Taking the Unmapped Road

70″x70″, 2017

This quilt features both commercial cottons and some silk Radiance accents.  It is pieced, paper-pieced and hand appliqued. The design is an original adaptation of traditional mariner’s compass and New York Beauty interpretations.  The edge/binding is an original design of  prequilted scallops and prairie points.

Awards

Best of Show Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, 2019

Best of Show Wisconsin Quilt Expo, 2018

Best of Show, MQX New England, 2017

Best Machine Workmanship, Rocky Mountain Quiltfest, 2021

Best Movable Machine Workmanship Award, AQS Lancaster, 2018

Best Artistry in Longarm Quilting, Quilt Odyssey, 2018

Best longarm Quilting, MQX New England, 2017

Best Movable Machine Workmanship Award, AQS Des Moines, 2017

1st Place JaxQuiltfest, 2022

1st Place, Northwest Quilt Show, 2019

1st Place, Pacific International Quilt Festival, 2018

 1st Place, AQS Daytona Beach, 2018

1st Place, UQSM Salt Lake City, 2017

2nd Place, Minnesota Quilt Show, 2019

2nd Place, Fall Paducah, 2017

3rd place Shipshewana Quilt Festival, 2018

HM Road to California, 2018