Using appliqué designs by Elly Sienkiewicz, I wanted to do a quilt with black background.  Caution: dark fabric is hard on the eyes if appliqué is the technique.  Appliqué brings joy to my heart as the design appears and comes of life.  The baskets were tedious but ¼-inch bias tape trimmed down to 1/8-inch fit the scale perfectly.  Hand-pieced.  Hand-appliquéd.  Hand-quilted. 

50” x 50”

This quilt began as a class project.  When class was cancelled at block 2, I finished on my own.  The name is "Lemonade" because that is what you make with lemons (problems).  I worked through so many problems (actually learning experiences) and finished in 3 years.  Machine-pieced.  Hand-appliquéd.  Hand-quilted.  Lori Smith's pattern. 

48” x 48”

The small blocks, "Kuspuk Kate and Parka Pete," were designed by Jean Campbell of Anchorage. I picked them up over several years.  The "Alaska Kuspuk Kids Blanket Toss" was designed and sold by Willow-She-Mon-Sun Homemakers of Willow, Alaska.  This quilt was fun to make, and I have a half dozen rejected kids hanging around my sewing room.  Machine-pieced.  Hand-appliquéd.  Hand-quilted. 

59” x 57”

When I visit my daughter, on our drives to town we pass a house that often has roosters and chickens in the yard.  We always look for them because they are so beautiful, and one day we even stopped and took pictures.  On my way back home to Terry, Montana, I stopped at a quilt shop in Billings, and there on the wall was the "Radical Roosters" quilt.  I fell in love at once with the roosters and bought all the patterns. I also knew it was my "Moring Call" quilt.  Machine-pieced.  Machine-appliquéd.  Machine-quilted.  "Radical Roosters" by Florine Johnson. 

58” x 70”