Jan our Mail Lady is leaving for San Diego. So I decided to make her something. Dye painted, beaded, machine quilted.
Auction piece for Lancaster Heritage Museum 2006. 100% hand-dyed fabric. Machine pieced, applique and quilted. Quilt will be displayed at Lancaster Newspaper's lobby for Summer, 2006 and auctioned off September, 2006.
30 X 52 Made as a donation to the Purple Martin House Project for the Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum. Quilt was auctioned off on September 24, 2005, and is now in a private collection. See www.lancasterheritage.com for more info on this year's project. Machine Pieced, Appliqued, Quilted using commercial batiks and cotton prints.
Winner in Berks County Library Association "Meet Me at the Library" competition in 2004. Original drawing, fused and pieced hand-dyed and commercial cottons.
Class sample for "Fusing for Timid Souls". Hand dyed fabrics. Machine quilted.
Exhibited in Charlotte Kohl Art Show. Three layers, fused, quilted, embelished. Originally made for Quilting Arts Magazine "Think Outside the Box" challenge.
Exhibited at Charlotte Kohl Art Show. A gift made for my son's speech therapist. Original drawing, dye sticks, hand quilted, beaded.
A gift made for a student teacher who was especially kind to my son. She saw each child as special, especially the ones who were challenged. Original design, fused, machine applique, machine quilted.
Example piece for "Machine Quilting for Timid Souls". Mock trapunto, machine pieced, machine quilted. Pattern by Thimbleberries. Best Machine Quilting award at Quiltessence Quilter's Challenge 2003.
This was the one that really changed the way I looked at things! Started in Ricky Tims "Caveman Quilting" class. Machine pieced and quilted.
The reverse of Chantale #1. Started in Ricky Tims "Caveman Quilting" class. Changed my way of looking at my quilts. Machine pieced, fused, applique, quilted.
Here I am with Ricky Tims. Take a class with this fellow! You'll learn so much!
Commission quilt featuring heavy machine quilting on white cotton sateen. Working on white is a killer!
This quilt was made as a gift for my son's aide at school. Here I am with my other son holding it over the deck. This pattern came out of a quilting magazine from England. Two easy blocks that make a dramatic quilt!
A pattern by Nancy Johnson-Srebro was the start of two of these quilts. One was donated to Berks Visiting Nurses fundraiser; the other went to a family member.
