October Wedding - I made this quilt as a wedding gift for close friends. It is pieced from batiks in Autumn colors. I quilted from the back using the leaf motifs on the backing as a pattern.
"Lunar Convergence" - Another convergence quilt using batiks. I purchased the spiral dyed fabric about a year ago and had no idea what I was going to use it for but I loved it. This seemed to be the perfect quilt for it. If you haven't tried one of Ricky's convergence quilts yet, they are a lot of fun!!! This is the first quilt that I've also used beads on.
Starlight by the Seashore - The center medallion uses Debbie Mumm's lighthouse print from a few years ago, surrounded by pinwheel blocks in blue & yellow, with an inner border accent of green. A smaller lighthouse & stars print is used for the border with friendship stars in the corners. The quilt is backed with blue flannel. It was quilted with a grid pattern, with the small lighthouses outlined with quilting on the borders.
Gooslings - This quilt had been in my UFO pile for almost 4 years. When I pulled it out a few months ago to start working on it I was blown away by how small it was. The title of the pattern book should have been a give away, but somehow I didn't pay attention. After much laughter at my LQS on Finish It Friday I got the extra tiny blocks pieced together.
Heartz - My mom brought this project with her as a mother daugher project to my home in CA during 2006. The project made at least 3 round trips journeys from Seattle to the Bay Area. We ended up with 3 quilts; 1 pink (I LOVE PINK), 1 red, & 1 mixed. I was able to enjoy the finished product just in time for Valentine's Day this year! Quilted on my moms long arm, for pictures check out http://community.webshots.com/user/sharonsseams2b.
A Dragon Called Tsunami - Ricky taught this class at Quilt Durango in the Spring of ??????. I used Oriental fabrics that included waves, dragons and calligraphy. When I was finishing the quilt it reminded me of the horrible Tsunami. I fussy cut a dragon and appliqued it in the upper left-hand corner and quilted metallic gold thread coming from the mouth representing the waves.
Sea Stars - My mother made this quilt for my husband & I for our 2004. I requested a variation of a Lone Star in blues & greens. The name of the quilt comes from our love of the sea. My mom has a long arm business with pictures at: http://community.webshots.com/user/sharonsseams2b & this was one of the early works on her Gammil.
In The Soup - This quilt was made for the 2005 Alpine Quilters challenge - "Estrogen." The menu card on the table by the bowl and spoon reads: "Today's Menu: Estrogen Soup."
Butterfly Rhapsody - Frontera Quilt Guild's 2006 Mystery Quilt designed by Jan Beaman--a Nesting Robin. Color choices were more challanging than I could have imagined. I continually asked others what they thought! My first mystery quilt. Butterflies are from our local craft store.
Tiny Bubbles - I used silks, velvets....anything I could get my hands on to make this little crazy patch piece. I added tons of embroidery, tatting, beads, gems, charms, sea shells, yarns and stumpwork fish. I wanted to see if I could stitch realistic stumpwork fish and it was a lot of fun to do.
Family baptism quilt - After taking a workshop with Jamie Wallen, I created this quilt to match a baptismal gown that I made for my daughter's new family. I used dupioni silk, Isacord thread, Thinsulate batting and Renae's Amazing Rays (to make the rays). Four Bible verses are embroidered on the 4 points of the cross. The baby's name and baptism date are embroidered on another ray. We hope to add many names to the quilt as they have more children and their children have children.
"NOT" so Traditional - Most of these blocks are traditonal Baltimore Album blocks but I have no idea where the patterns came from. I took a class while living in Saudi Arabia and was provided with the block patterns. I think I started in 1993 and finally finished in 2006!
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