Gallery

Here are some of the quilts I have made over the years! Each one has been an opportunity to design, stitch and create something that gave me joy. Challenges became opportunities to be innovative. Completion brought the satisfaction of creating something with my hands!

Click on the links below to view more about the styles I have explored.

Machine Quilting Applique Hand Quilting

Mariner’s Compass baby quilt with free-motion quilting

A Bevy of Baby Quilts!

Baby quilt with transportation fabric and central motif and borders done with free-motion quilting.

Baby quilt made with licensed character Dumbo fabric and coordinating colors

Hawaii Beauty, 2023

Based on the New York Beauty block, made with foundation piecing in the colors of royal purple orchids and the foliage of Hawaii

Chrome Rhino in Color, 2022

Raw-edge applique done in motifs similar to a coloring book page are surrounded by free motion quilting

Arizona Canyons, 2022

Diamonds in the hues of Sedona’s red rocks and Arizona’s state gemstone, turquoise, border each large square containing the colors of Antelope Canyon.

Saguaro at Sunrise, 2023

Mini quilt, 12 inches square, done in raw-edge applique and free motion quilting

Baby quilt in pastel colors

Baby quilt for Yamini, 2021

Solid pastel blocks provide a canvas for intense free motion quilting in each square, tied together by the bright floral borders

Sagrada Familia Spectrum, 2021

The spectrum of colors from the stained glass windows of the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain are captured in the Pioneer Braid pattern

Tropical flowers quilt in attic windows pattern

Tropical Flowers, 2020

Bright tropical prints are set in the Attic Windows block on point to give a 3D effect

Watercolor quilt designed by Deanna Spingola
Coat of arms quilt for University of Ottawa Medical School

Watercolor Quilt (designed by Deanna Spingola), 2001

Fabrics were selected for their color and value to create the blended, smudgy look of watercolor paints

Hand appliqued album quilt with hand-quilting

Album Quilt, 1989

Hand appliqued flowers and hand quilted motifs fill this album quilt

Bear paw quilt with hand-quilting

Bear Paw Quilt, 1991

Machine-pieced and hand quilted

Isometric perspective quilted wall-hanging

Isometric Perspective with Tumbling Blocks, 1993

Baby quilt with free motion quilting and elephants

Baby Quilt,, 2022

Free motion quilting in white thread makes the quilting motifs stand out

Quilt in colors of red rocks and turquoise

Arizona Red Rocks and Turquoise, 2022

Batiks in the colors of red rocks and turquoise set in the Attic Windows block are densely quilted with free motion techniques

Dream Big, 2020

The Dream Big panel by Robert Kaufman Fabrics is filled with intense free motion quilting in each petal.

Coat of Arms Quilt, for the University of Ottawa, Canada Medical School, 2019

Featuring hand and machine applique, fabric painting, free motion embroidery and embellishments

Quilt with bears and balloons

Bear and Balloons, 1994

The pastel colors of the bears and balloons are echoed in the blind-stitch appliqued hearts and flowers. Beads, ribbon weaving hearts and a pleated border embellish the quilt, along with a bear smiling at the viewer

Pioneer braid quilt in rainbow colors

Rainbow Braid, 1990

A rainbow of color forms a V-shaped pattern set in the Pioneer Braid pattern

Quilt in the pattern Weaver Fever by Jackie Robinson

Weaver Fever Quilt (designed by Jackie Robinson), 1997

Intense shades of fuchsia and teal create the steps in this pattern