Let Your Light Shine - Nontraditional large yellow center block representing the light from within that my niece exudes through life's good times and bad.
Wisteria - Turned edge machine applique ( artist's own method ) , Longarm quilted A-1 Longarm, over 2,500 hour project. Currently part of the permanent collection of the National Quilt Museum, Paducah Kentucky.
Wings and Feathers - Turned edge machine applique ( artist own method ). Machine pieced, longarm quilted (original quilt designs ), machine trapunto. All hand dyed fabric, shibori, and hand marbled fabric including a single piece hand dyed shibori quilt back in colors to match the design on the front. Over 3,000 hour project.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Nou'veau - This is my entry into the 2010 New Quilts from an Old Favorite contest at the National Quilt Museum. It was selected as a finalist, which means that it will be hanging in the quilt museum, whether or not I win an award, during quilt week in Paducah.
This year's contest theme was the sunflower block and the challenge was to take this traditional block and use it in an innovative way.
This quilt reflects my love of all things Art Nouveau. There is trapunto work and I quilted it using Superior black metallic thread.
Living Stones - I made this quilt from cut pieces I found in an antique shop in Troy, NY The triangles look like equalateral triangles, but they are not (maybe why they never made it to a quilt?0. I made a pattern shape the same as the pieces from unbleached muslin and set the pieces alternating with the muslin. For more inormation, see the blog about it at
https://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/blogs/linyt/archive/2009/10/27/living-stones-piecing-someone-else-s-dream.aspx
Sophie's Quilt - A young friend was having twin girls after 3 boys. I knew what focus fabric I wanted to use and when I saw this pattern, it just seemed perfect. I did a pink colorway for one baby and lavender for the other.
Applique Heritage - Blocks are reproduction block from the Civil War era. The project took me 3 years to get the applique and piecing done and 2 years to hand quilt. So far, of all the quilts I have done, it is my favorite.
Calamari Time - What a wonderful venue we all share. I was challenging myself on preciseness, working only with graduations to enhance values in my work. Energy unfolding!
Color Me High On Life - It started as doodles on the plane on my way home from the International Quilt Festival and that is how I was feeling, thus the title. My heart flowed into it!
Esplanade - I took a technique class, using the wedge ruler, from my local quilt shop. In the class I learned to create wedges and turn them in any direction I wanted. After trying many twists and turns, i came upon the one I liked best. It reminded me of a path through a park that I had walked as a child. My mother called that path "The Esplanade" , therefore the name.
It was displayed at our guild's exhibit in Homestead and was one of the quilts shown on the flyer to advertise the exhibit. It hangs on the wall in my livingroom. I am very proud of the machine quilting on it as I did it on my home sewing machine.
The Road to Fabulous - "The Road to Fabulous" depicts my daughter (and her dogs) dancing up the road toward her next chapter of life.
Used construction techniques developed by Rose Hughes.
Thanks Kaffe - Made for the Bernina Fashion Show. Contains 135 Kaffe Fassett fabrics, iron on crystals, silk dupioni, beaded belts from Guatemala, sequin/beaded trim from India.
Cone Flowers - One of Melinda Bula's patterns. Cone Flowers came out LOVELY if I have to say so myself. It is a beautiful quilted wall hanging and one I am proud to display in my home.
Partridge in a pear tree - I seen this wall hanging in the magazine and knew I had to make it for my dining room. I did not have the exact fabrics used so I just used what I did have . I collect blue willow dishes so I had to have my tree in a blue jar. I changed to borders to diamonds and used Christmas prints. I used a green " crumb catcher" to give it depth, between the borders.
Patience - This is my first quilt. I had the background done but the family said it was missing something so we brainstormed and decided on the heron. He is built from different batiks on a white background and thread painted details added when I attached him. I had to add his potential dinner in the bottom right corner!
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