Dressage - Alice created this quilt for a beloved family member. Her attention to detail & workmanship is pure excellence. She is also a published appliquer.
Grandma Meme's Fans - Barbara loves vintage fabrics & is drawn to traditional patterns. She couldn't find a fan pattern at that time so she created her own and made this stunning quilt. The fans were individually made and are "hand appliqued" onto the blocks.
Dash's Diggers - I adapted the published pattern to make it a little easier, since it was only my second quilt. I made it for my nephew who is obsessed with construction vehicles.
A Square Deal - Barbara couldn't stand to let these 2" blocks go to waste! A friend's mother spent many, many hours fussy cutting blocks out of old clothes & Barbara wanted to honor her by creating an original quilt in her memory.
Sarah's Quilt - This was for my younger daughter, who never got a quilt from my grandma. She likes to tell everyone that she got me into quilting - and she did!
Multi-tasking - Inspired by the work of Mickey Depre. The flower head of the scarecrow is from a picture taken in my yard and then transferred to fabric. There is thread painting and 3-D wings for the bumble bees. The water coming from the watering can are couched on irridescent thread. The crystals and nail head beads are all heat set.
Sadie's Garden - Sadie drew a picture of a quilt that she wanted me to make for her. It was to be all pink and purple with flowers on the sides, butterflies in the middle and rainbows at the top. Sadie was 4 at the time she "designed" it. She also picked the fabrics and had very stron opinions on that (no white!) .
Lilac Time - I wanted to use up some fat quarters one of my students brought me back from a trip to New Zealand. I taught this at my classes this term both in quilt form and table runner with a square as the centre.
APage from my Journal August 2007 - Hand dyed fabrics with embossed copper shim with stencilled accent beads. Painted and embossed artists straws for added interest and texture.
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