Love is all Around - This quilt involved the use of paper piecing. This is a scrappy quilt for which a I chose reds, greens, purples and gold tones, giving it a rich look.

She will dance - Made for my newborn niece. I was looking for a pattern to use with the batik dancer blocks. The original used florals. I think it worked very well with batiks.

Come to the Garden - My inspiration was the old gospel song “In The Garden”. The quilting includes five crosses, leafy sprays, and flower vines.

Mama's garden - My mom loved her garden and after she passed away I used some of her headscarves in this quilt. The yellow and bright pink roses on the left bottom side are the scarves.

David's Fan - I adapted this quilt pattern after receiving the entire fat quarter collection from Jinny Beyer for Christmas from my husband. The piecing was finished in 2005 but I did not like the published center for the quilt. In 2008 my friend June Takas of Pleasant Valley NY offered to machine quilt the center. Once completed it was sent to Mary Metty in Ulster NY for professional quilting.

Lake Erie Reflections - Inspired by Lake Erie, this quilt includes fish and birds quilted in the background squares.

katies surprise - I made this quilt in one week as a surprise for my daughters birthday. I had asked her what she wanted for her birthday and she of course said a quilt. I need to learn to ask earlier than one week before hand. I made it at my cottage in the summer and do a lot of sewing there on my screened in porch looking out over the lake. Always feel like th luckiest person in the world when I am sewing there.

Something fishy - I like fish patterns and I did this quilt from my african fabrics. No pattern, I just cut out the fish and it was ready. My friend saw the finished quilt and she told me that the fins on the fish are wrong but who really cares :-)

Following The Way - This quilt combines the mariner's compass with smaller blocks in the corners - Cross and Crown, Morning Star, Cross Within A Cross, and Crosses and Star. Inspiration from John 14:6

Broderie Perse Symphony - A symphony of appliqued flowers is enhanced by a quilted fern, butterfly, drooping tree branch and textured background quilting.

Floral Trio Then and Now - A challenge quilt - turn an old, faded, stenciled block into something pretty.

Sweet Rose of Dixie - Guild BOM sampler done in civil war reproduction fabrics.

Pepper dish - I saw this pattern at paducah on one of my many trips to this wonderful show, and fell in love with the colors and pattern. I added swarovski crystals on the applique to make it "sparkle"

Circles of Beauty - I made this quilt from a class taught by Mabeth Oxenreider in a quilt retreat hosted by our guild, Hands of Friendship in Feb 2007. It is machine pieced and quilted on my domestic machine. Mabeth was a wonderful instructor and I learned alot from her!

Color My World - Our Hands of Friendship Quilt Guild held a Round Robin Challenge in 2003, with approx. 4-5 quilters in each group. I made the center star and then each month a member of my group had to add a border. What a wonderful surprise when they were all revealed!

Just like grandma's stars - I made this quilt to reproduce a quilt my great-great grandmother made in 1899. Her quilt is in great condition, blue and white, and is registered with the Kansas Historical Society. When I was planning the quilting, I tried to mimick the quilting pattern in her quilt. I am very proud of this quilt, and I hope that my granddaughter(s) some day will cherish this quilt.

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