Nature Scenes

This is my quilt from the Ominous Beauty group project.  I sure enjoyed doing it. The background is my Mosaic Picture Piecing technique, with overlays of grasses.  The mushroom is appliqued with extra stuffing and ruffles and beadwork to enhance. As always there is a...

Proudly displayed at the National Quilt Museum Exhibit, 2017   While in Kentucky our adult children came to visit with us and we spent some time on Kentucky Lake.  I made this quilt to remember the beautiful scene and the fun we had as a...

Proudly displayed at the National Quilt Museum Exhibit, 2017 While traveling in Northern Oregon, we happened to see this old farm, which looked perfect.  I imagined that the family had just walked away from it and it was slowly deteriorating. We were intrigued by the...

  We often travel toward Oregon and pass this beautiful river along the road. Techniques: Mosaic Picture Piecing using a picture as a photomap. Heavily quilted. All wall quilts have a "sleeve" attached at the top back for easy hanging using a dowel, or curtain rod.

Once again I've headed to the forest for inspiration.  The Idea of this quilt was to make it tall.  I actually considered making it taller than this, but this just barely hangs a bit off the floor in my house. I found the inspiration tree...

Proudly displayed at the National Quilt Museum Exhibit, 2017 2007 My husband took this picture from an azalea park looking back on Big Lagoon.  Oh, how I love that area. Techniques:  Free form Picture Piecing using a picture as a photomap. Azaleas are hand painted and...

Gary, my husband planted many California poppies under the church sign.  I decided they deserved a quilt. Techniques: Machine pieced, appliquéd flowers, some threadwork, beads, and crystals.  Heavily quilted.