Illusions - from Caryl Bryer Fallert's Pattern

It was lots of fun making this wall hanging using the pattern from Caryl Bryer Fallert. I used the work station with the circles on my Gammill long arm to quilt the circles throughout this piece. I liked the way the circles pick up on the design from the fabric used in the border.

Graduation

Purdue graduation ceremonies were held in the middle of May. As Chairperson of the Senate I led the procession for all 5 commencement ceremonies at the West Lafayette campus, carrying in the official Mace. Miriam Otoo, who worked with me doing research on the women kossai vendors in West Africa, received her Ph.D.  Here's Miriam and me right after the ceremony.

Here is the quilt that I gave to Miriam as she heads off for a position at the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka

I used the pantograph "Snowbird" for the quilting - here you can see the pattern of the bird stitched in the quilting.

FibR Exhibit at Tippecanoe Arts Federation

Our FibR arts group has a show that we hung on Monday, May 9.  Nothing like deadlines to motivate a person - so over the weekend I worked to finish up pieces for the show.

Here is my African Business Woman that I finished with border fabric that I had purchased in Ghana last November.

Here is the Flower Garden Confergence that I added a black marbled border to.  I quilted flower designs in the quilting in the center of the quilt and leaves in the border.

Here is a lap size quilt made from batiks - that really does set things off when it is hanging above the fireplace. I used a pantograph quilting pattern that turned out to be very effective.

The final piece I have in the show started as one of my hand-dyed pieces of fabric

I did lots of stitching on it - and this is the end result.  As I worked on it I was trying to decide if it was mnore like a yellow flower (the dandelions were seeming similar) or a sunburst.  I ended up calling it sunburt.

I also finished the Sunflower Convergence.  It just didn't fit with the rest of the pieces in the show - but Angie Flack was looking for a new quilt to hang in her work area and so that is where it found a home.  She is very pleased with how it brightens up her work area.

I had fun with the quilting for this one also - notice I quilted a sunflower design into the quilting

Another Retirement - Another Signature Quilt

It was a busy month of April with retirements and signature quilts. Thursday, May 5 was the retirement reception for John Connor from the Purdue Ag Econ department. For this signature quilt I used the Shadow Box pattern with beige sashing, black for the shadows and different gold and black fabrics for the boxes. I collected the signatures on the light gold blocks.