Alaskan Adventure - My son went to live in Alaska last summer, and fell in love with it. He and wife adored the bears and Fireweed flowers, so I combined the two into a wall hanging as a gift for their tenth anniversary.
LAWNDALE MEMORIES - PICTURES OF ACTIVITIES AND FAMILY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. MY DAUGHTER'S MUSIC GROUP, THE CHURCH THAT SPONSORED THE GROUP; IT'S DIRECTOR MEETING PRESIDENT OBAMA; AND MY FATHER AND HIS BROTHERS IN THE 30'S.
Fish Baby Quilt - I purchased this paper piecing pattern from craftsy.com and made it for my soon to be here great-grandson. His parents are into fishing and so I thought this would be a cute baby quilt for a little boy. Something different from the traditional pastel baby quilts. I did the gils as prairie points, so he would have something to grab onto. I don't remember the exact size of the quilt, and it's already gone, but it's approximately 36x54.
Floral Beauty - This paper pieced wallhanging was begun in a class at a local quilt shop with the designer of the pattern, Pat Delaney. The pattern could also be used to make a full size quilt, but I chose to make the wallhanging.
Los Colores del Roble - I purchased some of Ricky Tims' fabulous hand-dyed fabric a couple of years ago, but had no idea what to use it for UNTIL I say Stacy Michell's "Ring of Oak" pattern - a perfect match!
Cornelian - The designs within Cornelian were inspired by Old tombstones and iron lacework at the Cornelian Bay Cemetery, a place of peace and history. The quilt includes redwork embroidery, applique and english paper pieced hexagons using the new iron on wash away hexie papers. The quilt used 20-25 skeins of embroidery thread, over 700 hexies and 7km of quilting thread.
Dawn Patrol - Made for my surfer son, I used Tricia Lynn Maloney's "Steppingstones" pattern for the background and received AlohaStickers.com permission to use their Surfer Petroglyph graphic for the applique.
Oriental Fantasy - When I saw Ricky's quilts I was bowled over and had to try it. It was difficult but rewarding. When I was working on it in my head I decided to make it Oriental. I searched for Oriental designs and incorporated them as applique and quilting. My family and friends all love it.
Barbara's Garden - My sister lives on a farm. They just moved out of a home they lived in for almost 50 years into a new home their children built for them. This quilt depicts scenes from their place. A true labor of love!
Phantasmagorical Phans - While poking around at our local Goodwill one day, I discovered 3 bags of scraps. Have not researched them, but most look like older fabrics. Washed and ironed them, added my own dark fabrics, and a quilt was born.
For the Love of Adam - Created from recycled clothes worn by their son, Adam, who died as a teenager, the Fulk family commissioned 2 matching queen sized quilts as memorial gifts. Fabric from blue jeans, boxers, baby clothes, a neck tie, a set of sheets, T-shirts, a hockey uniform, shirts, hats, coats were divided evenly between both quilts.
America the Beautiful - Made as part of a class, completely from stash scraps of all types as a means to practice several piecing techniques. Also the first piece I ever tried free motion quilting without pattern markings.
Viva Cristo Rey - I have been wanting to do this quilt for a few years and finally just did it when I ran across an old painting that could be used for a reference.
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