Buttered Chain - This quilt was completed shortly after taking a workshop with Billy Lauder. I used the remaining fabrics from the America in Bloom quilt!
Eggplant Parmesan - I used guild challenge fabric and the strips and curves technique. After machine quilting Swarovski hot fix chrystals were added in complementary colors.
Batik Bloomers - Each wildflower is machine embroidery with applique on batik fabrics. I chose my own layout for the 16 blocks to fit a specific wall in my home. Each block too approximately 45 to 70 minutes to complete. I used my wonderful Bernina 180E.
Cherries Nouveau - As a bee challenge, I drew the fushia crayon from a paper bag. We were to make a quilt that read as that color. The only other colors that could be added were black, white, and black and white or white and black. The center flower has Swarovski chrystal beads that are orange. However, they reflect the fushia beautifully.
Beaded Iris - Made for the Ultimate Quilt Guild Challenge, Nashville, TN Aug. 2006. It was one of 8 that won 2nd place for Salt Creek Quilter's Guild. Made it then received a book by Jan Krentz!
Grace - Using a block from Judy Martin's Ultimate Book of Quilt Block Patterns I designed the border around it in a Judy Severson workshop. The motifs were taken from the William Morris fabrics in the quilt.
Kyoto Kaede - This quilt is the product of a workshop with the wonderful Ruth McDowell. It is entirely pieced from my sketch using her freezer paper method. My original drawing was pieced in mainly Asian fabrics and mounted in the manner of a Japanese scroll painting. I was thrilled that this quilt was selected to be exhibited at the AQS Show in Nashville in 2007.
Sampler Quilt - This is my first quilt ever made, and I'm still partial to sampler blocks. I like having more than one block because it encourages you to look at every block.
Gettysburg Stars - This quilt was made especially for my son & daughter-in-law's Civil War room in their home. They both enjoy Civil War reenacting in their spare time.
Kalidascope Logs - Wendy Butler Burns came and taught a class at our guild, West Michigan Quilters Guild (www.wmqg.org), in 2005. My origianl plan for the blocks was a bust so it turned into this little quilt. I used some of Ricky Tims fabric for the border and used his technique to "set in" the border. Now that was fun:)
Butterfly Garden - I made this quilt for our guilds (West Michigan Quilters Guild) challenge. The fabric was used in the background and was a batik with butterflies.
Summer Day - I always wanted my grandmother to live in the country and sadly for me she lived in the city. So I thought I would make a quilt where I wanted my grandmother to live. At my grandmothers there were always kid sto play with and I can't remember a time when she didn't have clothes drying on the line. While she wasn't an avid gardner, she always had a garden of the basics. And of course, I had her living in a farm house rather than a city house. I think of her every time I look at the quilt.
This Moment in Time - Having lived in Florida for a good part of my life there is always a water view close by. I lived on the Banana River and wanted to make a quilt of life on the river.
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