MY FANTASY GARDEN (Hand and machine quilting)

MY FANTASY GARDEN - This wall hanging was started in 2002 for a quilt show challenge.

 The theme for the challenge was a plain center and a fancy border. For the center strips, I used 2 Jinny Beyer fabrics, with a solid black cotton border.

The flowers and flowerpots are hand appliqued and the applique is a mixture of silk and cotton batiks. There are buttons that look like ladybugs and bees. There are also 3-D caterpillars and butterflies made by my son.

The top was done in time for the show.

The center was machine quilted by RLM in 2004, and I did the handquilting in the border on and off thru 2008. I really like appliquing with silk - it just lays exactly the way I want with no fuss.

(#462)

OH THOSE CODES

OH THOSE CODES - I made this one to remember my graduation with an Assoc. in Coding Technology in April 2008. For those who don't know, in the medical world, the diagnoses that the doctor makes are converted into numbers that represent that diagnosis (dx) and those numbers are put on the claims that are sent to the insurance companies. Anyway the dx on this quilt are: 250.00 diabetes (type 2 or unspec.), 692.5 dermatitis due to food allergy, V22.0 normal first pregnancy, 564.0 constipation, 842.00 sprained wrist, and 691.0 diaper rash. Why I chose those exact codes I can't tell you.

I machine pieced and appliqued it in the spring of 2008, and RLM machine quilted it over the summer of 2008. I intended for it to hang in my office or cubicle. (#460)

VETERAN QUILTS

VETERAN QUILTS - This picture was taken at a quilt guild activity. These quilts are all going to Andrew AFB for our wounded vets. September 2010.

LOG CABIN

LOG CABIN - Size: 18" 24". I pieced this and machine quilted it during September 2010. It is done in red, white, and blue. Just a fun and easy project.

At home it is displayed in an antique baby cradle that I recently traded a small antique chest for. I have wanted a cradle forever to display the littler quilts in, but the price was always too high for a nice one. Then someone I know wanted the chest I had and we worked out a trade. Now all my little quilts have a home when they are not hanging on the wall or being used as table runners.

FLYING GEESE

FLYING GEESE: Size is 82" x 86". It is pieced from coton scraps from other projects. I really enjoy this pattern and have made several in various sizes over the years. This one was pieced during 1993 - 1994 and machine quilted by BE in Dec. 1994. I paid KL to do the binding. One year it got an Honorable Mention at the state fair. (#142)

MINI ALBUM (Handquilted)

MINI ALBUM: Size 18" square. The top was pieced by my good quilting buddy SB in northern Maine in 1991, and some of the blocks are signed by other quilters we both know up there (yes, the names are covered for this picture). I handquilted it in 1992 and then laid it aside until 1993 when I paid KL to bind it for me. It comes out at Christmas time. The top is cotton fabric and the back is muslin - I believe I used poly batting. (#131)