Leaves, Trees & Flowers Quilt Contest

It describes the past summer where I would work away on my quilt wherever my children were playing. I would haul it outside on the deck as they played in the dirt, in the car on road trips, and up to the farm on those rainy days.
I always find summers just seem to disappear in the blink of an eye

Quilt size: width: 64" height: 64"

It’s a swap mini for autumn so I decided to do a leaf but couldn’t find a leaf block that I liked so I made up my own leaf, I would probably leave the blues out of the patch half now, but I really like the feel of the baby corduroy half. I tried out a lot of new techniques making it.

Quilt size: width: 17.5" height: 23.5"

This was an experiment with the traditional Maple Leaf block, rotating it to evoke a sense of scattered leaves across the quilt top. The quilt was published in Australian Patchwork and Quilting under the title of Autumn Greetings in Vol 21 No 3

Quilt size: width: 51.5" height: 59"

Original design. Inspired by gazing at the sky through the autumn tree tops.

Quilt size: width: 20" height: 20"

This is a quilt I made for a Denyse Schmidt Doll Quilt Swap. It is a compilation of two quilt blocks from “my whimsical quilt garden” by Piece O’ Cake Designs. It was fun making it and I really like how it turned out. My swap partner was thrilled to get it.

Quilt size: width: 22" height: 14"

I have never done a Dresden quilt before and wanted to see if I could do it.

Quilt size: width: 40" height: 50"

I wanted to make this a charm quilt, but I am new and since I used some of the same fabrics in the border, it is a only a “scrap quilt”. The pattern is from Maple Leaf Quilts, by Ilene Bartos. I hang this on my living-room wall during the fall months and love the bright colors and fabric variety.

Quilt size: width: 54.5" height: 61"

This quilt was a free pattern in Quick Quilts October/November 2008. I used oranges, browns, greens, purples and yellows in batiks. The background is yellow microdots. It’s my favorite!

Quilt size: width: 81" height: 89"

After giving up on quilting for several years, I went to an art quilt show and was inspired to try again. This was the second quilt after I came back to quilting, and one of my favorites.

Quilt size: width: 60" height: 37"

This was to be an inspirational birthday gift for a young sewer to copy but I decided at 9 years it was a bit beyond her yet, so made her a simpler one using traditional blocks instead. Now I have a cushion with no home!

Quilt size: width: 19" height: 19"

This is an entirely hand pieced and hand quilted grandmother’s flower garden quilt with original border designs. I pieced the quilt and after discouraged in quilting it, it sat in a closet for a few years. A friend, Cheryl Jaixon, decided to finish quilting it. It took her 2 years.

Quilt size: width: 118" height: 110"

This quilt is named after my honored friend: Gerda V. who passed on 6/4/12. We were using a Lori Smith applique pattern, stashbusting & no more that 18×20. I tea-dyed my muslin for 1st time. Handquilted the oakleaves & acorns w/1/8″ stitch. I finished it in Her Honor after she passed as tribute. TY.

Quilt size: width: 16" height: 18"

Made of old rests of different fabrics, sewed by hand, handquilted.

Quilt size: width: 17" height: 11"

This is a replica of Jane Austen’s coverlet. I make this quilt with passion and I need one year (each day and 1500 hours). I love Jane Austen and when I began the patchwork it’s a revelation. Each diamond is a flower.

Quilt size: width: 94" height: 112"

When I was young, my mum played a song called Lemon Tree, and I loved it. I would sing it over and over. I decided to make a tree quilt pattern based on the song. This little quilt was auctioned for Japan Quake Relief and now lives in Australia with my best Aussie mate, Jenny.

Quilt size: width: 14" height: 19"

This table runner is made from my scrap box. I had seen a similar block in a 9″ in a magazine a few years ago. I adjusted the size to 12″. This was my first attempt at HSTs. Not perfect, but it works well for our huge trestle table.

Quilt size: width: 17" height: 52"

Un grupo de amigas hicimos un intercambio, en el que el motivo principal era el otoño, yo hice este pequeño quilt
para Marieta.

A group of friends we made Me an exchange, in which the principal motive was the autumn, I did this small quilt for Marieta

Quilt size: width: 15" height: 15"

my love of autumn fabrics and a book called “a month of sundays” prompted me to make this october wallhanging. i made it about 15 years ago and i like it as much today as i did then. in fact, i made 3 of them and gifted the other 2!

Quilt size: width: 24" height: 24"

This is made in my favorite way of making quilt tops, the jelly roll race style, enlarged to fit a queen bed. I quilted it using the motif of leaves and stems across the entire quilt. This was my third large quilt that I’ve done on my longarm. I was happy with the quilting motif! Pillows match!

Quilt size: width: 80" height: 82"

I made this quilt for a special exhibit of my local quilting group, several years ago. We had a floral theme and my quilt is named “Spring-Aviv.” Aviv is the Hebrew word for Spring. I made it to brighten up a certain wall space in my home. All the applique is three dimensional, Timtex filled.

Quilt size: width: 41" height: 40"

When I saw this pattern in Quiltmaker magazine, I knew I had to make it. I love batiks and paper piecing. I grew up in the Pine Tree State. This is my quilt. In the winter months, it hangs in our living room.

Quilt size: width: 26" height: 38"