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“The Lilac” by Julie Berry. Art Quilt. From a Jamboree Class with Donna Greenwald. 
“Lilacs – A Symbol of Renewal” by Margaret Vodicka. Art Quilt. From Donna Greenwald’s Jamboree class – Confetti Technique. This technique uses fabric that has been backed with “Mistyfuse”, chopped up into tiny, tiny pieces and then scattered around to create a confetti-like effect. 
“The Oak Tree” by Julie Berry. Art Quilt. Created from a photo and is enhanced with thread painting and fusible applique. 
“Plastic Tide” by Margaret Vodicka. Art Quilt. Demonstrates the effect of plastics in our waterways and oceans. Tropical spot created with rough-edged applique and overlaid see-through vinyl with plastic and sign. 
“Frog and Dragonfly Mandala” by Margaret Vodicka. Art Quilt. Using Susan Carlson’s book ‘Serendipity Quilts’ as my guild, I used fabric collage technique with tulle overlay and thread painting. This was donated to benefit Malakoff Diggins State Park. 
“Aloft” by Trish Morris-Plise. Art Quilt. Computer Altered photograph of rigging in a tall ship. The image was printed on cotton fabric and lines were enhanced with black permanent marker. Quilted with monofilament thread. 
“Tahiti Menu” by Lynda Lasich. Art Quilt. inspired by a saved menu. On August 18, 1940, Lillian Fitzgerald sat at the Captain’s table aboard the S. S. Monterey, cruising the Pacific Ocean to Tahiti. She saved the dinner menu that had a line sketch on the cover that I used for inspiration. It was such a momentous occasion that everyone at the table autographed her menu on the back. The menu is included in a pocket on the back of the quilt. While working on the quilt, I was afraid that the menu would be lost as it floated from one table top to another, so I put it in a “safe place.” Months later when I completed the quilt, that “safe place” couldn’t be found. Days were spent looking for it. While making facial masks, the menu was found at the bottom of the Australian fabrics. 
“Steampunk Air Race” by Lynda Lasich. Art quilt. This was a Mtn Art Quilters’ challenge that took me out of my box. The background is pieced while the balloons are applique and/or attached by velcro. There are clock and watch parts, bottle caps, embossed metals, copper and fabric netting, vintage pins, beads, leather strapping, foam rubber and half a small water bottle. 
“Colorful Flower” by Bonnie Lattin-Hensel. Art Quilt. I love color! I bought this panel and added the borders and beads. It was a delight to work on. I have never done bead work on a quilt before. I think it adds something to the quilt. 
“Sunflower Quilt” by Lanie Nepper. Art Quilt. It is the third quilt I ever made. I took a class at Whistle Stop in 2016 and loved the class, loved the finished quilt, but quickly realized I didn’t like working with appliqué. 
“A Pair of Pelicans” by Sandra Bruce. Art Quilt. Made with commercial fabrics, with ProFab paint applied on top and quilted on my Bernina. I’ve been wanting to try painting on top of my Matrix squares to see how it goes…it’s a little trying to get the paint into the seams with the brush. But I’m happy with the result. I think pelicans are fascinating creatures! 
“Purple Fantasy Forest” by Sue Marshall. Art Quilt. Done as a challenge for Mountain Art Quilters. 
“Before the written word, mankind communicated through cave art” by Karla Rogers. Art Quilt. It was created using a reverse applique technique learned in a class taught by Charlotte Patera. It tells the story of my son, his goat, Nana (she loved owls) and their mutual love of music! 
“Hope” by Joan Mosley. Art Quilt. This is a little wall hanging I created out of some samples I made in Cathy Stone’s art quilting class , a few years ago. I found them in a box last fall and had fun re-working them into this quilt. 
“Just Breathe” by Karla Rogers. Art Quilt. Created with the 42 hand dyed fabrics I dyed in a class by our Ginny Lee. It is embellished with french knots, sequins, beads and embroidery stitches. I machine quilted it using a pattern that resembles a spirometer graph. Breathe in, breathe out. 
“Elephant Collage” by Dyann Castro-Wehr. Art Quilt. From a Jane Haworth workshop. 
“Colorful Patchwork” by Millie Folda. Traditional – Pieced. Quilted by Sun Forest Quilts. From a magazine and inspired by all the colors and using a color wheel for inspiration. 
