Wallhangings / Table Toppers

58" square ... From the Cookies & Quilts book, log cabin blocks laid out to create a snails trail pattern in between, in scrappy blues and tans. A radiating circle pattern is quilted into the background. Machine pieced and hand quilted.

20" x 25" ... Various blue and tan circles and backgrounds alternating, different textures and fabrics to create interest. Hand appliquéd and hand quilted with circles overlapping in the background.

This is an original design.

21" x 29.5" ... Cool colors (blues, greens, purples) for the beans on a mottled black background with a tilted black border. Hand appliquéd and hand quilted with blue/green variagated thread, outlining the beans and extra beans quilted into the background.

This is an original design.

24" x 27.5" .... There are 30 blocks, circles on 4" squares, with the left side made up of warm sunny colors, the right side is cool, calm colors. Hand appliquéd and hand quilted with multicolored variagated thread.

This is an original design.

40" x 44" ... Made of many different blues and yellows to create movement. Hand appliquéd and hand quilted with radiating circles in the background.

This is an original design.

16" x 24" ... inspired by my children. If I had put the circles on opposing colors, say blue on green, green on purple, etc ... they would *pop* more, but by putting them on similar shades they kind of blend into the background. Hand appliquéd and hand quilted.

This is an original design.

24" x 29" ... All blue circles on blue backgrounds to blend in ... one square has no circle on it, just quilted into it. Hand appliquéd and hand quilted with circles all over.

This is an original design.

37" square ... made of alternating Contrary Wife, Ornery Husband blocks with various blues and greens on tan background. Machine pieced and hand quilted with variagated blue/green thread.

Close-up of Oh! You See Me! quiting

22" x 27" ... has the word LOVE in 8 different languages: English, French, Italian, Afrikaan, Hungarian, German, Norwegian, and Chinese. The lettering is outline quilted with hearts quilted into the background with variagated thread. Hand pieced, hand appliquéd and hand quilted.

This is an original design.

28" x 36" ... Every circle is different, made from various blues, greens, browns and one red .. all "muddy" colors on 12 different backgrounds. Hand appliquéd and hand quilted with circles among them.

This is an original design.

35" square ... various pinks and greens for the blossoms and leaves, as well as the sawtooth border. Machine pieced, hand appliquéd and hand quilted with a radiating pattern from the center out.

20" x 40" ... tea dyed muslin background with blue flowers and a scalloped inner border. Hand appliquéd and hand quilted with a cross-hatch design.

This is an original design.

42" x 57" ... an American flag hanging with pinwheels on either side, prairie points along the bottom. Hand pieced, hand appliquéd, and hand quilted.

20" x 17" ... scrappy tan background with a blue angel and flower hand appliquéd to the center. Machine pieced and hand quilted.

26" x 40" ... diamonds in various shades of blue from very light down to very dark, on black background. No two are alike. Machine pieced and hand quilted with variagated blue thread to accentuate the diamond shape.

This is an original design.

50" square ... jewel toned flowers on a white background with a scalloped edged border. Hand pieced, hand appliquéd, and hand quilted.

21" x 32" ... variation on tumbling blocks, an optical illusion to create a 3-d effect. Hand pieced and hand quilted.

29" square ... scrappy blue triangles on white background to make a center star. Machine pieced and hand quilted.

22" square ... from the Thimbleberries Housewarming book, machine pieced with hand appliquéd flowers. Hand quilted.

21" x 24" ... various reds on a tea-dyed background, hand appliquéd and hand quited with variagated thread.

This is an original design.

27" square ... 4 Old Maid's Puzzle blocks put together to create a star pattern in the middle. Place on point with white background. Machine pieced and hand quilted with pink thread.

48" square ... floral print in the border and in the center fan, with co-ordinating blossoms in each corner. Machine pieced, hand appliquéd, and hand quilted.

49" square ... country colored Sisters Choice blocks on scrappy tan backgrounds, flowers around the border. Machine pieced, hand appliquéd, hand quilted with variagated thread.

24" square ... all different reds and neutrals. 8 is usually considered the lucky number in chinese, but the number 9 is as well, since the word for 9 sounds like the word for "long lasting". Yin is the dark side, Yang is the light, with a bit of each in the other. Hand appliquéd and hand quilted.

This is an original design.

46 x 41" ... Made from the North Wind block, the first block made was the red one, then it morphed into purple, then to blue, so it is thusly named basically because it DID. Machine pieced and hand quilted.