Susan's Stars - Started for my DSIL in Ohio, who was battling leukemia, to keep her warm during chemo, stem cell transplants, and all the other indignities of the disease. It went to her sister, Patty, when Susan lost her fight. We see the stars and think of Susan up there with them, her joyful spirit shining down on us.
Cafe Latte - Appliqued Coffee Cups on wonky blocks edged with Attic Windows. Secondary block is traditional Attic Window with coordinated coffee shop fabric.
My Hand on the Bible - This was a challenge block from my local quilt guild. We were given a piece of fabric and the instructions that it had to depickt a piece of clothing. The fabric I was given was incorporated into the ring on the hand and the cross hanging from the chain.
Maya - I was given a challenge fabric by my quilt guild with the instructions that I had to depict something worn. I used a photo to make this cloth portrait of my adopted daughter. The challenge fabric is found in the beading in her hair.
Cathedral Windows - Cathedral Windows hand stitched using Country Blue print and White muslin. Sixteen months start to finish. Then given to my Son/Daughter-in-law at their wedding.
Hot Cocoa - I created this quilt from my stash of hot colored batiks to honor our dog Cocoa. I machine appliqued the faces. I free motion machine quilted each block with coordinating thread to the background in swirls. I used Ricky's technique of not having a binding that I learned on Alex's show.
Oscar Bird - Raw edge applique and threadplay - my very first art quilt depicts a Military macaw, Oscar, who spent his first three years being physically and verbally abused. He now lives in a home who loves him very much with people he trusts.
2001 Diary Quilt - 384 blocks - one for each day of year, month, holidays for 2001 - 3 blocks for 9/11. Depicts daily life happenings during 2001 for DH and self. All hand written.
Still crazy after all these years - This is a journal quilt that I did for the Month of February. I always wanted to try crazy quilting and this small size was perfect. I probably spent about 20 or more hours on it and could have spent 10 more!!
Feather Flurry - This was made for auction for the Ami Simms Alzheimer's Priority Quilts . It shoud be up for auction in May of 2007 UPDATE: It sold for $175 to benefit Alzheiners research!
The Usual Suspects - My mini group did this challenge. We are called "The Merry Cats" so we made a cat quilt. Each group member made enough blocks to share with the others, and I made two extras so I could have nine blocks total. Some of the cats have those plastic eyes that are made for dolls and stuffed animals, some have button eyes, and one is wearing sunglasses. They all looked so guilty that I thought "The Usual Suspects" was a great name for the quilt.
Shiraz and Chardonnay - My guild had a mystery quilt challenge a few years ago. I'd never done a mystery quilt before so I decided to make this one. All the participants showed their quilts at one of the regular meetings and it was amazing the different looks that could be achieved with one pattern.
Bzzzz - Partly pieced, partly appliqued, this quilt is striking for its use of color and clever construction. I don't do much applique, but I had to make this one. It appeared in my guild's 2004 quilt show.
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