Sunset Wheat - I love Iowa...and thankfully Iowa seems to like me too with the amount of teaching I do there. But Iowa is also the home of APQS...the maker of my beloved "George" sewing machine (a treasure to a small studio!) APQS asked if I would make them a quilt for display in their booth and I gladly went to work. I was also deep into watching the HBO miniseries "John Adams" at the time...there is a scene where he is walking thru his wheat fields and I immediately thought of Iowa (I know J.A. was in Mass....but its my story) and went to work.

glory - I used red white and blue for this quilt

Geese in the Garden - Made for my partner's grandmother who, after a health scare, moved in with her daughter from the house where she had spent most of her life. Though it was her choice, I'm sure it had to be difficult so I wanted to make her a sort of "room warming" gift. It turned into a Christmas gift, though, as I didn't get it finished until recently! The pattern was made to go with a Maywood border print which is cut apart and used for both the outer border and sashing between the strips of geese.

Heart of the Park - Based on an original central design by Leni Abel and 5 bridges in Central Park, NYC.

Surrounded By My Family - The French Provencial color scheme and various yellow setting squares of Alex' quilt inspired the layout of this quilt for my friend Ardith. The pictures are her family as Kaleidoscopes.

Surrounded By My Family - This is the back of Surrounded By My Family. The border is family photos and large one in center is latest family wedding.

6 TV Blankets and a Friend - I make 6 TV Blankets and 6 monkeys, 1 is for my only grandson and 1 is for my newest grandaughter due in March and 4 for my granddaughters that are here. They are made from 6 1/2 in squares denim and a lined poly, each one has the childs favorite color flannel on the inside. The grandsons has 61/2 inch squares of scocer balls and denim. Each one has a Christmas lable with: To. Name of child ,and From Gma 2008, that i did with my machine.

Royal Baby - Baby quilt inspired by a crown photograph. 2" squares of random fabric designed on a wall of felt, then stitched beginning at the base of crown and going up and out from there. Diamonds and top of crown were added using fusible bonding/applique. Machine pieced and quilted on my trusty 1976 Kenmore using meandering design.

Tennessee Waltz - A quilt for my eldest son and his wife.

Christmas Quilt 2008 - A great way to use up scraps, this quilt made a good dent in my stash of Christmas fabrics.

50 FQs Quilt - Every Christmas (for the last 3 years), my husband has given me a box stuff with 50 fat quarters, he picked out himself, at my local quilt shop. The first year I frittered them away; one here...one there..but for the bunch I got for Christmas 2007, I decided to put them all in one quilt. This is the result. Now I'm looking for a pattern to use the 2008 fqs on!

Liz's New Zealand Adventure - When daughter Liz came back from a trip to New Zealand, she brought me some fabric! Naturally I had to make her a quilt to document some of her adventures. There is a block with a horse, to commemorate riding on a beach in NZ. Another block shows her in an innertube, "black water" rafting through a cave, with glow worms shining on the ceiling. I added Hokey Pokey ice cream, NZ flora and fauna...and even a pair of legs with flies buzzing around so she wouldn't forget those annoying sand flies! Patterns were from various sources and when I couldn't find a pattern for what I wanted, I made one up. It was a really fun quilt to make and Liz loves it.

Peek-A-Boo - In October, I was in Utah waiting for the birth of my first grandchild. While I waited, I did the redwork blocks for this quilt. After I got home, I finished the rest of it, in the pinks and browns of Aurora's nursery. She received the quilt when we went to visit, for her first Thanksgiving!

Grandpa's Quilt for Aurora - This pattern is in Mary Hickey's book, "Sweet and Simple Baby Quilts." I make a lot of baby quilts for friends and family but when we found out we were going to be grandparents for the first time--I was really excited! I like the patterns in Mary's book. Our new granddaughter ended up with 7 quilts by the time she was born. One of the most special is this one, quilted by her Grandpa! I let him pick one of the quilt tops I'd made, and he quilted it. He'd been wanting to play with my HQ Sixteen, so this gave him a good excuse.

White Wedding Quilt - White and off-white cotton and satin squares form the backdrop for curving quilted feather designs, based on Floribunda by Nichole Webb. My daughter wanted all whites so she could use this wedding quilt in any decor. Six months after I finished the quilt, their apartment building burned down, and I thought I would have to start all over due to smoke and water damage. However, the quilt was cleaned and now has quite a story to tell.

Beary Christmas - Teddy Bear dressed for snow.

Mom's Mix - I made this quilt for my mom, because she loves scrappy quilts. I used a bit of nearly every fabric I had at the time. The only fabric I bought specifically for this was the Moda Marble black for the border and binding. This isn't an award winning quilt, as it was one of my first, but it was made to be used and loved.

Sunflowers - Fusible applique, sunflowers in brass pot with postcard and architectural background. Designed as a crayon challenge. Netting used to stabilize petals and postcard applique.