red and black Japan - My 9th quilt but 1st quilting lessons by Virginia at the Patchworks Hobart Tasmania. Machine pieced / hand quilted

My 1st One Block Wonder - Used African Print for my 1st One Block Wonder, had lots of fun and really pleased with the result

Calendar Quilt - My very 1st quilt, Had to have been crazy to try this one, but still one of my very favourites. Cannot give it away or sell it

Seeing reverse - I wanted to do both an applique version of a Hawaiian quilt and a reverse applique version. This worked out great as I had to do reverse applique on one in order to avoid the dreaded shadows. I got the small size by not blowing up the pattern as directed..... but it was harder to do in the small size.

CHANGING LEAVES - Blocks are piecing exercises from Ruth's book -- very challenging, but very satisfying once accomplished.

Wedding Crazy Quilt - My daughter and husband had a choice of quilts from me, and wanted a CQ. I used some of the wedding dress fabric and the groom's tie along with velvets, satins and silks. It is heavily embellished, has a heavy upholstery velvet backing to support the heavy embellishments. One block is a beach landscape of Cocoa Beach, Florida where they were married. Wedding dress fabric is the beach and the groom's tie is the water.. Rings, embroidered sea motifs are included. Other motifs in the quilt are Peggy's Cove lighthouse where they were engaged, symbols of Halifax, NS and Cape Breton where they were from etc.

Elnathan-Jane - Jane Stickle quilt originally made in 1864. Blocks copied and printed in a book called Dear Jane by Brenda Papadakis.

Stash Box - Made as a thank you gift.

Table Runner - The Dresden Plate was pieced by my Grandmother or my Aunt. They are hand pieced. There were nine blocks. I have made one table runner and plan on making table runners for my two sisters.

christmas quilt - I had a friend who wanted to learn to quilt but she had a bad experience a few years before learning to quilt and never finished what she started. I felt this quilt would be easy and give her confidence to begin again. We both bought the same Christmas fabric and began. I promised her faithfully that it would be finished. About half way through the project, she became ill and passed away. I finished the quilt and gave it to her family.. keeping with my promise. It was the same as this one.

Pinwheels for Kids - Our children's hospital in Halifax is the IWK. The Mayflower Quilters in Halifax sell 40 Challenge packages of 5 pieces of fabric for $10 - evey one gets the same five pieces. The $400 from the sale of these goes to the IWK. The quilters' Challenge is to create a 'quilt' not smaller than 60" in perimeter, not more than 120" in perimeter from these pieces. Quilt to be donated to the annual quilt fundraiser in March where they will be auctioned off and money given to the hospital... the quilters have to use 3 of the 5 pieces in the bag, and can add 2 from their own stash. This one is made from the pinwheel design and I embellished it.

Robin's Cottage - I made this little wall hanging for my girlfriend's birthday. She has a fabulous garden where I believe every bird in the neighborhood has nested at one time or another!

California Sushi Rolls - I made this quilt for my niece in celebration of her graduation from Seattle Community College with her degree in Photography. The quilt is an interpretation of a product shot of men's neckties, she made for a popular Department store in Seattle, during her course of study. (You can see a copy of the original photo on the quilt label in my personal photos.) I used Daiwabo fabrics to compliment the theme. The Japanese script in the right corner reads "Photography by Amy". She now works for that store full time and runs her own successful freelance photography business too. Way to go Amy!

Jungle Jazz - I decided to make my version of this pattern with high contrast rather than the usual blending colors.

Country Still Life - I made the pattern almost exactly as presented, except with some extra quilting, and buttons for the flower centers.

O Holy Night - I made this quilt using scraps of Christmas fabric. the quilting includes the words "O Holy Night" around the borders and small stars in the corner squares, all in metallic gold thread.

The Rose Bouquet - This is a dimensional quilt with fabric roses and bow. I have quilted daisies in the borders to give it even more of a springtime feel.

Blue Fields and Fences - This was a very early quilt of mine. In fact, I almost forgot that I made it until my mom took this photo for me. One of the benefits of creating my Quilt Show profile is finding some of these long forgotten quilts that I have given as gifts to friends and family.