“Montana Grizzlies” by Millie Folda. Traditional – Pieced. Quilted by Precision Quilt Works. Pattern is “The Big EZ”. 
“Hudson’s June Lake Quilt” by Laura Waag. Traditional – Machine Appliqued. Honors an annual fishing trip; a 40 year tradition. Center shows the family silhouetted in front of Carson Peak. Nautical flags spell Hudson Pitney. Trout is actual size representation of Laura’s biggest catch. 
“Mason’s Space Quilt” by Laura Waag. Traditional – Machine Appliqued. Represents my family’s involvement with the space industry, given a feminine feel for grandniece Mason. Center panel depicts the SpaceX rocket BFR. Lunar module and satellite depict spacecraft my Dad worked on for NASA in the 60s. 
“Morgan’s Bird Quilt” by Laura Waag. Traditional – Machine Appliqued. Made for a child who loves birds and flowers. 
“Sierra Valley Feed Sacks Quilt” by Susan Hopkins. Traditional – Pieced. Hand Quilted by The Hand Quilters. The fabrics are from the 1940s feed sacks from Sierra Valley in Northern California. The simple ‘four patch’ pattern was chosen to fit the time frame of the fabrics. The traditional hand quilting was done around a quilt frame. 
“Yellow Brick Road” by Bonnie Lattin-Hensel. Traditional Pieced. Quilted by Precision Quiltworks. I bought this quilt kit on a trip thru Alaska. There were many shops with gorgeous beautiful batiks. I bought several batik fabrics which I have used. I love them. 
“Batik Basketweave” by Jeanne Rupp. Traditional – Pieced. Hand Quilted by Jeanne. 
“Still Crazy After all These Years” by Karle deProsse. I started this in a workshop taught by Bonnie Lattin-Hensel to my mini-group, Rising Stars. Traditional – Pieced. I used 144 of the decorative stitches on my sewing machine between the crazy squares and still didn’t use them all! This quilt is for me for the cold evenings curled up on the couch. 
“Confetti Quilt” by Lanie Nepper. Traditional – Pieced. It was supposed to be entered in the quilt show in 2017 with my mini group, but I hated the configuration, so it went in my UFO pile. This March I took it apart and reassembled the squares in a different pattern. I love it now. 
“Birds of a Feather” by Sandra Bruce. Traditional – Pieced. Made from a pattern by Jean-Sophie Wood. A long arm customer made this quilt and brought it to me, and I wanted to make one myself. The blocks are very fun to make, especially varying the legs and bird colors, and I enjoyed the positioning of the blocks on my design wall. Quilted on my longarm. 
“Creamsicle Quilt ” by Margaret Boothby. Traditional – Pieced. Quilted by Precision Quiltworks. This scrap quilt was made for my granddaughter and husband and named for the yummy background color. 
“Sea Glass” by Margaret Boothby. Traditional – Pieced. Quilted by Precision Quiltworks. Made for a graduating highschooler who requested ocean colors. Pattern is from Pat Fryer, Villa Rosa Designs. 
“Love’s Garden” by Margaret Boothby. Traditional – Whole Cloth. Hand Quilted by Margaret. This is the first of two whole cloth quilts I’m making for my daughters as “legacy quilts”. The quilting took a year and three months. Only one more to go!! 
“Breaking Free” by Holly Miner. Traditional – Pieced. Modern Quilt. 
“Calm Water” by Holly Miner. Traditional – Pieced. Quilted by Susie Hardy Designs. 
“Flying Geese Migration” by Fran Erickson. This was from a class with Cyndy Brunz. It was a huge challenge as I hadn’t quilted in years when I came back to do that class. 
“Aussie Celebration” by Joy Waggener. Traditional – Pieced. This was a fun “use up that old Australian fabric” project begun last summer and finished in the fall. The pattern is Villa Rosa Designs “Celebration”. It now hangs at Nevada County Children’s Behavioral Health, brightening the formerly drab office of a therapist. 
