pink ribbons and me

Dashing Ribbons - Taught in a class by Shelley Aldrich of Quilted Treasures, Kelseyville, CA

Twisted Ribbon

Family Tree - I made this family tree for my mother for Christmas 2002

Stained Glass Stars - My husband bought me the book Paper Pieced Stained Glass Garden Stars by Schwartz & Seifert, and he challenged me to make a quilt from the patterns in it.

Brilliant Butterfly - This is a new pattern in the Doodle Press line. It's all fusible and uses at rainbow of 18 colors!

Butterfly

Butterfly Rhapsody

Butterfly Effect - I'd never done a pictoral quilt like this one and didn't know quite how to piece it, so I decided to fuse the elements together and satin stitch. The blue in the hands on the butterfly wings and the spots on the wings are two fabrics from the Fabric of Life Projct. I had a lot of fun with this challenge and like the fact that it also helped raise awareness of a good cause.

Floral Bouquet I - A unique floral bouquet quilt using non-fused collage techniques, machine blanket-stitch appliqué, and free-motion embroidery. Embellished with rickrack, beads, rhinestones, & embroidered bugs.

Rose Bouquet - For Valentines Day - A 'Thinking of You' card with a bouquet of dimensional long stem rose for you from Barb. www.2BarA.com

Floral Bouquet

Blue Collection - This was my first major applique quilt project. It is also my favorite completed project to date.

Once in a Blue Moon

Geese in Blue - This is one of my favorites. It was fun to quilt. It hangs in my bedroom.

Pirates of the Caribbean - Inspired by Jacqueline de Jonge quilts, Ricky Tims "Caveman's" fabric and birds from a children's church "Jungle" summer camp. The combination read like the Caribbean to me. Applique flowers and leaves with some hand embroidery. Thread painting on birds and flowers. Home sewing mahine quilting. See if you can find all the Geicos thougthout the quilt. There are 10.

Sharks & Pirates - My grandson Gabriel was very sure he wanted sharks, not dolphins or fish, in his quilt. His step-brother was more interested in pirates and his quilt is almost the reverse of Gabe's. They each got their wish.

Captain Cosmo's Dream Ship - Original batik on cotton.