Long time quilter in love with everything modern quilting has to offer. I enjoy creating patchwork quilts and also making other items, like pillows, mug rugs, wall hangings and purses from fabric. I started free motion quilting several years ago and enjoy practicing designs on my quilted items. Last year I bought a refurbished vintage Gammill and am quilting most of my wall hangings and bed quilts on that now. I have started quilting for others and also volunteer to quilt one charity quilt per month for my local quilt guild, or Quilts of Valor.

Along with quilting, my other hobbies are alpine skiing and off road motorbike riding. I love to be outside in the summer and winter. I'm a coffee drinker and espresso lover. I have been grinding my own beans and pulling my own shots long before Starbucks was even thought of. I also brew beer and make wine. I love sewing notions, fabric scraps, chocolate and eccentric candy. I also play the clarinet, saxophone and watch Dr. Who every week via BBC satellite.

I enjoy traditional patterns with modern fabrics, paper pieced patterns, and really admire Japanese style patchwork, like that of Suzuko Koseki, or Zakka styles . I'm not really a fan of wonky pieced quilts or fusible applique, unless the edges are nicely finished.

ISO:

Heather Ross Medocino --currently pursuing brown, orange, gold and aqua. Would really like Mermaids or Swim Sisters. Also ISO camper vans any color.

Fabric I like:

Suzuko Koseki

Kokka

Yuwa

Kumiko Fujita

Melody Miller ( would love typewriters)

Tula Pink

AMH (but not the really odd looking ones)

Heather Ross

Denyse Schmidt

Joel Dewberry

Ty Penningtton

Robert Kaufman Metro Living, Metro Cafe

Monaluna

Cloud 9

Amy Butler

Fabric with polka dots

Kei Honeycomb dots

Fabric with text

Japanese fabrics in general

Most any of the popular modern fabric

Fabric I don't like:

Civil War reprints

Batiks

Country Calicos

Realistic fruit etc.

Skull and cross bones type of fabrics

Children's prints

Things I want or need:

Wall hangings to decorate my new sewing room

Mug rug for sewing room and work.

Color coded scrap sorting baskets.

Union Jack wall hanging, mug rug, potholder or anything.

Selvedge edges and charm squares always needed!

Anything for the kitchen, place mats, potholders, table runners, kitchen themed wall hanging.

Kitchen Aid cover

Pillows for couch and chairs.

Skiing themed handmade goodies always welcome.

I just adore anything with hand stitching accents.

Things I love:

Anything made with text fabric

Text fabric mixed with modern fabric or Kona solids

Anything made with selvedge edge

Hexagons

Dresden Plates

Embroidery stitches on quilts

Applique

Favorite color combo is aqua and orange, or chartruesy yellow green and grey. I like pink, purple, and brown but only in small amounts. I just love bright modern colors in general. I adore the scrappy look. Text fabrics make me smile :-)

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