Ruffled Roses - This pattern was offered as a block of the month by The Quilt Show. I bought the [pattern, I think in February
of 2011 but did not get a start on it until August of that year. I finally finished it in March of 2012 just before
my husband had a heart attack. It was the most challenging pattern I have attempted in my 17 years of quilting. The professional long arm quilter, Pam did a magnificent job on the quilting. It is true, "quilting makes
the quilt" I will enter it in my guild show in October.
Quilt for James - I made this quilt for my great nephew James, who is 5 years old. I just used a simple 4 patch block, with a border around each block, then joined it all together. Its a very simple design, but I think the bright colours and novelty prints I used look quite good together.
Dancing Neutrinos - Friendship Group Challange. We each designed our own setting for the batik sqaure in a square blocks. I quilted several large concentric circles and filled in with shadow quilting.
There's one in every crowd - I got interested in curved piecing and wanted to design something that incorporated that. I love the curved border & the flying geese.
Island in the Sun - This quilt evolved as a mystery quilt, worked in the manner of most round robin quilts, although in this case totally done by me. I added Mariner's Compass blocks because I like them.
Welsh Quilting Revisited - Double-sided quilt inspired by Welsh and Amish quilters. Simple piecing in neutral colors, using a silk/cotton blend and wool batting, shows off the elaborate hand-quilted Welsh designs.
Things are not always what they seem - My son wanted a triangular quilt and I wanted to try the Kaleidoscope block, together with some M.C. Escher-like geometric shapes. It was a real challenge to combine all that in one quilt!
Gosito - I wanted to try my hand at machine applique using the blind hem stitch. This was a great pattern for that, but I like my color choices better than those on the pattern.
Chateau Chillon - This quilt was my first real try at capturing a photo in fabric. I did this as my project for an online class with Quilt University entitled "On Land & Sea", taught by Susan Brittingham.
Scrappy Stars - This quilt is totally scrappy. I used only fabrics that were in my stash, so I even pieced the back. Some of the fabrics are up to 20 years old.
Hills and Fields of Alabama - After watching Carol Ann Waugh on The Quilt Show, I decided to try her basic method, however it is not a copy at all but only used her method as a starting point.
I'd Rather Be Fishing - My husband needed a new cubicle quilt for his new job. He's an avid fly fisherman, and tied the fly that the trout is leaping toward.
Guiding Star - Created in celebration of the awarding Jared's Doctorate in Chemical Engineering. It is based on the program cover of the first convention where he was a presenter.
Green Giant Star - To test drive the first section of this year's TQS BOM I used the Minnesota State Challenge fabric. We were limited to adding only one color - mine was spring green, but being from Blue Earth MN it is known as Jolly Green Giant Green!
Pride of the Prairie - I had the honor of making this years raffle quilt for my guild, The Gems of the Prairie. 46 members helped by paper-piecing the red and cream points and I finished the rest. Over 100 fabrics were used and wool batting. Sherrie Coppenbarger added the beautiful quilting. The raffle will be in December, 2012. Quilt designed by Dolores Smith & Sarah Maxwell.
Lieveling - This quilt is made for Showband De Blaasbalgen from Leidschendam The Netherlands. I named the quilt after the song Lieveling (Sweetheart), they played for my youngest daughter, Nina.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmbS6iCGxT0
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