Rocky Mountain Thornbush 2

Zinnia Basket - This is from a class with Kim Diehl. I changed the border.

Rocky Mountain Thornbush

Tiger Quilt - Flannel quilt with Minkee backing.

Charlie's Quilt - I am enamored with grizzly bear (from a distance). While making this quilt the local zoo announced they were planning to expand and create a grizzly habitat. I donated this quilt for a fund raiser. Currently their oldest grizzly is named Charlie, so the zoo named the quilt for him.

30's String Quilt - I took a class through my local guild from Gwen Marston. I love the pattern because it required no planning and lots of inaccurate piecing (which I excel at).

Marinara - Loved the center fabric and planned the quilt around it. Named Marinara by my husband. I guess it reminded him of pasta sauce.

Mango Tango - I made this quilt for our guild's "Crayon" challenge. I picked out the color "Mango Tango."

Art Quilt for Alzheimer's - I made this small quilt in bright, cheerful colors to show 'hope' for everyone who has been affected by Alzheimer's in some way...'hope' also that all of our donations will help find a way to prevent this sad disease soon. In memory of W. Bruce Kelly 10/9/07

Colorado Circles - While we were in Denver this summer, I decided I had to have a project I could work on without my sewing machine. I saw this on the cover of a magazine and decided to try the needle-turn appliqué circles. I had tremendous fun buying the fabric and all of the sewing supplies, and then I found the hand work quite satisfying. After we got home to Alabama, I finished the quilt on my trusty Bernina. I don't think I've ever had as much fun making a quilt.

Whale Watching - This idea was inspired by a very artistic brick wall I saw. Right away I could see it turned into a quilt. I started by drawing some curvey horizonal lines and then filling in with skewed vertical lines. I realized right away that this would have to be foundation pieced. So, I redrew it on a large piece of packing paper, marked curves, numbered the horizonal strips, made a map and started cutting out the long horizonal strips. Then I just sewed scrap pieces one after the next. I tried to stay in the blue/grey/black/green families to help identify a whale. If you notice a natural eye just happened to appear. I thought it looked like a close up of a whale. In quilting I only quilted the horizonal lines by couching silver metalic embroidery floss. I'm not certain if I'm finished with this one yet.

Holly & Ivy - I wanted a Christmas Quilt for my bed, So I made one and designed it. inspired by the Christmas Song the Holly and the Ivy which I love.

The Very Best and Very Worst Afternoon - I intended to enter the Novel Idea Challenge in Quilting Arts Magazine but didn't finish on time. Months later I dug it out and finally finished it. Anyone who has read "Memiors of a Geisha" will recognize the moment in which this image illustrates. A GREAT read! I read it 4 times! In this small quilt I was beginning to get comfortable with free motion sewing and thread painting. Since the piece is small I was able to breath and relax a bit. I used Jaquard irridescent and dyna-flo dyes on silk for the basis of the thread work. The geishas are all appliques made by bobbin sewing with a slightly metalic black floss, cutting away the fabric edges after sewing. The 'ghost' images of her memory were also bobbin sewn onto tule. I used water soluable stablizer on all applique pieces.

Turning Twenty Sentimental journey - i made this quilt at the spur of the moment. I wanted to use up some Robyn Pandolph scraps I had left over. I really liked the way it turned out and it was so fast using the Turning Twenty pattern.

Turning Twenty on the Green - Turning Twenty quilt done with focus fabric of golf course by "Timeless Treasures" and coordinating fabrics.

Ashley's Daddy - 2" squares of fabric, needle turned and hand appliqued onto a muslin background. most fabrics are Ashley's father's clothing, however, some images printed on fabric and some fabrics from my stash were added for affect and color.

Almost Autumn - machine embroidered blocks in autumn colors. accented with fabric origami. all work except machine embroidery done by Amy Adams.

Angels Are Where You Need Them - I had some beautiful angel blocks that I made with my embroidery machines and they lent themselves to an easy quilt. Someone said that I couldn't combine gold, red and silver metallic fabric in a quilt and I said watch me. The angels are embroidered with metallic threads in gold & silver. It was so easy to make the quilt in a few hours. The embroidery took 3 days.