Eileen's treasure - I thought it would be nice to get rid of scraps of fabric. This is the perfect pattern with lots of 2 inch squares of any color or type. Eileen is in a nursing home. I thought this would be a cheerful addition to her room. Did I get rid of excess fabrics -- Yes, but not nearly enough.

Blanket toss - Piecing and applique -- Lots of fun

Flower Pots - This quilt was made for my new pattern book Innovations and Renovations: String Quilts that is scheduled for release next fall. I am working on 6 more new quilts for the pattern portion of the book. Watch for it!

Tulip Time - This quilt is painted! I needed a bit of cheer one dreary January, so I painted tulips that reminded me of Spring. It's been nearly 9 years since I painted them, but I finally decided it was time to get them together and quilted. I used my freezer paper stenciling technique for the blocks. This is a technique that I love to teach to others as part of my workshop repertoire.

Sun Gridlock - My first quilt -- I took a class taught by Jean Wells in Sisters, OR. It was color study class, using Kaffe Fasset's Gridlock pattern. The quilt only as two alternating blocks. One has 36 two-inch squares, and the other had 3 rows - 1 with three 4-inch squares, and 2 with 4x12 strips. My challenge was to not have equal distribution of color. My quilt was to be yellow & red with green. It was hard to keep repeating the yellow.

Garden Party - This church auction quilt combines vintage and reproduction materials. The green strips were first discharge dyed with maple leaves dipped in a bleaching solution and pressed on the cloth which was then fixed with a chlorine stop bath.

Tulip Happy - My friend Judy had appliqued these blocks in the early 50's as a teenager. These tulips were made from floor scraps provided by her aunt worked for Mode-O-Day. I thought it was such a waste to have these beautiful tulips sitting in a box, so I asked if I could take them and create a quilt for her. This was the result. My greatest challenge was to create a layout that successfully dealt with the pastel and bright color tulips. I was fortunate to find a fabric for the sashing that worked with both. The coral posts gave it the punch and structure that it needed.

Blue Vintage - I didn't know how to shop for fabrics - the color selection was overwhelming. So I bought these Block of Month kits to teach myself how to put a quilt together. The added bonus also was that all of the pieces were already cut. It also was 'sampler' which gave me opportunity to learn different blocks. The instructions were terrific and easy to follow. I accidentally purchased the "Setting Kit" first. When I opened it I learned that I had to purchase and make all the 'blocks' that went into the Setting Kit. It was a good way for me to see what piecing was all about.

Jacob's Hockey Quilt - My grandson Jacob asked me one day on the phone what I was doing. I said 'quilting'. He said "that is all you do Grandma". I asked if I should make him a quilt, and not skipping a beat, he said "yes, and it should be a polar bear quilt" (I had already started an Under the Sea quilt, so I was quite surprised about the polar bears. "Why polar bears?"--- "because that is the name of my hockey team". He was becoming a star goalie at the time. So I Googled polar bears for pictures, that I printed onto fabric. Also I had camera shots of Jacob in action as a goalie. He is very proud of his quilt and won't sleep without it. There is one glaring mistake in the layout - can you find it?

Autumn Geometrics - This is my daughter and our kitty, enjoying the quilt.

Strips 'n curves - I took a two day workshop to learn to make the strips 'n curves. Most difficult is to choose the colors. And the quilting was a lot of work. But it is all worth the effort.

New York Beauty - This was the first time I did some paperpiecing. It was a fun to make. Colors all mix well. It was quit an experience for me.

Topstitch 2 - I joined a workshop topstitching. You cut the parts without a pattern, just free of hand. I made four blocks and arranged them the way I liked most. The results are stunning (ok, my point of view).

Mosaic - This was a workshop with free cutting and weaving of the fabrics. It was a challenge to choose the fabrics. Always the most difficult part for me.

Circles - Together with some friends we spent a day quilting. We all used the same method, but all the quilts were different. So much fun to see and do. I made 9 blocks and appliqued circles. After that the block were cut in two parts and all the blocks were shuffled to make new blocks.

Orange roses - This was my first finished quilt. I made it quilt as you go and it went very fast. I really liked the orange and blue combination, so I bought lots and I actually also sold a second one as a kit. The design was very simple. The colour made it