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Commercial fabrics, machine quilted. I took my fabric “scrap bag” on vacation one year and “played” with the scrap shapes to inspire several small quilt designs.

Commercial fabrics, machine appliquéd and quilted, hand embroidered, embellished with beads. I became enthralled with the art and architecture of Antoni Gaudi during a trip to Barcelona in 2008. This design is inspired by some of the marvelous organic curved lines in his work.

Commercial fabrics, machine quilted, hand embroidered, machine embroidered, embellished with beads. I took my fabric “scrap bag” on vacation one year and “played” with the scrap shapes to inspire several small quilt designs.

Commercial fabrics, hand painted, machine appliquéd and quilted. I was compelled to replicate this little church. In the actual photo it is dwarfed by trees going up and up this valley in Yosemite.

Machine pieced, raw edge applique, free motion stitching, “confetti techniques” for trees. Having grown up in Central Illinois, I have always loved barns. (Inspired by image on Pintrest)

Machine pieced, applique, embellished with cheese cloth, tulle, small shells and beads sewn on by hand. Machine quilted. I lived near Lake Michigan for 25 years and loved walking on the beach and picking up beach glass treasures.

Background machine pieced, fused applique, hand stitching. I developed this in a Valerie Goodwin workshop called “Favorite Places”. Florence was a honeymoon destination with my husband. I was nearly 41 when we married and we weren’t sure if we could have a family. Our first daughter was born 9 months later!

Machine and hand applique. Based on a Pinterest photo of fall leaves and red berries. Rather than try to re-createthe actual color variations of the leaves, I used different fabrics and changed thered berries to blue!

Machine pieced background; machine appliqued vase and flowers. I have a good supply of floral upholstery fabrics, so I decided to make a flowerarrangement with them.