Wild Geese - I challenged myself to use only striped and polka dotted fabrics in this quilt. I was trying to achieve a basket-weave effect with the piecing. This quilt is evidence that I believe in the "more is more" theory when it comes to color and pattern in a quilt.
New Leaf Wallhanging - This piece, created to fit into a decorative alcove in my son's home, took second place in the guild challenge. Based on the Maple Leaf pattern, it was inspired by a quilt, New Leaf, published in Quilters Newsletter Magazine.
Koehn family quilt - This quilt was created after a family reunion several years ago. Each family member created their own design on muslin hearts and then my sisters and I designed the watercolor heart layout.
Picaso was a quilter - I made this for the 2002 Southern Stars Quilt Guild challenge. It won.
I used to work in Chicago, right across from City Hall and the famous Picaso sculpture. The idea popped into my head, "What if Picaso's 'Woman' had sisters, and they were on a quilting vacation in south Florida?"
A Flower for Christmas - My guild (River City Quilters) in Sacramento sponsored a workshop by Jennie Rayment last fall for a 3-dimensional sunflower wall hanging. I decided to use Christmas colors. It was really fun learning something entirely new, and I added a few red beads for a little sparkle.
Silk Spun Kimonos - Paper pieced from pattern in book, Rich Traditions. I arranged differently than in the book. Most of the fabrics silks are from an antique chest that belonged my great, great grandmother and great aunts who completed a crazy quilt in late 1890's. I put deep blue silk tafetta sashing from scraps of g.g. g'mother's wedding dress. Started to quilt with silk thread, but didn't finish yet. It's hanging in my bedroom. I love the secondary design.
Hope for Margie - Made as a prayer quilt for my neice as she went through Chemotherapy last year. Batik fabrics used and tied. Each tie was knotted by friends and family with a prayer. She is doing super now. All her treatment is finished.
Batik Double Wedding Ring - Trinora made two of these as wedding quilts for her sons. She completely pieced each one in a week. They are beautiful quilts!
Riz' Fish Tank; Destroyed in home fire 1/2009. - My sister always wanted a fishtank in her office at work, but she was working for the government, and with the energy costs, they were not allowed any personal items that used power...so I made her a fishtank that required no electricity...
Unfortunately this quilt was destroyed in a home fire in January 2009. :- (
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