Shop Hop Crazy Patch - Created for Maine's Quilt Shop Hop 2012

Grain Lines - Impression of grain lines in a tree and the myriad of things that happen in a tree we don't normally see. This quilt is stretched over canvas stretcher bars and is 3" deep.

Landscape Series 17 - Based on memories of riding in the back seat of our car with my sister watching the landscape as my father took us out for a drive. This quilt is stretched over canvas stretcher bars and is 3" deep.

Wonky Block - This quilt is a play on a traditional pattern Also it is a play on complementary colors. This quilt is stretched over canvas stretcher bars and is 3" deep.

Overboard - It started as a simple block of the month and I proceeded to go overboard on every single step starting with the color palette! You can read about the quilt and see more photos here http://vickiwelsh.typepad.com/field_trips_in_fiber/2012/03/overboard.html

Spring Garden - This is a whimsical wall quilt based on Kim Diehl's design in American Patchwork and Quilting magazine- Apr. 2012 issue. It has pieced blocks and the applique is done in the needle turn method then embelished with black thread for a pencil drawn effect. It is densly quilted in free motion style and it has a pieced back (see picture) with a sleeve for hanging. It has 2 Corinthians 4:17 quilted in to the border and is echo quilted around the flowers, and an all over design in the center with a medalian on each corner

Rose Kaleidoscope - This was my second attempt on kaleidoscope quilt. After finishing it, I sort of hated it. Quilt just did not look as I imagined it should look. After awhile it started to look better, now I could even hang it on a wall. Roses are paper pieced and appliqued to quilt top.

Kalevalan komeetta - Made this quilt after seeing slide show of kaleidoscope quilts. I was all stunned by the slide show, and just wanted to make kaleidoscope quilt. So this was my first attempt on this technique. Name of the quilt refers to Finnish national epic Kalevala, print fabric used is "Kanteleen kutsu" designed by Sanna Annukka/Marimekko.

Jack in the pulpit quilt - I made this quilt in 2010 for my best friend Gloria's wedding gift. I used the Jack in the Pulpit pattern found in McCalls Magazine Spring 2009 special issue, Celebrate Your Stash. It was a very well written pattern. I didn't have any issues piecing the top. I had only been quilting two years and I was self taught. I quilted it very simply. I was still very new at quilting and this was such a huge bed quilt. I quilted it on my 30 year old domestic Kenmore sewing machine.

Carpenter Star Quilt - I made this Carpenter Star Quilt after seeing a free quilt pattern on the website Maryquilts.com , for a lap size version of this jumbo block. I used the Accuquilt GO! cutter and the 6 1/2 inch hst die to cut my blocks. I designed an original border for the quilt, as I wanted to make a queen size quilt. This quilt was made for my brother Pierre and his wife Christa's wedding gift. It was machine pieced and machine quilted by Ariane Kring (that's me). I quilted it on a 30 year old Kenmore domestic sewing machine. It was definitely a challenge. But, it was well worth the effort. They loved their gift.

Aussie with a wink - During our 2nd visit to Perth, I promissed my friend to make her a quilt. This is the result.

Aussie Quilt - The first time I visited Australia, I took some aboriginal fabric home to the Netherlands. When we were so lucky to get the change to go there again the next year, I decided to make a quilt with the fabric to show my thanks to the community we visited.

Last of the Blueberries - Hand painted silk bird, embroidered swirls and snowflakes. Swaroski crytals added.

Souvenirs - I did this quilt for my son Félix. I used the reversible technic by Sharon Pederson. Scanned photos and printed on fabric. Backing is cotton, New-York scenes. The borders and corners were embroidered.

The Language of Color - Home Depot in Rome, Ga was given a grant to help renovate the dorms for the Georgia School for the Deaf in Cave Spring, GA. I became involved with the project since my husband was heading it up. The students had asked for the walls to be painted in very bright, vibrant colors. It "hit" me how important color was in their world. I made this wall hanging to go in one of the gathering rooms in their dorm building.

We Three Sisters - A fun applique pattern that I first saw on Pam Dransfeldt's Joyful Quilter facebook page. Since there are three of us sisters, we decided to make one for each of us. We used different colors in each of the three quilts and then gave one to our non-quilting sister (pictured on the far right) as a birthday gift last December. It was a lot of fun. My sister, Leslie (pictured in the middle), and I pretty much made these at a Brown Bag Retreat at my LQS - The Creation Station, last July.

Wonky Me - I discovered the fun and creative designs of MamaCJT quite by accident and wanted to attempt her wonky style of portraiture.