Star of My Heart - Stars and hearts inthe center, with a folded inner border. All borders are mitered. This was fun to make I played with the HST until the hearts appeared. My Husband named it.
Dawn to Dusk in Sunflower Garden - The quilt uses two sized New York Beauty blocks. Batiks were used. The border incorporates the circular pattern of the blocks.
Garden Path - I created this design to use the pieced circles that I wanted to try. The machine quilting uses silver metallic on the black background and cottons on the rest.
The Guinea Pig Quilt - Sampler quilt fom LQS. First real quilt quilted on my Longarm. I experimented with different techniques hence the name of the quilt.
Adam and Kate's Wedding Quilt - I made this quilt for my son's wedding. I have always loved Baltimore quilts, but am not fond of all of that "hand" work. This quilt was made up of pieced blocks to replicate the "traditional" Baltimore Quilts.
Catnip - Again, I saw this quilt on Simply Quilts. I just loved the whimsey. This quilt was made as close to the pattern as possible. I wanted to prove that I could actually follow a pattern. I gave the quilt to my step-daughter for a Christmas present. She is a cat lover, so I couldn't go wrong.
Colorful Squares - I saw a Simply Quilts program where this quilt pattern was demonstrated. It "looked" easy to make so I decided to make it using flannel. However, I did not know then that flannel and bias cuts are prone to stretch. Oh how we learn from our mistakes. Mary Ellis (machine quilter in Sherman, Tx) was able to quilt out most of my "stretching errors" and the quilt came out almost square. However, my niece was happy to receive her warm snuggly quilt.
Name of Maker: 13roses, Jacqui Sue, Barbara, Julie, Joan, Jackie
Cows at Murud - After seeing an episode of Simply Quilts on how to make a fractured quilt, some of us decided to give it a try. I choose a pen and ink sketch I'd done while in India for my design. Six of us each got a slice to make. We worked without seeing what the other was doing. I then peiced and quilted it. I was totally blown away with what my litte pen sketch grew up to be.
African Tapestry - My husband lives in Mozambique and needed some color for his walls - seemed like a good excuse for a quilt. The embellishments are difficult to spot, just like real animals.
Baby No Name - I took left over pieces of baby flannels, cut approximately 4" blocks and sewed them together. I met this young woman while in hand therapy who's family was not there for her. She and her husband were expecting their first child and were basically alone. I wanted to show her that people do care and God loves them, so I made her a flannel quilt for her yet to be born baby.
I pray they are all healthy and happy.
Om - My husband and his family are from India. They celebrate all our American holidays with decorations, trees etc. They also celebrate the Indian holidays and I wanted my neice and her children to have something special, yet something American to decorate the house during our Indian holidays. This small quilt fit the bill.
Flower Basket wall hanging - I saw this in one of my quilting magazines and thought it was beautiful I never know what to give my step-mom as a gift. This wall hanging was perfect. Wish I could remember which magazine I got it from. I would like to make it again.
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