"Star Light, Star Bright" - This child's quilt is named "Star Light Star Bright" from QIAD's newest book "Day and Night". It is being submitted for a trunk show in the QIAD tent in Paducah, KY at the Quilt show. All quilts shown will then be donated to a women's shelter. This is the first time to try the pattern so made up a lap size.
Goldfish and Lotusflower - This quilt was made to decorate my office at work. The intention was to bring a bring splash of color to an otherwise drab color scheme while also giving me a calm place to rest my eye and inspire creativity.
"My Heirloom Sampler" - My first quilt -- cut with scissors, hand-pieced, hand-quilted. Done in same colors, just like pattern. Will be handed down as an heirloom. 20 traditional blocks.
Arizona Memories - One of my favorites includes use of needleturn applique, iron-on applique, piecing, decorative stitching, stenciling, turquoise stones, glass chili peppers, partially hand-quilted and machine quilted. Hangs in our home.
Around the World and Home Again - This small quilt was designed and created as a part of the License Plate Challenge hosted by Glacier Quilts in Kalispell MT. Entries could be any style or technique and were limited only by the fact that they had to fit inside the license plate frame.
Summer Sunflowers - I printed the sunflower design on silk paper that I made. I digitized the design in Bernina V6 embroidery sofware and quilted with that design. I free motion quilted the background with a large stipple design. There is an odd assortment of yellow fabric used for the piecing from silk to burlap to add texture.
Just a Test - Used EQ6 layout and standard blocks with my own scanned in fabrics. Paper pieced. Quilted with a design I digitized based on a design in one of the fabrics.
Said the Spider to the Fly - This quilt was part of Gail Garber's group challenge called "Favorites". We were allowed to choose any kind of favorite so I chose a childhood nursery rhyme that I always remembered. This piece is hand appliqued, machine quilted and includes some embroidery and embellishment.
Unamed - I make scrap quilts, but I saw this "Surf and Sand" collection from Benartex and really needed to make a quilt from it. This quilt pieced up in a long evening!
Hearts and Feathers - I recently attended a workshop with Lee Cleeland (author; Feathers That Fly), here in Grafton, NSW.Australia. I really enjoyed the process of drafting the feathers to fit spaces, on paper. It's addictive! It's quite another thing free motion quilting them! This is my first attempt and by no means perfect but I'm pretty happy with it. I enjoyed the discipline and so it's different from regular free motion quilting.
Purple Delicious - Inspired by a stack of fabrics I was auditioning for an exchange block, I thought the colors looked delicious together, so made a quilt just to enjoy the fabrics.
Bedouin Coffee Pot - I used a postcard my son sent me from the Middle East in the early 90's. Angelina fibers were heated and pressed to make it seem as if the sun was reflecting off the water. Metal shim was used for the pot - which was too shiney. I wrinkled the shim then used black paint which I rubbed off to give the pot depth.
memories - On our family vacation, I bought the floral fabric on The Big Island and just loved the beautiful colors. It was fun to use my stash to make the bars. I can't wait to make another one! So simple but so much fun!
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