Breathtaking Bonaire - Original quilt design inspired by Ricky Tims, fused applique with Bernina double button hole stitch. Multiple dense quilting designs on my Gammill.
Asiatic Lily - The center panel is a hand embroidered Asiatic Lily from my garden. The quilt is woven of folded fabrics. The borders are my signature loops. Great for hanging.
Pharoh - I had a piece of fabric with an image of a Pharoh on it. I had another piece of fabric with cats on it. So I began by adding green and copper colored retangles of different sizes to these images using my design wall. All pieces were fused to a background, and the quilting was done with a copper-colored metallic thread.
Ricky Tim's Practice quilt - I attended a Super Seminar a couple of years ago in Iowa and this was my practice block from a pattern in the materials from the seminar. I adapted the feathers around the center block from one of his patterns. Am going to make a Rhapsody at some point...this turned out better than I expected!
Spencer's Graduation Quilt - I made this quilt for my grandson who is graduating this year. The quilt was to be a T-Shirt quilt but his mom doesn't save anything so all I got were two T-Shirts. So I had to improvise with pictures from his school years. I did his grade school pictures in a film strip motif and the rest was just kind of where it happened. Very pleased with the outcome.
Off to Babylon or How I Spend My Summer Vacation, - Based on the book of Daniel, this original design is heavily embellished, machine and hand pieced and quilted. The center is a tea towel.
Convergence Quilt - I attended Rochester Seminar and made the Convergence Quilt using Ricky's fabric, Libby's technique for inserting background fabric and appliqued, and Alex Anderson's hand quilting. I went out of my safety zone
Salsa Spin - This Stack-n-whack pattern lent itself well to the pepper patterns on the fabric. Made for my husband (a real chili head) as a comfort size/large lap-quilt.
Rusty Road Relics - This pattern was one that I fell in live with! I live doing embroidery but added by own unique elements. I used variegated threads in dove to tan shades. I added my own unique elements and stitches to include some dark copper metallic to give a rusted element to certain areas. I also added my husband and my initials carved in a tree and other messages. With the piecework I followed the pattern but turned some of the blocks. It was fun to work on!
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