This is the forth in my series of confetti pieced seasonal quilts. I took a picture of my husband and our Bernese mountain dogs on the beach.  I changed the season and added our home. In the tree line I used dryer sheets to get the foggy look. Again there is bags and bags of confetti pieces . I quilted the whole thing with embroidery threads. can you find the rabbit and deer?

This was made for my Italian Exchange Student.  The colors are his favorites.  Some of the blocks have meaning:  Card Trick, because he liked to play cards and he could do card tricks, Jacob's Ladder because that is my husband's name, Marion's Choice because that is my name, Cat's Cradle because the cat loved being in his room.  I also found some blocks entitled Roman Stripe, Roman Cross, and Italian Tiles.  He is a typical Italian:  he was appalled not only that we put pineapple in pizza, but also hamburgers, chicken burgers, roast ham...so there was no choice but to put 4 large Pineapple blocks in the corners!

This was made for my French Exchange Student.  I included blocks that had meaning, such as Cat's Cradle because he loved our cat, Card Trick because he loved to play cards (but not lose!), Jacob's ladder because Jacob is my husband, Marion's Choice because that is my name, and, of course, the French Braids in a giant X.  Putting it all together was tricky and involved Y seams and incomplete seams.  There are two miracles in this quilt:  the blocks just fit magically together without any adjustment, and it lays flat!!!!

I designed this quilt based on a Missouri Star  wall hanging by Jenny Doan.  I wanted it to be larger and more accurately represent Old Glory.  I used math to determine the best size trapezoid template to give me the overall proportions.  I used small white trapezoids to be suggestive of stars instead of using real stars.

I intended it to be for the Quilts of Valor program, but it is too big.  I will be gifting it to a Vietnam Vet who still suffers today from injuries sustained almost 50 years ago. 

My vase is full of the flowers in my gardens, This wall quilt is raw edged applique. I made  patterns from photos I have taken over the years. I hand painted the background fabric. The  quilt is heavily quilted with lots of embroidery threads.This was a lot of fun to work on!

Pieced Christmas quilt. Superior Mono-Poly thread, echo quilting in tree blocks. Star thread (trees) and Yenmet thread (snowflakes), free-motion quilting in border. Pieced back.

My Bee had a challenge to make a two color quilt. I chose red and cream. I have always wanted to make "New York Beauty" blocks and I combined them with "Lucy Boston" blocks. 

This was the last Geisha I created, the third was given to friends so I don't have it to post here.

the second quilt created out of four different Geishas.

I made all four Lonni Rossi Geisha series but not always using her method of construction.  This was my first and I used needle turn applique method.  Finally quilted it recently.

This quilt was made as part of a group challenge. The subject was Famous Female Faces. Our group won first place at AQS in Grand Rapids. I had never made an art quilt before so it was a real challenge for me. The face is appliqued with hand dyed fabric and partially hand painted. The headdress is embellished with ruffled tulle.  

For years, I have been planning to do a landscape quilt and have spent a lot of time collecting the fabrics, as well as learning techniques from various quilters.  When I found one of my Dad's paintings after he passed away, I immediately knew this was the inspiration for my first landscape quilt. 

This quilt consists of 281 - 9-patches and over 500 different fabric scraps. It was a UFO for over 13 years. The 9-patches were part of an exchange I did with friends years ago. I found them about a month ago as I was cleaning out a closet. A lost treasure that brought back so many good memories of wonderful quilting friends. I wanted to incorporate the friendship star block in it some way and so after doing lots of playing in EQ7 this is what I designed. Paths of friendship crossing and intertwining, memories that will be forever cherished in this 93 x 93 quilt.

MAGENTA MAGIC…

Being encouraged for many years by my husband to design a quilt, I began my adventure. As I designed the center block I envisioned an entirely different quilt…certainly not a center block and 12 circles (each made up of 97 pieces of fabric). Quilting done by Judi Madsen using two shades of Kimono silk thread. Two Battings were used:  Hobbs 82/20 and a blended batting of cotton/wool.

Celtic Fox

The Celtic fox symbolized a need to think quickly, to employ cleverness and wisdom. Often described as cunning, that word comes from “Kenning”, meaning to know and understand. Shape-shifters, illuminated by the moon, they are associated with transformation and the need to take a new approach to our lives. Silent and Swift, Owls are the Crone Goddess’s  messengers, helping to unmask those who would deceive or harm you. Rabbits are connected to the moon and femininity. They talk to us about conceiving new ideas and holding them in our hearts. In Ireland eating a hare was like eating your own grandmother. 

The quilting on the Moon was the most difficult part of this quilt. Three books and Youtube finally helped me to draw that celtic knot work design.

This is my first commission quilt - made for my department director's four-year old granddaughter.

This quilt took 5 years, off and on, to complete.  I did the setting completely different than the original pattern, and love the result.  It just received Grand Champion at our county fair and will be attending our Colorado State Fair.  We had two judges and was is a nationally certified judge, Chris Brown, who gave me and Award of Merit, which is a HUGE honor.