Climbing Lanterns

I made this quilt for grand niece Emma Joy Stevenson, born March 7, 2011. Her mother Tami (my niece) picked out the pattern and asked for muted tones of cream, tan, sage, and butter yellow. The quilt will hang above her crib and was designed to coordinate with a Classic Winnie the Pooh crib set.
The quilt was machine pieced, appliqued, and quilted.

A close-up of the lanterns and the quilting. Each lantern was stuffed lightly with polyester fiberfill and then appliqued on with gold metallic thread.

I used a sashiko inspired pattern for quilting.

Emma's quilt now hangs at end of her loft bed.

Garden Brick Wall

I made this quilt for Hugs and Stitches to be donated to Community Pregnancy Center/Real Options. My church gave a baby shower for this group and I donated 2 quilts.

I machine pieced the quilt and Janie Wiens long-arm quilted it for me.

Close-up of the quilting.

Cosmati Rings at Twilight

I paper-pieced this quilt in April 2009 after attending a guild class taught by Norah McMeeking. I then machine and hand-quilted it in January/February 2011 in order to enter it in the Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association quilt show. All fabrics are beautiful batiks. The quilt used a pattern from Bella Bella Quilts by Norah McMeeking.

My quilt hanging at the Santa Clara Valley Quilt Association quilt show on March 5, 2011.

Close-up views of the center rings.

Close-up of the quilting.

I quilted in the ditch around the rings, points, and flying geese. I free-motioned machine quilted in the rings and border. I hand-quilted the center circle and corners.
All quilting motifs were my original designs.