This is a picture of a chatelaine that Linda Bishop made.  It's from instructions that I wrote.  I'm hoping to write a pattern for it some day.

This is Linda showing off a beautiful quilt she made that is hanging in the post shoppe in Thames, New Zealand where she is the manager.  

Here is a photo of a fabulous quilt that she hand quilted.  It has the chatelaine draped over the top of the hoop.  Very talented lady!

 This is a technique from a book called

 Fabric Collage Quilts by Joanne Goldstein.

This piece is still being worked on and probably will be for a very long time..  It's an updated Broderie Perse technique using fusible applique and then adding hand embellishment with floss, perle cotton, buttons, beads, etc.  

The stems and bow are done with Bias Bars. 

For some reason people are terrified of trying this.  It is wonderfully easy and so much fun!

 These are some closeups of the collage bouquet.  I've added some silk ribbon embroidery to the bow and a few glass beads. 

Flowers and leaves were button hole stitched.  Some flowers have pearl beads, bugle beads, french knots, etc. for embellishment. 

The lilies have double bullion knots for the pistols and french knots for the stamen.  At least I think that's what the flower parts are.  :-)  This technique is tons of fun.  I hope you'll give it a try!

There is still a lot of work to be done but I'll have to do that later.  

The beginner class I used to teach uses the book Basic Guide To Rotary Cut Quilts by Fons and Porter.  It is a great book for anyone to add to their library.  You can teach yourself to quilt by using this book!

YES!!  The students actually completed this wall hanging in class!

This is my class sample.  The fabric line is Thimbleberries by Lynette Jensen for RJR.

This is the quilt I made for my niece Leigh as a wedding gift.  I used a combination of Hoffman and Thimbleberries fabrics.  No particular pattern.  I just made it up as I went along.  That's my bad nephew JJ on the left.  Dear niece Cherish is standing behind the quilt. 

Another class sample.  This one is from Easy Strip Pieced Tulips by Eleanor Burns.  It's in the Quilt In A Day series.  The only thing I did differently was to make my tulips all alike instead of having 3 different colors of tulips.  

I'll bet you're wondering why I don't come up with my own patterns for class aren't you?  Well, the answer is simple.  My time is very limited....these designers have already made these wonderful patterns available and my classes help sell their books and patterns.  It is a requirement for students to purchase the book/pattern we are using in my classes so the designer benefits from the class also.    

This quilt was made by Judy DeMeire from blocks she received in Round I of Millennium Time in a Bottle.  Beautiful!

This block was originally designed by Debbie Kauffunger and is traditional pieced pattern.  Debbie gave me permission to do a paper piecing translation of her pattern.  You might call this block...the block heard around the world....as its popularity in swaps is unbelievable!

This are pictures of a quilt made by Lucienne Spalding with blocks from a birdhouse swap I hosted.  

This is a block I made for Sandra Wucher's Critter Swap.  The theme for this round was Farm Critters.  This design came from the Chanteclaire pattern.

This beautiful quilt on the right is the creation of my dear friend, Toni Carringer.  She was in Round I of Millennium Time in a Bottle and this is how she used her blocks!  Absolutely stunning!

Another class sample.  This pattern is the Faux Log Cabin by Billie Lauder.  She gave me permission to teach her pattern in a class.

 This quilt is *tremendous* and is made entirely of greens and creams from the Thimbleberries Collection by Lynette Jensen for RJR.  This picture almost looks like a drawing, but this is the real quilt top!  

I'm thinking about adding applique vines and leaves to the neutral areas.  What do you think?

My Stack-n-Whack quilt made from the Moda Lighthouse fabric.  Thanks to Bethany Reynolds for creating such a great idea!

This is the very first Round Robin I participated in.  I made the center block from a pattern by Piecemakers.  My friend Myrlene Pertuit added the checkerboard with heart corner round.  Martha Roach added the next round and Auline Dunn  added the final round.  Don't you just love her Bluebirds of Happiness?   Christi Cook handquilted it for me.  It hangs over the love seat in my family room.  This quilt is a treasure to me. 

This is the second Round Robin I joined.  Again I made the center block.  Jan Stogner added the round with the Snowman, Angel (carrying a cat of course!), Mary Toups added the round with houses and trees and Martha Roach added the final round.  I haven't finished this one yet but you can be sure it will have a place of honor in my home!

This is a block I made for a recent Twenty Plenty swap I joined.  I represented the USA and because I'm from Alabama (home of Mardi Gras) and live in south Louisiana (Mardi Gras Maniacs!), I thought this was an appropriate design.  I drew the mask and fused it down.  I then stitched bias tape for stained glass effect.  The feathers on top are done with a decorative stitch on my machine.  

A great applique vest made by Judy Pallett

Gorgeous angel made by Judy Pallett (our good friend in Canada) for her sister.  

Wonderful Stack-n-Slash quilt made by Linda Bishop...our dear friend from New Zealand.

A cute Halloween tote bag made by Judy Pallett.  The next picture is of 2 puppets she made to go with the tote.

This is a really pretty crazy quilted Bunny made by Judy Pallett.

This is a picture of Judy's grandbabies all tucked in her bed under a gorgeous quilt.

Do you have a picture you'd like 

to see in this space?