Quilting During Covid - helps me keep my Sanity

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1.  Latest, finished in August, using all silk scraps with some added collage silk birds:  "Silk Scraps Birds" quilt front 48 1/2" W x 68" H

2.  Silk back of "Silk Scraps Birds" quilt

3.  Quilted face masks using original designed fabrics and original art bird applique

4.  Quilt finished at the beginning of the Stay at Home Covid experience in March:  "Two Birds" with wool punch birds and original design Running Artist Model fabric.  45" w x 62 3/4" H

All done in time to cozy up in winter.  Looking forward to cooler weather since it is 106 degrees F right now.  Crazy year, between Covid, fire, heat and rancid politics.  

Garden of Delight

Latest quilt finished 8/6/2014.  50" wide x 67 1/2" high.  Cotton, silk, wool-punched birds and Proteus, and my own designed bee fabric.  Full front view and quilt close up.

Queen Tut Silk Quilt

Latest, very time consuming, quilt finished!  Measuring 48" wide x 66 3/4" high, this lounge-worthy original design is composed of all silk fabrics with a cotton flannel backing.  The light and darker brown silks are from a Thai silk spread purchased by Elsa and Rick Zisook in Thailand - now cut up and reused by me.  The central "watercolor" quilted section is composed of eight separate pieces of silk, some originally retailing for close to $300/yard, purchased from eBay (for much less than their retail price) in a box of assorted silk samples.  These eight silk samples were cut up into 768 1" squares, then sewn together on Pellon 820 Quilter's grid fusible polyester.  Stitch in the ditch quilting applied to the top portion of the quilt, but the bottom was finished using two separate stencil designs.  It was hard getting the entire quilt through the small space on my Bernina B215 sewing machine, but I managed it without breaking anything.  I love my machine!!

Space Garden

Latest cotton and silk quilt masterpiece: 45 1/2" wide x 63" high, including digital fractal & original insect art printed on silk organza, applique on a central quilted silk panel, cotton polka dots, and some cool Jone Hallmark commercial bugs fabric