Quilt of Valor

This quilt was created to support our local guild program of making quilts for soldiers that were injured in the war. The quilts are presented in a little "presentation bag" and given individually to the soldiers in a near by VA hospital. I try to make one every year to support this program. They are generally Red, White and Blue and of a patriotic nature. This one has flannel as the backing which helps make it warm and keeps it from sliding off the persons lap.

Our Lady of the Chocolate Pines

Created for the Pacific Piece Makers Quilt Guild annual challenge. This quilt addressed the "I LOVE Chocolate" idea for the show. In my own way, this was an image of an imagined place and a special lady who lived there.....somewhere out of time. I used commercial cottons and some hand dyes. The halo around the lady was made with a fine netting. She has a hand beaded necklace and small gold cross. There are also many swarvarski chrystals in the sky and on her gown. The size was approximately 22" X 32" inches.

Cypress Dune

This is a quilt I worked on as a personal challenge to use muted colors. It was a challenge to create the feeling of depth among the sand dunes.

Fast Friday Challenge #38

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In A Galaxy Far, Far Away...

This is my Fast Fridays Quilt Challenge #37 for October. It has really been a boost to me to have a deadline. The challenge was " Outer Space". I was surprised how difficult it was to make nice round planets....I enjoyed the design and composition aspects and of course the embellishments.
This quilt has Swavarski crystals and hand beading. It is approx. 18" by 24". The back ground fabric is a hand-dyed batik. I also used some of my thread blending techniques learned in my recent Carol Shinn class in the East Bay.