. It was good training for my certification to teach the hand quilting method developed by Luixin Newman.
Crossed Canoes - The Crossed Canoes is a traditional pattern dating back to the late 1800s. The angles of the canoes are very easy when paper pieced using freezer paper. The border is a butterfly border designed by friend Judy Madden of Ketchikan, Alaska. This quilt was pictured in the July/August edition of Quilter's Newsletter.
Log Cabin monster - Just completed last week; monster size. Bedspread size for Queen or regular size for King. Given to youngest son, Randy, and his wife, Lisa. They live in the country and the log cabin suits their lifestyle.
SpideyWeen - I wanted this quilt to demonstrate the 'fun' in Halloween, ie. candy, candy and more candy. Each of the 4 pieced webs are home to 4 colorful embroidered fringed spiders and their 'treat', glass candy beads. The quilting was done with gold metallic thread and represent 'spider webs' all over the quilt. The background fabric was also used as a pattern for the paint on my motorcycle. (See the image on my profile)
Goodbye Yesterday - Made 2 copies for my dad and his best friend and musical partner, who recently moved to Texas. Center motif is their logo, corners are from their bands. Record "label" shows quilt information. Title comes from the name of a song they wrote and recorded in the 70s.
Velvet in Bloom - This very simple pattern was made quite spectacular with the choice of colors, Bobbin Work Decorative Applique, heavy machine quilting by myself and Rhinestones and Beads. I quilted this quilt on my Bernina 200.
Scrappy Mickey - I began this quilt when my now 3 yr old was a baby and wished for a Disney Embroidery machine to complete it. I've had the machine now for a year and a half and once I took time to figure out how to use it...I couldn't stop. In the meantime, we got news of our first grandson to be due in October. I finished the quilt for the baby and will soon be shipping it to Ohio. It began with an assortment of 5" red squares and I added a few "mickey" fabrics and some light blue log cabin strips. After the quilt sandwich was made, I then embroidered the Mickey Mouse and Friends patches. I did some echo quilting and some free-motion scribbles to finish it off.
Blooms in the Night - Second in Amateur Applique at Paducah in 1992. Twenty machine appliqued blocks gleaned from magazines, books and some plus the border I designed myself. Hand quilted.
First Grandchild - This is the first quilt that I made. I made it for my first grandchild before any of our children were married or even thinking about marriage and children.
Aaron's Family - My quiltiing group at church had jointly made a quilt using simple pictures that we traced, colored, and ironed to set the colors. I copied the idea to make this quilt for my grandson. Each family member chose a picture, traced, and colored their picture and signed their square.
Name of Maker: Sharon Coleman & 4th graders Our Lady of Lourdes
50 States Quilt - Each block is an outline of one of the 50 states. The students drew or traced objects that depicted their state on the outline. They used regular crayons to color the blocks.
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