“Beautiful Flowers,” a Quiltmania applique pattern, was pieced by client, Pamela H. Pam is one of my wonderful clients who gives me complete creative freedom with the quilting, and this was the perfect quilt pattern to execute that liberty! I just love the colors and fabrics that she chose. This is one of my favorite… View more
This stunning work of art was created by client, Pamela H. “Out of the Blue” is a pattern by Granny’s Legacy Patterns, featuring stunning wool applique and exquisite embroidery. The quilting features swirls, feathers, paisleys, and pebbles densely quilted in the background to accentuate the applique and embroidery and give a three-dimensional effect.
This is such an incredibly special quilt! Truly a team effort, it was pieced by Carol from New York after she inherited the blocks from a friend, who completed all the needle-turned applique. This Baltimore Album style quilt has 30 blocks that are meticulously hand-sewn, embellished with ribbon embroidery, beads, rhinestones, tassels, and more. It… View more
“Tiny Jewel,” a foundation paper piecing pattern by Flying Parrot Quilts, was made by me for my mom as a very belated birthday gift! My mom is an RN that works in an office setting without a window, so I quilted this for her to have her own beautiful view. We both love hummingbirds. This… View more
“Mountains” is a pattern from the Art Gallery Fabrics Studio, pieced by client and dear friend, Samantha S. This quilt was made as a baby gift. The triangles made for some fun opportunities for geometric ruler quilting and dot-to-dot, mixed with more organic and curvy wishbones, swirls, and in the larger mountain sections, a bigger… View more
“Live a Thankful Life” is a wool applique quilt custom quilted for Patricia in New York. She does fantastic applique work that is a joy to quilt. I wanted the swirls in the borders to overlap the blocks and give the appearance of an ornate frame with scroll work. Pat gave me complete creative freedom… View more
“Little Birds” is a small, wall-hanging quilt by Patricia. Featuring hand stitched applique birds and bird houses, I quilted swirls, paisleys, and other free-flowing motifs in the background to add movement and texture, while keeping the quilting on the appliques to some small, sweet details to allow them to stand proud from the background. I… View more
“Horses For Elfay” is a quilt I made for my daughter, Elfay, using Modernly Morgan’s “Starshine” pattern. The horses in the center of the sawtooth stars are cut from a panel in the Moda Purebred II fabric line, and the rest of the prints are from fat quarters that I collected from various quilt shops…. View more
“Midnight Silhouette” won a first place ribbon at Quilt Las Vegas 2024 in the quilt kit category. Thank you, Nicole, for trusting me with your beautiful quilt! A lovely combination of pieced sawtooth stars and raw edge applique, it was a wonderful blank canvas for creativity.
“Hygge Home” is a quilt I created for my mother- and father-in-law’s 35th wedding anniversary. It was pieced from the Country Home quilt kit by Sherri & Chelsi. My mother-in-law, Linda, has fallen in love with the Danish concept of “hygge,” or the practice of creating a warm, comfortable home environment and focusing on contentment…. View more
