Relay for Life Quilts I have made and donated.

 "Hunting for the Cure"  2012 Relay for Life quilt

 The first quilt I made and donated to the Relay for Life, 2010.

Relay for Life quilt for 2011 raffled off at the Celebration of life.  Made this one myself.  Called "Day and Night, We Continue to Fight"

Quilting for others

These are a few quilts I quilted for Terry Turnage.  She makes beautiful quilts.  She is a quilting sister in our Possum Town Quilters Guild in Columbus, Ms. A very talented lady.

Well this is the competed project "Lanita Slaying Her Dragon, Cancer"   My hope is that it gets accepted into the Challenge and hung in the show.  If you get a close up view, you can see the dimensional effect I attempted in this quit. 02/16/2012.    This wall hanging quilt was made to honor our daughter, Lanita, who has been battling a Glioblastoma, the most deadly kind of brain cancer, for 2 years.  It depicts her bravery, strength, courage and her faith in God during the taming and slaying of her Dragon, Cancer.  And as always, her Guardian Angel watching and caring for her in her most trying times.

Art quilt pictures # 8

I have now started doing some embellishments.  Am still unsure about this necklace I have put on her.  It seems too large.  What do you think?

A few Sarowski Crystals scattered on the dress

Flowers put on the bushes to the left.

White roses to the bush on the right.

Notice the bird nesting in the window sill.

The Angel watching over her as she slays her dragon cancer.

Art quilt pics #7

I have decided, since this is a wall hanging, it should have mitered borders, which will make it look like a picture frame.  My first border I selected is black.  It will draw your eyes directly to the quilt center, just my opinion.  The second border is one of the challenge fabrics and is used in the quilt also.  I fussy cut this border and made sure the border was facing the same way around the quilt.  The third border was selected to give the quilt an elegant look.

One corner of the mitered border.  The way I do mitered borders is to sew the border strips together and then cut and sew corners together.









Below is a picture of the borders being quilted.  I started on the top border only, then the left side of the border, the body of the quilt, then the right border.  I did it in this order as I  completed the quilting, except for a portion which I will quilt by hand.

Above:  The Temple is almost complete, added the flying birds and the bird in a nest in the window just for amusement.  I will quilt the temple in a small stipple to make it appear as stone.

Am working on Lita and her dragon, Cancer, trying to make it a little dimensional , like the dragon's head is not attached in order to bring it forward and in front of her and his foreleg is also unattached.  This is not easy, but is how I want it so, I am attempting it.

It is coming together.  Have not figured it out yet, but I want a couple of bushes to come out of the picture and flow out over the two inner borders.  This is one that must be planned and done at the same time, so; from here I have a lot of loose ends to bring together.  Also would like to put an angel guarding over her because a real angel of the Lord has watched over her from the time she was diagnosed.

10 Minute Block Video

This is a video of a 10 minute block in the making.  It is a fun, easy, and fast way to make a quilt.  The video was filmed by Terry Turnage, Columbus, Ms, while I was doing a demo for the "Possum Town Quilters Guild" at one of our regular meetings at the art center in Columbus, Ms.  The PTQ is a group of the finest girls in the south, of which I am a member.  Another group of the finest girls in the south is the "Wanna Bee Quilters Group, Vernon, Al., of which I am also a member.  Both group of girls have big hearts and a love for quilting.  I love them all.
I would like to invite everyone to come and join us in our journey of quilting, learning, teaching, and giving.  Oh yes, both groups have charities for which there is an ongoing need, to commit, give, and teaching others to do the same.
If you should have a question about either group, Possums or Bees, make your comments here and I will try to get back to you ASAP.  We are carrying on the tradition of quilting with a little modern twist.