“Rainbow Storm at Sea” by Joy Waggener. Traditional – Pieced. I made this old favorite pattern using Marti Michell templates, which enabled it to go together very efficiently. The owner has been my sister’s primary caregiver for the last two years, but is studying to be a meteorologist, hence the “weather” references. The side note is that I put a Storm at Sea quilt in Pine Tree Quilt Guild’s very first quilt show, but it was a child’s nautical version made before rotary cutters were available. How things have changed! 
“Grandmother’s Victory” by Rita Behr. Traditional – Pieced. Two matching throw pillows were also made. It has wool batting and is warm in the winter. Machine pieced and machine quilted. 
“Shark Crazy” by Paulette Snyders. Traditional – Pieced. Quilted by Barbara Ceresa. Shark Logo appliqué in the center. Has hockey players and hockey terms in the quilting.
Grandson is hockey player for Jr San Jose Sharks and has always been Sharks fan. Christmas gift when he was 7.
“Sew by Row Quilting Essentials” by Stephanie Petrick. Traditional – Pieced. It’s from a quilt kit. It’s Lori Holt’s design, Sew by Row quilt pattern. When I saw this quilt, I just had to make one for my quilt room. 
“Quilter’s Inspiration” by Stephanie Petrick. Traditional – Pieced. I made this a couple of years ago with Kaffe Fassett fabrics. I had cut out all the fabric before joining a friend for a girl’s weekend of quilting. After making several blocks, I had some major misgivings about my fabric choice for this pattern. My friend encouraged me to continue so I took a leap of faith and followed her advice. I was so surprised to discover after the quilt was finished that I LOVED it. There’s so much going on with all the bright colors, but the little bit of white fabric throughout gives it enough breaks that somehow it works. At least, it does for me. I have it hanging on the wall beside my sewing machine. It’s a reminder to me how creative and surprising the quilting process truly is. 
“Lime Green Delight” by Stephanie Petrick. Traditional – Pieced. Sue Miller had asked me to quilt a top she made for Nevada Union High school. I loved the pattern so much I made one for me with fabric I had been holding onto waiting for the perfect pattern. 
“Kaleidoscope” by Nancyan Tracy. Traditional – Pieced. Birthday quilt for oldest son. Home Workshop class by Jan Soul. 
“Whatever” by Nancyan Tracy. Traditional – Pieced. This is a Whatever quilt made from whatever I have. One of many. 
“Missouri Star” by Nancyan Tracy. Traditional – Pieced. Missouri Star tutorial sewn in straight rows two cuts and seamed together and everything on point. 
“Fractured Star” by Nancyan Tracy. Traditional – Pieced. 
“Sunshine” by Ruth Bertaccini and daughter Jenny Hamrick. Traditional – Pieced. Quilted by Barbara Ceresa. This was a quilting lesson and mother-daughter collaboration. 
“Nana’s Garden” by Sharon Kreiss. Traditional – Embroidered. Quilted by Susie Hardy Designs. Finally finished this quilt that I started several years ago froma great beginning embroidery class taught by Sally Monestier. 
“Summer Picnic” by Sharon Kreiss. Traditional – Pieced. I made this from the class taught by Cynthia Brunz last year called “Geese Migration”. 
“Sun and Stars” by Sharon Kreiss. Traditional – Pieced. Quilted by Susie Hardy Designs. This design is called a “Disappearing Hourglass”. The blocks are sewn together and then cut apart and re-sewn back together again and arranged in several different ways. 
“Big Dream Panel” by Sue Marshall. Traditional – WholeCloth. Practice for feathers. Used 4 different threads. 
“Dream Quilt” by Lorna Straka. Traditional – Pieced. Quilted by Sandra Bruce. It took me over a year & a half to make. About 9 months I didn’t touch it though.
I used only scraps of fabric. Many pieces came from Country Stores. Maybe you will recognize some of your fabric.
“Bed Quilt” by Patty Biasca. Traditional – Pieced. Quilted by Elaine Beattie. I loved this quilt; it was the first queen size quilt I made after I started quilting after a 25-year hiatus. Unfortunately, a thief thought it was a good throw to put stolen goods in and it disappeared from my life in 2013. 
“Bob’s quilt” by Patty Biasca. Traditional – Pieced. Quilted by Elaine Beattie. This bargello queen size quilt was fun to make. I’m happy to report that by following the directions row by row (really column by column) – all 49 of them – I never messed up or got lost. 
