Earth to Quilters - This is one of the many embroiderblocks of the month program created by the HoopSisters. I wanted the "Earth" to stand out so I didn't use a background that had a lot of pattern to it. I really love doing these embroider in the hoop blocks. It makes quilting so easy!
My Secret Flower Garden - A mosaic quilt. All the flowers are fusible raw edge appliqued.
More pictures and details about the technique here
http://cadouri-din-inima.blogspot.ro/2014/07/my-new-raw-edge-applique-quilt-and.html
Cyrollalee - Cyrrollalee was made by myself and Carol Moellers to celebrate our friendship. The word means to protect the heart of a friend. We later gifted it to our friend Jim West. It was featured in the Gammill adds for 2013.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - This little quilt was adapted from a 12" block pattern I saw on the Quilters Cache web site. I down sized the block to a 3" block. Added border sashing with little diamonds. Loved working with Ricky's hand dyes for this mini. It was paper pieced using June Tailor Perfect Piecing transparent foundation sheets. Just left the non-woven product in the quilt and it was a great stabilizer for keeping the fabric from distorting.
Autumn Pathways - Wholecloth quilt, freehand quilted on a longarm quilter, using trapunto to enhance the flying geese, then the entire quilt was painted with pastels, and beaded to create a rich feeling of a bright autumn day.
True Colors (aka White Lines) - An old ufo star I had tried, over several years kept adding more. Finally finished for a special exhibit. Black batiks, multi colored bright batiks, machine pieced, machine applique, hand applique, machine quilted on my Gammill Vision 2.
Sunlight Penetrates the Rain Forest - Blue and green batiks in a color value study. Quilted with Superior Threads Glitter to give the quilting sparkle.
Fibre Interpretation of Klimt's 'Kiss' - This was a wedding gift for my daughter who absolutely loves the work of Gustave Klimt. Many different types of fabric and fibre (including sweet wrappers and handmade paper) are included in this work.
Handkerchiefs From Africa - This quilt was part of the Pfaff Art Embroidery juried exhibition and as such travelled to many different destinations in both Europe and England.
The Pigness in Us All - This portrait quilt was part of an exhibition which included makers from south Africa, France and Japan. We were given a choice of movie directors from which to choose and then with only the total size as a stipulation, we were able to interpret these movie moguls into textiles. I chose the Japanese director Haya Miyazaki who has a great regard for pigs.
Flower Power! - I took a Sue Spargo flower play embellished wool workshop. I added some of my own hand dyed wool to Sue's kit and added the fun Kaffe fabrics for the border and binding.
Glorious Columbines On My Mind - While enjoying Ann Fahl's class on Thread Painting in 2011, I was inspired to design, machine applique, machine thread embellish Glorious Columbines On My Mind using Ann's techniques. In 2014 I finally felt that my quilting skills would do it justice. Apparently The Plano, TX Quilt Guild thought so too. It won 2nd place in the Master Art Quilt category and I was thrilled.
Geese Over The Hoffman Garden 2014 - This is my entry for the 2014 Hoffman Fabric Challenge. This is a first time quilt entry and judges notes were very helpful and I believe they had a hard time choosing the winner. Only 2 minor neg remarks which was just a first time entry mistake! I will be taking on this coming years challenge to better improve on my techniques! so happy to have participated!
Highlands Houses - I rescued a shirt my Dad never wore from the donation pile, and turned it into this little quilt. It was one wrong turn after another, but I guess I ended up with something unique at the end. Don't painters call that a "happy accident?" ;)
1938 - I made this quilt from an old street photo taken in Wellington, New Zealand in August 1938. The quilt depicts my Father aged 4, holding hands with his Mother , together with his Aunt. I always loved the photo and enjoyed how it show that even as times change , family and what that means, stays the same. This quilt won 1st place in the art human image catagory at Road to California in 2014.
Batik Exploding Star - This quilt is a beautiful variation of an Exploding Star and is absolutely gorgeous and exploding with all of the various colors of Batiks!
Aunt Joe's Afghan - I drafted this granny square pattern to look like an afghan crocheted by my great aunt. There are 71 pieces per 6 1/2" block, and it is made from scraps.
Resilient Journey - Made this quilt for the Chinise Whispers Challenge, exibited in Loch Lomond, Scotland Quilt Show 2014. Inspired on another participant in the group quilt and representing my journey to heal from breast cancer.
Starlette - Starlette is Star Struck's little sister at approximately one third of its size. I has 4,582 half inch hexagons, and appliqued circles and ovals. The Hexie Daisy Flowers are stuffed and Swarovski crystals were added to really make Starlette shine. Both quilts will be featured on The Quilt Show #1507 as well as featured in my book Star Struck and Starlette due out in September, 2014.
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