drbonn's Gallery : Wall Quilts

Beach Cabin Wall-hanging

Donna B — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:34:08 GMT

A thank you gift to friends for letting us use their beach cabin on the Oregon Coast, Summer 2012.

Mini-Log Cabin fish blocks done with help from Judy E (Enumclaw, WA) at the QCA Leavenworth Retreat Oct 2012, set-in triangle fabric with beach motif is fabric purchased in Massachusetts while visiting New England later in October 2012. Scallop motif quilting in set-in triangles was done with embroidery machine, FMQ stippling around the motif. Stitch in the ditch for the rest of the quilt to let the fish blocks stand on their own. More pictures of the quilt in progress to be posted on my blog page.

Goose Tracks Embroidery Quilt

Donna B — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 03:09:19 GMT

This is an embroidery quilt pattern from Hoop Sisters done as a BOM with the "local" quilt store in Omak, WA. I started in July 2011 and finished in September 2012. It was a challenge, but I do love the result.

Sunflower Wall Quilt

Donna B — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:01:08 GMT

This Sunflower wall quilt was also a present for a sister's birthday in 2010. It actually was made from a block pattern from a large sampler quilt.

Butterflies & Flowers

Donna B — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:57:33 GMT

This quilt was also made for a sister as a birthday present in 2009 and as one of my first attempts at quilting. It was a very basic wallhanging quilt made from a pack of five inch squares.

XC Skier on Gunn Ranch Road

Donna B — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:47:52 GMT

This landscape quilt was made from a picture of our son, Mark, skiing on Gunn Ranch Road in the beautiful Methow Valley of Washington State. It was my second landscape quilt and the first from a photo. I greatly enlarged the photo and then traced the basic fabric layout on tissue paper. I then made a second tracing to be cut up for fabric "templates". This was done with raw edge applique using Steam-a-Seam 2. The two largest trees were made with strips of fabric sewn on in groups from the tree bottom up...to make them loose, ie like branches. I did a lot of thread painting on this piece to represent late winter branches and twigs along the banks and hillsides; the groomed snow and tracks of the ski trail, and the rocks and boulders on the hillsides. This quilt received both a Blue Ribbon and a Grand Champion Ribbon at our 2011 Okanogan County Fair in the free-motion embroidery category.

Lavender Flower Show - Dec 2010

Donna B — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:13:16 GMT

This wall quilt started out as a disappearing 9 patch, but I was not happy with it. So, it started growing and taking on a life of its own. I added the darker pansy border, the applique flower on the right and the yo-yo flower basket on the left. This was a christmas gift for my sister, Linda.

Lake Chelan Wallhanging Fall2010

Donna B — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:07:22 GMT

This was my first Landscape Quilt. I started with a pattern for the basic idea and modified it from there. Most of the fabrics are batik, but a few are the reverse side to obtain the value changes needed for depth. This was done as a Christmas 2010 present for our oldest son.