“Entry” by Patty Biasca. Traditional – Appliqued. Quilted by Elaine Beattie. I took a class with Laura Nownes in which we all made this quilt pattern of hers. I was very pleased with how it turned out, but have not done applique again! 
“Wall Quilt” by Patty Biasca. Traditional – Pieced. I took the basic butterfly from a quilt pattern and added the sashing and border of 7/8-inch diamonds – which involved some higher math to make the diamonds match the dimensions of the squares. I just finished a queen size quilt of this same pattern for my sister – without the fancy sashing! 
“Princess Dreams” by Paulette Snyders. Traditional – Panel. Quilted by Barbara Ceresa. My grand niece (4 years old) is a Disney “princess”. Her favorite clothes are the princess dresses my sister makes for her. (Beauty and Beast 4th birthday with her twin brother). 
“Stay at Home Squares”by Laura Windus. Traditional – Pieced. This is a small lap quilt I made from squares I made the first week of stay at home. I sewed them to a blanket I already had. 
“Attic Window” by Laura Windus. Traditional – Pieced. Attic Window made from a panel. 
“Mystery Quilt” by Sophia Day. Traditional – Pieced. Quilted by Precision Quiltworks. This was the 2019 mystery quilt that I finally finished. 
“Baby Quilt 1” by Lillian Glaeser. Traditional – Pieced. 
“Baby Quilt 2” by Lillian Glaeser. Traditional – Pieced. 
“Baby Quilt 3” by Lillian Glaeser. Traditional – Pieced. 
“Baby Quilt 4” by Lillian Glaeser. Traditional – Pieced. 
“Fairy” by Lillian Glaeser. Traditional – Pieced. Quilted by Precision Quiltworks. Made for my daughter’s birthday. 
“First Star” by Lillian Glaeser. Traditional – Pieced. Made from a kit from Jordan Fabric. 
“Stash Quilt” by Lillian Glaeser. Quilted by Precision Quiltworks. Traditional – Pieced. Made from my stash. 
“Karle’s Owl” by Anne Padget. Traditional – Pieced. 
“Healing Hearts” by Deb Wilson. Traditional – Pieced. I saw the tube video from Jordan Fabrics in Oregon. I was making to hang in my hall but is was to big so I am donating it to Sutter for breast cancer event. It uses grunge back ground and I cut the 21/2 myself. Backing and strips are Kaffe fabric. 
“Rainbow Connection” by Ruth Bertaccini and Maggie Hamrick. Traditional – Pieced. A mother-daughter collaboration 
“Hugs and Kisses for Lyndsay and Lee” by Ruth Bertaccini. Traditional – Pieced. I put fleece on the back for them to cuddle under in their new home. 
“Baby Quilt” by Judy Hamilton. Traditional – Pieced. Made for a young friend who is shortly going to have a baby. 
“Heart Quilt” by Judy Hamilton. Traditional – Pieced. This was made for a friend of mine – my oldest friend from high school. 
“President’s Quilt” by Lorna Straka. It was going to be a “Gypsy Wife” quilt but I went in a different direction with the 40 President’s blocks presented to me. 
“College Quilt” by Fran Erickson. (It’s flashing because it’s a .gif file). Traditional – Pieced. This is a single, extra long for college beds. I made it out of scraps after I did the Flying Geese Migration. I love making a quilt from scraps. Makes me feel virtuous. 
“Granddaughter’s Quilt” by Fran Erickson. Traditional Pieced. Queen size for my Granddaughter. 
“Baskets, Blooms and Birds” by Susan Mincks. Traditional – Pieced. Made from a block of the month from Piecing from the Past Quilts. My sister, Linda Anderson from Everson, WA, quilted it. This quilt reminds me of spring with birds and flowers. 
Michaele King. Art Quilt. This is a wall hanging I made from a photo I saw on pinterest. I like the texture with the buttons. 
Michaele King. Traditional Pieced. I got this wall hanging pattern from a quilt book. I had marked the page and finally finished it. It was fun to make. 
Michaele King. Traditional Pieced. This is from a pattern I got from Villa Rosa Designs. They had a kit but I wanted to make it bigger. I was afraid to quilt it myself but after months of fretting, I took the leap. I liked the outcome. Not as beautiful as some, but it worked for me.