Sunny Iris

Thread painting practice continues...though I am being pulled toward a style of landscape that begs exploration! The neat thing about the thread painting is buying lots of fun threads! :?}

Let Freedom Ring

I made this quilt as a gift to my husband of 4 years to honor him for his service to his country. He served in Vietnam and returned to a country that did not honor that service at that time. The lower inset, bordered with red is commercial fabric printed with the Pledge of Allegiance printed over and over...
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Lindy's Passion

I practically live at the lake in the summer. I go to fish, but that is simply an excuse to be up there, seeing all the animals, taking pictures, swimming. Being out in the woods feeds my soul.  I used photos printed onto fabric, four great batiks, and leather strip fringe.

Titled: Naturally

The Great Outdoors

Trying to 'catch up' with the posting of old and new quilts. The Great Outdoors was originally a round robin, with very few rounds, so I needed to build several more blocks. It took the concentrated time frame of an artist's retreat to work with this jigsaw puzzle and get it to work and play well together!
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Mtn. Majesty transformed to Mystic Mtn.

This is the little UFO quiltlet that gets its PBS debut sometime in 2011 on Quilting Arts TV. Beryl and Pokey had very good suggestions. But as I tried to implement them, the quiltlet just morphed as I worked! It is a totally different feel, and look, but I like it! I am learning so much! Everyone is so helpful on QA.

Iris (in progress)

I am still practicing away at thread painting. I see great improvement every time I try, and watching a few online tutorials didn't hurt either! :?} I recently taught a couple friends the old tried and true watercolor method of quilting. One tried it, made a pretty baby quilt, and will probably never fool with that style again. The other, well, she has the soul of an artist and is off and running! Her first little wall quilt has the watercolor background and then she appliqued grasses and a white iris onto that background. Incredible first quilt!!! So, I HAD to try an iris and see what I could do. Here is that attempt so far. I have more to 'paint' but want to do that as a way to put it on the background, so there is a 1/8 inch trim left visible at this point.