Blue and Rosey Red.

This quilt TOP is made with blocks called "Strips that Sizzle" explained in a book by the same name written by Margaret Miller.  First fabric is cut in strips, then sewn in stratas, then cut into blocks. The blocks are then taken to the design wall and played with until the layout is pleasing. This is a quilt TOP ready to quilt and it is 57.5" square.
Here is a closeup of the border fabrics.  The blues lean toward periwinkle and the reds are rosy. 

Pastel Pinwheels

This all batik fabric quilt TOP is 48.5" square.  All of the pinwheels are 3D folded triangles.  The edges could be turned back like cathedral window to make curved edges.

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Blue Kaleidoscope quilt top

This strip pieced Kaleidoscope quilt TOP is 73" square. Several groups of 5 fabrics from light to dark were pieced into stratas, cut into triangles, and then 2 different stratas were used in each block. This quilt leans from periwinkle to true blue to aqua/turquoise. The outside border is an very dark inky blue with roses in a lighter shade of blue. 

Primatic Graden quilt top

I have made a large series of Prismatic Garden quilts. That is my original title for my series, not a pattern from anyone else. I sew stratas of 4 fabrics, cut triangles, sew 4 together to make blocks and play with them on the design wall. Sometimes I design specific blocks to make the colors flow. This TOP is 40" square. 

Batik triangles

This TOP is made of a large assortment of batik fabrics. It is 42.5" x 48". To make it larger it could easily bordered with any number of colors of batik since there is such variety in it.
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Zebra quilt top

This TOP was made from directions in Ricky Timm's Convergence book except for the border treatment. The zebra grouping is adhered with Wonder Under bonding and not stitched down. It is 35.5" x 35".
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Diagonal 4 patches with 9 patch border

There is a quilt in one of Kaffe Fassett's books called Diagonal Madness. This quilt TOP is essentially that quilt but with different size blocks than he used. The quilt top is 63" x 80". The majority of the fabrics are Kaffe fabrics with a few other prints and batiks thrown in. There are a lot of hours in the cutting and construction on this one.    SOLD

Small Kaffe log cabin quilt top

The logs in these blocks are 1" finished. The piece measures 42.5" square and all of the fabrics are from the Kaffe fabric collectives. SOLD

Small hand dyed quilt top

This small piece measures 34.25" x 28.75". It is one of a kind because no 2 pieces of hand dyed fabric are alike. I purchased a yard of unique hand dyed fabric from Melody Johnson and sliced it into strips and sewed them together in alternating color groups. I called it Weeping Flag because it resembled a flag and the dye runs made it look like it was weeping. It could be used as a background for applique or just as it is. SOLD

Batik log cabin quilt top

This is a big quilt TOP. It was very labor intensive with 1.5" strips which finish at 1" in the blocks. Cutting and making blocks took considerable time and then I tried many layouts before deciding on this one. It measures 79" x 103".

This photo shows the setting triangle fabric a little better. I really enjoyed making this one.
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Black and white with a little green

This is a small quilt TOP, just 31.5" x 42.5". I thought about making it the center of a medallian style quilt. SOLD

Barn Raising Triangles....

This quilt TOP is made with mostly Kaffe Fassett fabrics with a few Martha Negley and Philip Jacobs triangles. Some of the Kaffe Fassett fabrics are the really old ones from the beginning of his series of fabrics in the early 1990s. Each fabric is used 2 times and there are 140 different fabrics. It measures 57" x 80", a large couch quilt or add borders for a twin size quilt. SOLD

Baskets and 4 patches

This quilt TOP is 57" x 81". It is made of a large variety of batiks that were purchased over the last 5 years. Click on photo for a larger view.

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This is a close up of a few of the blocks and the setting triangle fabric. This is close to the true colors.