Zen

This is a black and white lap quilt with a splash of red in the border.  The entire quilt was pieced and quilted by me.  I used a 60 degree diamond template for the border quilting.  There is stitching in the ditch, free motion, and echo quilting.

This is the back.  It is pieced from left over fabric from the front.

Charity Quilt 2

This is a what I call a utility quilt or a charity quilt.  This quilt was made from donated fabrics.  The fabrics were polyester (orange), poly/cotton (black), and knits (blue/white).  It was a bit of a challenge working with something other than 100% cotton, but once I committed to it, I had to make it happen.  It just proves that you can work with other fabrics and still make a beautiful quilt.  This quilt was donated to an elderly neighbor friend.

Sampler 2012

This is a lap sized sampler.  This is a smaller version of the original sampler which has 20 blocks.  Since this quilt was for a little girl, I decided to use only 12 of them.  This pattern originally came about from an online class I took at www.craftsy.com in 2012 and it was FREE!!  There is also a great class by Leah Day that shows you how to quilt this sampler but that will cost ya'...not much though.  This is my version and my little cuz loved it!  I gave it to her on yesterday for her birthday.

Blue Jean Quilt

This is a blue jean lap sized quilt.  I bought about 15 pairs of blue jeans from the Salvation army.  On Wednesday's you get them at half price so I paid about $2.00 for a pair.  I washed them and cut them up into 4inch x 8 inch blocks.  I staggered them like bricks to prevent sewing through four bulky seams and this really worked out great for me.  I then quilted it in straight lines going in one direction with three different color types of thread about one inch apart. I did use a cotton batting but it still quilted well and has the right amount of weight.  It is also very warm.  I love it.

Bargello

This is my bargello quilt top.  I have not quilted it yet.  I really love the color pallet and I tried to be really accurate with the piecing.  It is a big quilt.  It will fit a king size bed approximately 90X100. I used the strip piecing technique by creating all of these strip sets and sewing them together.  It was a long process but well worth it.

I delivered this quilt to my baby sister on Thanksgiving 2015.  She loved it!

Prince

This is my first attempt at an art quilt.  I traced the picture and free motion quilted all the lines and chest/head hair.  I then colored it with colored pencils and sealed it with a textile medium and then added a border.  I had fun and will probably try this technique again.