Pure Country Quilts- Miscellaneous Quilts

Pure Country Quilts - Miscellaneous Quilts

	Spiral Fire, 50”x50” From Jan Krentz’s book Lone Star and Beyond, this take-off on the traditional lone star quilt was done in ‘fire’ colors in remembrance of the disastrous fire season of the summer of 2000. The machine quilting on this quilt depicts not only flames, but also elk, deer, eagles, Big Horn Sheep, fish, and fire fighters.
	Sparkling Star, 60”x60” This is a Karen Stone ULS (Unusual Lone Star) pattern in which each diamond forming the star points is paper pieced with 5 gradated fabrics and a background. Each diamond is different. The blue setting triangles, blocks, and borders are needle turned appliqué utilizing the ‘Mola’ method of the Cuna Indians of Central America. The quilt was free motion machine quilted.
	Speed Crazy, 60”x 75” I developed a technique that I could use up scrap in my scrap basket and this was the result. It is a fun, easy way to use small scrap and strips of any size and length. Each block will be different and each quilt will look different depending on the quilter’s fabric preference and taste.
	Seminole, 95”x108” I presented a demonstration at a local guild meeting to show the steps in Seminole piecing. After the demonstration, I put the strips into a quilt for my daughter, Suzanne. Private collection of Suzanne Hawk, Hayden, ID.
	Hummingbird, 40”x45” This quilt utilized fusible bias tape to achieve the stained glass look and was free motion machine quilted.
	Country Dresden, 110”x110” The Dresden plates in this quilt were created using the ‘Wedgeworks’ method of Cheryl Phillips. The quilt was then free motion machine quilted, adding trapunto motifs between the plates.
	Friends, 36”x30” Several years ago, my best friend gave me a Christmas card with this image. I kept the card for approximately 10 years before making this quilt as a Christmas gift for that friend. I liked the resulting quilt so well that I made one for myself. My friend told me that she had two of the cards in her packet and saved the 2nd one for herself when she sent mine that Christmas season. This quilt features fusible appliqué and free motion quilting.
	Crazy Cats, 28”x36” each These are two quilts of three done using fusible bias for the stained glass look. One quilt is called Cataccino and the other is Catnip. They are both free motion machine quilted.
	Cheyenne’s Quilt, 60”x72” I made this quilt for my ‘granddog’, Cheyenne. She loved her quilt and would seek it out and using her nose, she would burrow under it to sleep.
	Standing Ground, 55”x55” This was my first attempt at hand layered appliqué using a photo as inspiration. This image is called In his majesty’s Presence and was on a shopping bag and is of a beautiful white buffalo. The Native Americans revere the white buffalo, as only one in about 300 years are born.
	What’s In Nana’s Garden, 36”x36” This hexagonal lone star quilt was made as a table cover for my mother. She grows a garden each summer, and the quilting depicts many things, including dandelions, that one might find in a vegetable garden.
	Lone Star Challenge Quilt, 36”x36” I made this lone star quilt using the challenge fabric for our local quilt show in 1999. The quilt is machine piece and free motion machine quilted and is a table topper.

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