Bush Camp

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Bush Camp

It’s always exciting to have a new and different project. This is one of two wall hangings made from printed fabric purchased by my client on a trip to Africa. The backing is black quilted with an Aboriginal design in variegated thread. I can’t decide which side I like better; the front or the back.

Hearts Galore

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Hearts Galore

This quilt has hearts and hearts and more hearts and will be a fantastic gift for this piecer’s daughter-in-law. I had a delightful time with all the quilting and the impact on the purple minke backing is incredible. We also quilted an extra block to turn it into a pillow/sham.

Graduation T Shirt Quilt

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Graduation T Shirt Quilt

What a great surprise this is going to be when this high school senior receives this quilt for graduation. Because of the significant impact of music in her life, I chose a musical quilting design, and it dances merrily across her memories.

Green Star

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Green Star

I just had to use a variegated green thread on this hunter’s star quilt. The swirls in the quilting give additional movement, especially in the outer border. This will be bringing the luck of the Irish, to be sure!

Halloween Figs

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Halloween Figs

I loved the fabrics in this quilt so much that I had to search the internet for this block of the month. I found the entire kit including fabric and patterns and I am not on my way to piecing the blocks. I can’t wait to get my quilt top finished.

2017 Designer Mystery

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2017 Designer Mystery

Charming flowers quilt their way across this sampler quilt. I love the added texture to the blue backing and how it has amazing definition in the white background fabric.

Gray Dot Sampler

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Gray is such a great color for background fabrics. Just look at how the colors in the blocks just pop. Add the texture of the quilting and you have a quilt that is sure to delight!

Drysden Through Time

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This started as a box of blocks and now it is a quilt to enjoy. The solid pieces on the back bring the quilting to life and the scrappy binding is simply charming.

Blooming Roses

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Blooming Roses

When I look at the quilt, I see a flower trellis, so I quilted blooming roses that can climb up the quilt top. The quilting gives great texture to the white fabrics and the bright pink thread shows well. I can almost claim a green thumb with this quilt.

Into the Woods

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Into the Woods

This quilt is made from just two fabrics and a fantastic pattern! The quilting shows well on both sides of the quilt, and I couldn’t be happier. When the piecer gave it as a gift she was told, “this is the nicest gift I have ever received!”

Large Fire Quilt

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After receiving three fire quilts to give to his children, this customer was back with another bag of T-shirts to have a quilt made for himself. I used the same fabrics in the sashing and border and added patches to the border. My Innova longarm machine handled beautifully over the patches. This will be cherished for years to come.

Zoo Animals for Baby

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Zoo Animals for Baby

Besides being so soft and cuddly, minke backings are incredible for showing the quilting patterns. This charming little baby quilt was a collaboration between a quilting friend and myself to give to a young couple that I work with, who are expecting their first child. So, in a sense, the front of the quilt was a gift from my girlfriend and the back was a gift from me.

Yellow Baroque

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Yellow Baroque

I used the palest and thinnest of yellow threads to quilt an edge to edge on this applique quilt. Beautiful quilting without taking away from the stunning applique work. Just in time for spring!

Fire Retire Quilt

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Fire Retire Quilt

I had two requests when I made this quilt; make it warm and make it big. The t shirt blocks are cut as large as I could make them, and the red sashing is oversized. I added an extra layer of batting, and the extra benefit is how the stitches are so defined. Thank you for your service and happy retirement.

Lighthouse over the waves

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Lighthouse over the waves

This stunning wall-hanging was inspired by a photograph on a vacation trip. I was thrilled to embellish it with thread sketching. I used over 13 colors/types of thread to create my “artistry”.

Hawaiian Applique

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Hawaiian Applique

This quilt has the most amazing hand applique work. I wanted to do echo quilting which is very traditional in Hawaiin quilt but first I had to break up the quilt into blocks with hand guided feather sashing. When it left me with set in triangles on the outsides, I ghosted in an outline of one of the applique pieces and echoed it. Now it makes me want a Hawaiian vacation.