Teal Nights

Finally, a new quilt. Have had this panel sitting around since last summer. Was always going to hand quilt it, but have finally come to the conclusion that hand quilting is next to impossible these days. So, found a neato stitch on my machine, and had way more fun doing that. And my fingers were not screaming by the end of  it.
     I will miss hand quilting. It is by  far the best way to finish off a quilt. But, it's either give up quilting all together, or enjoy the piecing and do it by machine and still get to quilt. I think I'd rather still make up some things by hand, but the smaller stuff. Nothing too overwhelming. Anything with Godzilla like tendencies will feel the wrath of the machine needle.Giving it all up would be so defeatest. How silly would that be? Especially since I have a wall of fabric staring at me, downstairs, in the dungeon. And all of that fabric is  saying: "Piece me, piece me"........who am I to deny that?

Walls and Corners

Music room. Lotsa old stuff here. Far wall needed something on it to give it some warmth and depth. Right now I have the fall grown quilt. Big thing. Bulky. The fabric is really patterned with brown pointsettias...gives a hint of Christmas to come.

I absolutely adore this Sari. Used it in a play, once or twice, as a costume, but then it just sor to of got shoved to the back of the closet. Found a great place for it draped and dropped over the bannister. Now I get to enjoy it all of the time...

This is a very big quilt. Moved some of the heavy furniture so I could finally hang it on the wall. Irish Chain in various reds and creamy buttery yellow. Love the visual effect of the squares.

Mixed media quilts. Batiks on the closer wall, do not match, in any way, the more traditional flying Geese behind the piano. And that's okay by me. Eclectic is way more fun than anything else.

Easter Quilts (commissioned 1999)

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These massive quilts were commissioned by a church in St. Albert, Alberta, June 1999, but never reached the sanctuary walls. I suppose they were a little over the top, designed by an artist, and my job was to make the drawings come to life in 3D. I got a group of friends together to sew pearls jewels all over the panels. It was so fun to be ultra creative, but in the end were a bit too "colourful".

The fabrics used were silks, satins, velvets, draperies, jewels, beadings. In Quilt #2 you can see how large they were......my friend,Linda, is dwarfed by the panel.

I really don't know what the church did with them,in the end. They may still be hanging in storage, but hopefully they got a good home.

Quilt #1 MAGNIFY AND WORSHIP ( 1 John ). Signifies Jesus coming down from the cross. Some people did not like the double arms. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.He was with God in the beginning."

Quilt #2 EVANGELISM (City in Heaven) You can see how large each quilt panel was....Linda had to lie on the face of the quilt to attach beads.

Quilt #3 MINISTRY (Sheaves of wheat) Jesus is preaching, sheaves of wheat, dove above His head symbolizes the Father. "Serve one another in Love."

Quilt #4 WORSHIP ( Cross with draperies) Psalm 150.The purple cloths were attached outside of the cross, to hang down. This is after the resurrection, so people are worship and celebrating that HE lives. "Praise God in his sanctuary, praise him in his mighty heavens."

Quilt #5 DISCIPLESHIP ( Tree of Life) Leaves are falling to the people who kneel beneath the tree of life. Notice the dove.