Celestial Greetings - Appliqued and pieced. First time using discharge tecnique on background. Used fabric inks, fabric paints, metallic yarns, metallic cording. 15 ft wide on stretch frame for hanging. Used Lura Schwarz Smith's technique for inked faces as seen on the SQ show on HGTV.
Death by Curlique - I bought a pack of fat quarters of Lakehouse fabric and my daughter fell in love w/them. I quilted a "Spring Fever" quilt for a customer and decided this was the perfect pattern for my fat quarters. I had to add some hand dyed fats and a few others from my stash. On a whim I entered it into the Theme category of the 2007 Home Machine Quilter's Show and it won 3rd place.
Opportunity Quilt - This quilt was done by the group, as a money making project, raffle to be drawn on Dec. 2nd. Several women made the blocks. The back is a pieced cross.
Amish Wedding Baskets - I designed this quilt from a standard Basket pattern on EQ6 for my Niece's wedding. I adore the Amish style quilts and had never made one. I had a month to get this made for the wedding and I enlisted the help of my two daughters to help sew the 300 - 1/2 square triangles. I used the Nifty Notions rulers and it was a snap and no squaring up needed!! We got it pieced in record time and I quilted it non-stop in 3 days. I used Superior Highlights, MasterPiece, and Bottom Line to complete this quilt. They loved it.
Tesoro della Toscana (Tuscany Treasure) - Mini quilt inspired by the pattern by Karen Eckmeier. Slightly larger than the pattern, the house is hand appliqued, trees are raw edge machine applique. Machine quilted.
Scottie Dogs - Scottie dogs are appliqued with blanket stitch around each dog. There are multiple colors of fabric surrounding each block. The quilt was quilted on my Home Quilt frame and Viking MEga quilter. This was made for my dear friend who has a Scottie dog named "Duncan". On the dog with the yellow jacket I embroidered "Duncan".
Hand painted Southwestern queen - - I hand painted this quilt and donated it to the Strathmore Alberta Crisis Shelter- I was
raffled and helped cover the costs of the new playground in their new shelter-
Midnight Star - I took a class at my local quilt store and this quilt was the result. I love the way it turned out. I don't use black very often so this was a real switch for me. The quilt itself was very easy to do. It was one of those stack and whack quilts!!
Caitie's Graduation Quilt - I designed this quilt for Caitie's high school graduation on EQ5. She went with me to the quilt store to select the fabric. It didn't take long to piece and I machine quilted it in an all-over stars and loops while I still had my long arm. I have since sold it.
Memories of the Caribbean - The bird square in the center is an original design by my daughter-in-law, Laura Dean. The pieced top still needs to be machine quilted. This quilt will be the focal point of my guest room (which is still a work in progress).
Allison and Michael's Wedding Quilt - I adapted this pattern from the book, Quick and Easy Quiltmaking. I let Allison and Michael look thru all my books and they did and decided on Water Music as a pattern for their wedding quilt. I didn't let them see the fabric however or the quilt until after they got home from their honeymoon. I think they were pleased.
Cayden's Baby Quilt - I made this quilt for Cayden, our first great-grandson. The teddy bear fabric was a remnant from a quilt I made for Cayden's mom (our granddaughter) when she was a baby.
Stars for Claire - My orig. design was inappropriately copied by someone who had access to my quilt. Had to resort to legal channels to make the person stop selling their pattern of it! A lesson learned about some people’s lack of ethics and about copyright law! This was a gift to my DD for her 3rd birthday and her first big girl bed.
Emma's Quillow Top - This is the pillow top for a quillow I made for my niece. She asked for a gold palm tree, as she's from the windy city and loves visiting her Fla family.
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