"Summer's
Offering", 27"x 28" Adapted from a Roseville pattern. Hand applique, hand embroidery, hand quilting.
"Summer's
Offering" Detail.
"Rum
Runner" 37"x 40" Inspired by a class taken from Elizabeth Akana. Triple hand applique with trapunto, hand embroidery around motifs, pieced border, hand quilted.
"Rum Runner" Detail.
"Aloha",
74"x90" This quilt was started in an Odessa Quilter's Guild workshop using the book Spectacular
Scraps by Judy Hooworth and Margaret Rolfe, and completed in April, 2002.
Machine quilted by Sheila Brockman.
"Aloha"
Details.
"What
A Complement!", 53"x65" Original design using light and dark
fabrics and the complements of yellow-green and red-violet. Padded appliqué
border with painting, embroidery and beads. Finalist in IQA Judged Show,
Houston, Texas, 1999. Honorable Mention, Dallas Quilt Celebration, Art
Quilts-Professional, Dallas, Texas, 2001. Juried into the 17th National Exhibit
"Through the Needle's Eye," Embroiderers' Guild of America, Newport
News, Virginia, 2002. This quilt was included in the EGA traveling exhibit.
"What
A Complement!" Detail.
"Barcelona",
56"x37" Original Bargello design. Blue ribbon Professional, & Yellow Rose
Award for Piecing,San Angelo Quilt Show 1996. Judge's invitational piece, Quilt Plano
1997. Machine pieced, machine quilted. Previously exhibited in the Margaret
Parshall Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky in a collection of work by EGA certified
teachers and judges. "Barcelona" was included in the EGA National Traveling Exhibit of the 18th National Exhibit.
"Barcelona"
Detail.
"It's
A Jungle Out There", 50"x62" Original design. Constructed entirely
of directional fabrics. Machine pieced, machine quilted. Embellished with wooden animal
figures.
"It's
A Jungle Out There" Detail.
"Transitions",
68"x69" Original design. Juried into IQA Show, Houston, TX, 1997. Dallas Quilt
Celebration, 1998, 3rd Place, Master/Professional. Judges Invitational Piece for the 15th
National Judged Exhibit, Embroiderers' Guild of America, and part of the National Traveling Exhibit. Machine pieced, machine quilted.
"Transitions"
Detail.
"Pinwheel
Patterns", 47"x47" Original design. Machine pieced and hand
quilted.
"Pinwheel
Patterns" Detail.
"Crazy
Obsession", 15"x78" Original crazy quilt design for table runner.
Machine pieced and hand embroidered. Embellished with crochet, knitting, painting,
tatting, lace, buttons, and ribbon. Blue Ribbon, West Texas Quilt Show, San Angelo, Texas,
1992.
"Crazy
Obsession" Detail.
"And God Created....Oil"
Original design. Oval, 35"x38" Second National Juried Quilt Exhibition, Ingram,
Texas. South Central Region EGA Exhibit, San Antonio, Texas, 1992. Hand pieced, hand
quilted, hand embroidery.
"And
God Created....Oil" Detail.
"Travelling
Companion", 58"x58" double wedding ring interpretation. Machine
pieced and hand quilted.
"Travelling
Companion" Detail.
"Stars
of Illusion", 58"x71" Blue ribbon, machine quilting, Marathon
Basin Quilt Show, Marathon, Texas, 1996. Machine pieced and machine quilted.
"Stars
of Illusion" Detail.
"Fun
And Funky Houses", 41"x47" Started in "Liberated
Houses" workshop taught by Gwen Marston. Machine pieced and machine
quilted.
"Fun
And Funky Houses" Detail.
"Blue
Autumn", 29"x 29" A Ruth B. McDowell design. Machine pieced, Machine quilted, hand beading.
"Blue
Autumn" Detail.
"Stavanger
Reflections", 39"x27" Started in Deanna Powell's "Design Your
Own Quilt Block" class. Hand pieced and hand quilted.
"Stavanger
Reflections" Detail.
"Garden
Beauties", 20"x 20" Designed by Gabrielle Swain from her book, Applique in Bloom. Hand applique and hand quilted.
"Garden
Beauties" Detail.
"Maroon
Mirage", 35"x35" Started in Deanna Powell's "A Patchwork
Story" class. Hand pieced and hand quilted.
"Maroon
Mirage" Detail.
