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Flowers Springing Up
Featured in McCall’s Quilting, Spring 2025
An abstract design of columns of flower petals and green leaves is created from a single pattern piece - a parallelogram! It’s the selection of vibrant colors popping against a black background that brings the design to life!
Valentine’s Day Apron
Featured in We Like Quilting, January 2025
This whimsical apron for Valentine’s Day features free-motion quilting on the big and heart-shaped pockets.
Smiling Snowmen Table Runner
Featured in Quick and Easy Quilts, Winter 2025
The snowmen made from raw-edge applique have brightly colored scarves and carrot noses, warming up a winter table.
The Compass Points Southwest
The colorful Southwest-themed horses inspired this queen-sized quilt, with their colors echoed in the mariner’s compass in the center. The compass was created using Robin Ruth’s strip-piecing method. The quilt was filled with dense free-motion quilting and zig-zag designs in the half-square triangles.
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 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, 2020
Bright tropical prints are set in the Attic Windows block on point to give a 3D effect
Watercolor Quilt (designed by Deanna Spingola), 2001
Fabrics were selected for their color and value to create the blended, smudgy look of watercolor paints
Album Quilt, 1989
Hand appliqued flowers and hand quilted motifs fill this album quilt
Bear Paw Quilt, 1991
Machine-pieced and hand quilted
Isometric Perspective with Tumbling Blocks, 1993
Baby Quilt,, 2022
Free motion quilting in white thread makes the quilting motifs stand out
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 Hoffman Fabrics is filled with intense free motion quilting in each petal.
Coat of Arms Quilt, for the Medical School of the University of Ottawa, Canada 2019
Featuring hand and machine applique, fabric painting, free motion embroidery and embellishments
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
Rainbow Braid, 1990
A rainbow of color forms a V-shaped pattern set in the Pioneer Braid pattern
Weaver Fever Quilt (designed by Jackie Robinson), 1997
Intense shades of fuchsia and teal create the steps in this pattern