Patti's Quilt

This is a quilt I've just completed for my sister-in-law, Patti Allen, who lives in Iowa. I wanted to make something that might brighten those dreary winter days.

Dale's quilt top

This is a quilt top thaqt I recently finished. It has lots of fall colors and fall-themed fabric. I used two different blocks to create the pattern.

Agne's Quilt

This is a quilt I just finished for a college friend of my son. She is very much into the Gothic Lolita and Cosplay styles. I used cupcake, ice cream, and love bird fabric. I also worked in some pink heart eyelet as well.

JImmy's Quilt

I just finished this Japanese-inspired quilt for my son's best friend. I started with the Kona Bay center panel of Mt. Fuji. I then added panels of complementary fabric with sashing. The quilting includes various Japanese motifs, including the kanji characters for "friendship" and "prosperity." This was a fun quilt to create.

Amy's Garden Quilt

I made this quilt for Amy Ponsetti who is an avid gardener. It has 12 different fruits and vegetables. The design is my own.

Mother/Daughter

Here are Tammy and Taylor Slaubaugh with their Mother/Daughter quilts that I made in honor of Taylor leaving for college at the end of summer. I think they like them!

Tammy and Taylor's Quilts

My friend Tammy is sending her only child, Taylor, off to college in a few months. I have created a set of mother/daughter quilts for them to have as a symbol of their connection. These quilts are cut from the same fabric (cotton batiks), mostly, and use the same pattern. The colors are reversed in the two quilts and the quilting designs are different on each. These quilts are meant to represent the connection of a mother and daughter, the ways they are the same and the ways they are not. I will let them decide who gets which quilt, and I hope they enjoy them. I used the Dream Green batting made from recycled plastic bottles. The quilts can laundered by machines.

I am coming to see quilts as a reflection of life. I have been studying Buddhist teachings for a few years now, and I look at my quilts as the monks look at their mandala sand paintings (mine are not as beautiful). These items are made with great care and a specific purpose, but it is understood that they will also be destroyed at some point. My greatest hope is that my quilts are used until they are only rags.

Table runners for Tammy Slabaugh.

I started with Paula Nadelstern fabric and used batiks in a french braid pattern to complete the design.

Lorinda's quilt is in its new home in Albuquerque.

January 28, 2010: Here is the jewel box quilt that I have made for my daughter's mother-in-law. She lives in New Mexico, so I wanted something that would reflect southwest colors. I have used Bali jewel tone prints with a Mexican folkart border.