This memory quilt was assembled using photos printed on a inkjet printer. The surrounding blocks and borders were quilted individually and I did some custom outlining of the photos to balance out the density of the quilting. At first I was nervous quilting within the photos but no longer. The third photo is of the back of the quilt. Quite pretty on it's own.

Christmas Tree Skirt

Here is the Tree Skirt I've been working on the last few days. I did lots of ruler work on the straight lines and used the compuquilter to place motifs in the segments. There are 36 ornaments and 18 Christmas bells in all. Lots of fun!

After the quilt show I had some catching up to do. I thank my customers for patiently waiting while I took care of my own projects. Gwen gave me permission to post pictures of the quilt I just finished for her. It's named "The Peach On the Beach" and is a reminder to the recipients of special things that took place there. The quilt on the machine now is a Christmas Tree skirt and is proving to be lots of fun. With the owner's permission I will post that when it's finished

Second Place Ribbon

I entered two quilts in the local Quilt Show and I'm happy to say I won ribbons for both. For this one I used a pattern from the book "Twist and Turn Bargello" by Eileen Wright.

Third Place Ribbon

Wow! It's been a month since I last posted anything. I've been getting ready to put my quilts in the Penticton Quilters' Guild show, along with finishing quilts for customers to put in the show. I was on the committee assigned to hang the quilts along with working in the boutique selling items made and donated by guild members. I was pretty worn out after all was said and done, and I didn't work nearly as hard as many others. I'm proud to say I (we, Shannon and I) won a 3rd place ribbon for our quilt.

And (drum roll please) here it is!! Originally I named it Funky Geometry, then after deciding how to quilt it, I renamed it The Trouble With Trapezoids. When it was too late to change it again I realized that these shapes are not really trapezoids because to be that they must have 2 parallel sides. Oh well.

The finished top

Here is a photo of the finished top before quilting. Only a white background did justice to the fabulous colors (or black) and we liked the white better.  To begin with I named it "Funky Geometry" but after I started quilting it the name "The Trouble With Trapezoids" came to me. So that's what it's called. It's entered in the Penticton quilt show in one month's time so I'm under the gun to get it finished! I did two different geometric patterns in the borders and I'm doing overlapping trapezoid shapes in the background and the interior of the "blocks". It's truly one of a kind!

Ice Dyed fabrics

Here's a preview of the fabrics we ice dyed before cutting to make blocks. Our inspiration came from the book "Quilting Modern". The hard part is making those first few cuts. I like to just hang the fabrics up and admire them.