April Showers Bring May Flowers - This was made as a Christmas gift for my granddaughter. She chose all the batik fabrics and I surprised her with the final design. I used Edyta's umbrella pattern, but I added sashing and appliqué flowers in the sashing corners.
Choc a Latte' - Our guild had a star BOM 2012. I wanted to do something different with my block so I adapted the 12" blocks to the Stepping Stones pattern that I had saved from the American Patchwork magazine.
A Colorado Sampler - 2013 - Sampler made as a memoir of our stay with friends in Colorado for my niece's wedding. All blocks are related to the trip. Sashing and corners are reminders of forest fires that occurred while we were there.
Hexagon stars - My take-along project for several years was a bag of 60-degree triangles, 1.5" tall, to piece into 4.5" triangle blocks (16 little patches in each block). After a while, there was quite a stack. Time to play! This quilt is what happened.
Blooming Baskets for Sarah Beth - My entry in the final round of the Original McCalls Design Star Competition. Inspired by my Original Design, Stolen Moments, as required for the competition.
Gavril's Sock Monkey in a Tree - Since I made my first grandson a Sock Monkey quilt, I just HAD to make one for my second grandson! Gavril has is own Sock Monkey climbing a tree to get some bananas!
Flowers for Chris - Quilt designed around floral fabric designed by Stephanie Brandenberg. Outer border is a Jinny Beyer border print. Quilting was done on my HQ16, partially hand-guided and partially with computerized designs.
To Have and to Hold.. - My husband and I got married in Jamaica in 2001..It is a beautiful place where the water is so clear and blue. I wanted to make a quilt to celebrate our marriage....What a better way then to make a wall-hanging where we can enjoy the good memories...
hexie star - This miniature quilt was made with 1/4 inch hexagons....English paper piecing. a friend gave me a bag of 2 inch cut squares of old feed sacks....I used them to make this quilt ..the background is un bleached muslin.
The frame measures 15 inches by 15 inches.
S.ave O.ur S.eas - This was part of a guild challenge to make a quilt from recycled materials. This design came from dreams I'd had - I was hoping to get people to think about the effect they have on their surroundings and the environment.
Tree of life label - This is part of the label of the quilt, Tree of Life, where I listed all the names that I found on the HSTs that were marked in the SOTTTs exchange.
Swirl - This pattern appealed to me because the base is a pentagon instead of the usual hexagon. The angles are either 36 or 72 degree--I am retired math teacher!
Danik's Sock Monkey at the Beach - This quilt was designed and made for my first grandson, Danik. My daughter, Megan, loves Sock Monkeys so what better way to welcome my grandson and her son into the world than with a Sock Monkey quilt!
For the Fourth - I took Judy Martin's pattern, which was for a quilt, and adapted it to create this tabletop quilt. I'm working on smaller projects for now as a way to develop my skills with machine quilting.