Baby Elephants Quilt - Made for a new baby whose mom just loves elephants! It was mint when he received it and I hope by now it has been well used and washed at least a few times.
AIDS panel - This was an AIDS panel done on commision for a friend. The panel contains photos, a favorite saying of the person who passed away. The stars in the quilt were made from his Hawaiian shirts, and the buttons in the center were from his shirts also.
Fields of Gold - I issued a challenge to myself to use up a large qty of scraps. I sorted them into paper sacks by color, then I had to draw out the strips randomly, and sewed them to a foundation of non-woven interfacing. I arranged the blocks by color across the quilt.
Sailor's delight - I was working with a simple block, but I wanted to emphasize the color transitions...from the ocean, grasses, sand, rocks, lighthouses, to the sky.
Lori's Oriental Garden - This quilt was a $5.00 quilt made at Creative Sewing Center over a 6 month period. We would meet monthly and if we completed the previous month's block we would get the next block free. I completed the quilt at a quilt retreat 6/2006 and gave it to a cherished friend for her birthday.
The pattern was created by Terry Sohl - owner of Creative Sewing Center in San Antonio, TX.
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My New York - my very 1st quilt - This was my very first quilt and I became addicted to quilting. My neighbor, Charlotte was teaching a class and she suggested I take her class. I used luminocity fabric and put the blocks together as I wanted. The design in the magazine was a wall hanging but I made mine as a lap quilt.
Carpenter's Star - Traditional pattern made with batiks. Original quilting designs around perimeter of star. I made this for my father, who has done lots of woodworking in his lifetime.
Hot Diggety Dogs - Pieced baby quilt using mostly Laurel Burch fabrics. Quilted borders have enlarged versions of two dog motifs (blue) in the Cats and Dogs fabrics. Machine appliqued patches in each corner.
Sweet Life - A combination of two designs from Jacobean Rhapsodies. Machine appliqued using a tiny blanket stitch that I created for my sewing machine and echo quilted. A birthday gift for my best friend.
Gecko Bling-Bling - Fabric collage based on a Gecko collage in Susan Carlson's Freestyle Quilts book, and added my own embellishments of Angelina fiber, beads, metallic threads, and free-motion quilting.
Kelley's quilt - My daughter collects Japanese fans. She drew the design for this quilt. This is the second quilt I ever made, and its completley hand quilted...so far the only quilt to be hand quilted!
One Day at a Time - Inspired by my late husband, while he was battling brain cancer. He believed all things could be accomplished "one day at a time". This was machine pieced, machine quilted, and hand beaded and took 3 years to complete.
Just Imagine - Quilt uses photo. images, which I took, altered in PhotoShop, and printed on fabric. I made this quilt for a Contest at the American Sewing Expo, Novi, MI., Sept., 2006.
dresden on a clam shell - one of the women in my quilting class brought in a family heirloom, 1930's quilt. they were so beautiful, i knew i wanted one of my own. but i also knew the only way i could have one is to make my own. so here it is
Phoenix Rising - This quilt won a blue ribbon in the 2007 Arizona Quilters Guild Show for small wall , traditional pieced , professional machine quilted.
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