Quilts

60 x 72 This is a favorite quilt that stays at my house.  It's nice to have for a guest bed. It was made from a published pattern and reminds one of the traditional hexigon Flower Garden quilt.

It's not too often any more, but once in a while I make a traditional quilt. Sarah is a granddaughter who recently married.  The quilt is made from a pattern I found in Quiltmaker magazine. Techniques: paper pieced, appliqued, machine quilted.

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...

2007 Each time I look at this tiny quilt I remember the day that we stopped along the road and my husband took this shot. He has an eye for framing the shots and this one lent itself to some very fancy threadwork. It's a...

This quilt started as an idea a few years back when I saw a baby tiger and got a few pictures of her. "Baby Tigress Sheena" is of the same tigress.  The tail didn't show in that quilt and I decided to feature the tail...

2008 Portrait done with thanks, honor, praise. Techniques: This portrait was painted on off white muslin with fabric paints. I used a man in our church for the model and his wife's hair.  Heavily quilted. Models:  Jerry & Wendy McGahuey, inspiration photos taken by Gary...

40"x 42"  2004When I first decided to try a mosaic picture quilt, I knew right away which picture I wanted to make.  It was one of my dear granddaughter, Amy.  I did it in a traditional manner with sewn seams.  In fact it is the...

2012 Donna found these mushrooms and photographed them in various ways.  We each got a photo to work with and created a quilt. We entered them at the American Quilter's Society Show in Grand Rapids: "The Ultimate Guild Challenge" and won 1st place there!! This...

2015 Once again this is a project of the Fiber Arts Group --this time Rosalinda was the one who came up with the idea. We decided on a format for thef quilts of approximately 30".  We all met at Woodley Island in Humboldt Bay on...

--8 quilts--  This project was especially fun.  It started with a wonderful gathering of the group.  We each brought our camera and spent most of the day at Woodley Island in Humboldt Bay.  Pictures were taken, followed by lunch at the Marina Cafe.  Then Maggie...