Tag Archive | wallhanging
A Life of Service
President’s Day is a good time to reflect on service to others. I have always been proud of my decision to enter public service. My quilt Good Things Are Happening celebrates my service to Fulton County. The quilt gets its name from the slogan my personal commissioner Bill Edwards popularized to make citizens excited about [...]
A Bouquet in Red and White
Just to keep the flower theme going, here is another of my appliqué flower quilts. It is called A Bouquet in Red and White. All of my sorors of Delta Sigma Theta should love this quilt.
2011 “I Believe in Angels” Series is Finished!
I Believe in Angles #20 is the last quilt in the 2011 angel series. Yay!! Mission accomplished! I Believe in Angels #20 measures 30 x 37 inches. The angel is dressed in a multi-colored attic windows robe. The dominant colors of the quilt are red and pink. The quilt is embellished with buttons, charms, inspirational [...]
Queen of Everything
The companion quilt to Queen of Nobody is Queen of Everything. This quilt captures that special giddiness you feel when there is a special man in your life. Or those times in your life when everything just seem to be going right — new job, lost weight, cancer free, new car, new house, etc. You [...]
I Believe in Angels #19
I believe that I am surrounded by all types of angels who whisper in my ear when the time is right. I like to keep lots of angels in my studio as well as share them with others. After sharing the first 10 angels in this series, I am now working on #11-20. You can [...]
Dream Like Crazy
I made Dream Like Crazy in response to a Tri-Guild challenge to make a crazy quilt. Unfortunately, I missed the meeting where it would have competed against other crazy quilts so you are the first to see this quilt. As you know, I have been sorting scraps. This quilt allowed me to use up some of [...]
I Believe in Angels #18
I believe that I am surrounded by all types of angels who whisper in my ear when the time is right. I like to keep lots of angels in my studio as well as share them with others. After sharing the first 10 angels in this series, I am now working on #11-20. You can [...]
Blue Heart
I guess the cold gray days of January have put me in a blue mood. My first quilt of 2012 turns out to be a blue quilt. (I almost never make blue quilts). I had no particular purpose in making this quilt. As with many of my quilts, the fabric speaks to me. I named [...]
Subtle Struggle Toward the Dream #1
This is the weekend we pause to remember the past and to renew our efforts toward a more perfect society. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. got us started. We must finish. Subtle Struggle Toward the Dream #1 is part of a series of quilts that reminds me that the struggle continues.
I Believe in Angels #17
I believe that I am surrounded by all types of angels who whisper in my ear when the time is right. I like to keep lots of angels in my studio as well as share them with others. After sharing the first 10 angels in this series, I am now working on #11-20. You can [...]
