Machine pieced with hand dyed fabrics and batiks, machine quilted by Barb Raisbeck. The color palette for this quilt was inspired by an orange hand dye fabric that was 1 yard, other hand dye and batiks were selected to give contrast and depth to the values in the hand dyed fabric. White was chosen forContinue reading “Summer Sunshine Quodlibet
Convergence quilt with bias covered curves using hand dyed fabrics, machine quilted, curves are foundation pieced and embellished with machine stitches using variegated thread. This project started as a basic convergence quilt using a single yard of hand dyed fabric and was finished off with borders using Wendy Hill’s bias covered curves technique. Machine quiltedContinue reading “Convergence Curves
Convergence quilt with bias covered curves using hand dyed fabrics, machine quilted, curves are foundation pieced and embellished with machine stitches using variegated thread. This project started as a basic convergence quilt using a single yard of hand dyed fabric and was finished off with borders using Wendy Hill’s bias covered curves technique. Machine quiltedContinue reading “Jonah and the Whale
Machine pieced & longarm quilted by Debbie Bookman. The bride loves oranges and fall colors. The groom is a Chicago Bears fan. Here they are united. Many happy years! Aunt Jan.
Hand appliquéd, embellished with beads, hand embroidered & hand quilted. I saw this pattern in a recent issue of “Australian Patchwork & Quilting”. It really spoke to me and I knew I had to make it. Loved working with all the beads & embroidery.
Machine pieced & quilted. Repurposing a quilt top that was not “gorgeous” was the focus of a Rayna Gillman workshop earlier this year. By cutting it up and repiecing the various sections I was able to make a project gone wrong into something dynamic.
Paper pieced; machine quilted by Sally Evanshank, Windy City Quilting. Thanks to my Electric Quilt software, I was able to uniquely set two traditional blocks into a very contemporary and vibrant design. Kaffe Fassett fabrics add to its electrifying brilliance.
Hand appliqué; hand & machine quilting. The quilt is an interpretation of a water color painting by Charles Rennie McIntosh, Glasgow, Scotland’s famed architect of the Art Deco period. Tiny kiwi birds roam the orchard and are from a hand screen printed fabric brought back from New Zealand.
Machine pieced; machine quilted by Debbie Bookman. Begun at a workshop at the 2008 IQI Quilt In, I enlarged the pattern to an afghan size. The curved strips are free motion cut with a rotary cutter. It is a gift for Bonnie and Chuck Mervis—my special sister- and brother-in-law.