November News

The "What's for Dinner" Exhibit was quite a hit! Here's the news article with my "Picnic in Maine" place setting.

IQF at Houston

I'll be heading to Houston at the

end of the month.

This year I have 3 quilts on display...

"Tiger" in Raining Cats & Dogs Special Exhibit,

What's for Dinner Exhibit

& Dinner@8 Exquisite Moments

 Tiger also was chosen to be included in

Quilt Scene Magazine for the festival.

SAQA Journal Spring 2013

The recent SAQA Journal had selections

from Seasonal Palette. My "Tasty Tomatoes"

was in the summer group.

My "Little Latte" is one of the quilts in the

2013 Benefit Auction Flyer.

12 x 12 Quilt Auction Begins September 9th!

Modern Quilt

I just finished my first modern quilt!

I used a jelly roll and white fabric

to make up my own design.

The vine lime background gave me my

free-motion pattern so I 

top-stitched from the back side.

I love the leaf design that came through

on the top side!

Milo in Amsterdam

My husband and I visited the Netherlands at the end

of our Rhine Riverboat Cruise.

It was such fun to visit my quilt at the

Open European Quilt Championships.

"Milo" is part of the Dinner@8 Rituals 2012 exhibit.

An Exquisite Moment

Just juried into Dinner@8 "Exquisite Moment" Exhibit

 to debut at IQF in Long Beach!

My quilt is titled "The Ring"- 

the moment my husband proposed. 

Detail of the ring.

The Great Graphix Challenge

I am participating in the Grafix Challenge

which will be in the May/June issue of Cloth Paper Scissors.

My best friend- Winston Buford posed for me so I

could test out the Computer Transparency Film.

Here's the finished piece. The transparency was attached with thread
on my sewing machine. Below is my test piece with the
printed transparency sewn to a piece of batting.
It was very easy to free-motion around his head.

Here I was testing the Shrink Film by painting tomatoes and a
coffee cup. Easy! In the finished pieces I decided to do buttons.
I loved cutting hearts out with my pinking shears- it produced a beautiful
scalloped edge. (Don't forget to punch holes BEFORE baking!)

Here they are shrunk.

Here are the heart buttons with the scalloped edge.
Computer Transparency Film used for the wedding photo
and attached with ribbons threaded through hole punches.

One more product I tested was Matte Dura-Lar Film.
Great product for tracing photos (right side)
then enlarging the image to your desired size.
(left side)

Quilting Arts April/May Issue

I have a new article published

this month using Tsukineko Inks

and Newspaper Transfer.

Also included are some quilts from 

Seasonal Palette.

My Tasty Tomato quilt is one of them.

http://www.quiltingdaily.com/blogs/quiltingarts/archive/2013/03/15/april-may-issue.aspx

Kick Off Your Heels Fundraiser

What fun to let your imagination go wild

 on a pair of shoes for such a great cause!

Flowers make me happy

using my favorite black, red & white palette.

This is just one of the many projects I have been working on since the start of the New Year!

Just finished my "Ruby Slippers"!