Mom's Roses - Mom LOVES roses. She picked out the pattern and l chose fabrics I thought she would like. It now hangs over her bed so she can enjoy it every day.
Bright Stars - This was my first attempt at star blocks which I pieced last year, and now having my long arm machine practiced my quilt techniques using a ruler for stitching in the ditch, and I also practiced lots of freehand fillers in each star block. I freehand feathered the borders.
Kaleidoscopes - This quilt is made almost exclusively out of batiks and is a wedding gift for my daughter's maid of honor. The backing is flannel except for the label and a large square signature block so that everyone at her wedding can sign it in permanent ink.
Bubblegum Stars & Blue Wiggleworm - I made these quilts for my good friend's son and his wife who are expecting twins. I wanted to use the same border fabric and basically the same fabrics, but make one boy and one girl version. I think it worked!
Teddy Bear Picnic - I purchased this kit from Keepsake Quilting. It uses that company's die-cut shapes, which I fused onto the quilt top then stitched around each bear. Very cute and quick.
A Very Special Quilt - I combined 2 Andover pre-printed panels from the "Very Hungry Caterpillar" collection to make this quilt. I gave it to my niece as a baby shower gift, along with the book by Eric Carle.
Quilt for baby - Have made this quilt for my soon to arrive first grandchild, it's a great pattern and looks good whatever charm pack you use. I've seen it in very pale pastels and really brights and it always looks great.
Penguins at Play (working title) - I had little batik squares with penguins in them, so I built the blocks around them using Margaret Miller's Angle Play templates. When I lined the blocks up, the orange squares made the quilt spotty. When I lined up the squares, I had open spaces to fill. Penguin batik fabric in black and white! All scraps except for the penguins.
Shattered Angles quilt (unnamed so far) - I took the "Shattered Angles" class at Quilt University and made a cutting error on my first group of strip sets. Rather than throw out that series of blocks, I just continued to make the same cutting error for the rest of the quilt. I was very happy with how it turned out.
Cheaper than Therapy - I used leftovers in my stash from a diaper bag I made for my sister-in-law and had a good time using Moda Bakeshops "9-Patchtastic" tutorial to quickly put the blocks together. This project kept me sane during a particularly trying rehearsal process for a play.
Storm at Sea Color Gradation quilt top - I used Wendy Mathson's Quick2Cut rulers to put together this color gradation in batiks. The quilt top measures 39.5"x48.5", I think. I may be adding some silk organza overlays on top of it but I haven't quite decided yet.
Halloween Sudoku - Laid out 3 inch squares using rules of sudoku. Entered in 2009 Arizona Longarm Quilters President's challenge. The theme was Anything Geometric.
Doctor My Eyes - I really named this quilt Sweet Dreams, but I noticed when I looked at it through a reducing glass, it looked like glass blocks, so for this gallery, I decided to name it "Doctor, My Eyes!
Center of St. Patrick's Day Wall Quilt - I did the vines with zig-zag on the machine. It is not perfect, but from a distance it look fine.... I just thought you could see it now that I uploaded a larger photo. It is a nice design and the quilt is perfect for St. Patrick's Day...
St. Patrick's Day Wall Hanging - I could not find any designs for St. Patrick's Day and I wanted one to hang on the wall at work, for the holiday. I found a window hanger in a magazine, and blew up the design and appliqued it to the center and put borders around to make it larger. 39x39, it fits perfect on the wall behind me at work. My own personal quilt show, and it changes every month
Mac Awwwh - Thanks Margie Engel. I made Mac Awwwh for my husbands birthday. He really loved it. I changed the coloring and made the feathers individually. This was so fun to make.
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