French Braid Quilt - Made following a visit to Lancaster, Pennsylvania where I purchased the book and fabrics

Regal Whirls - Made for eldest Grandson. Black contrast fabric, main fabric for pinwheels jewel colors. Second border cut from length of fabric. Kelly green accent border. Mustard binding, part handsewn.

Linda's Grandmother Garden - This quilt was made for my sister's 60th birthday. The main colors are pink and blue, but I chose many small prints in a full range of pastels. I used two inch plastic templates to sew each block together. There are 20 large flowers and 12 small flowers which I appliqued to the blue dotted background. It took 3 years to complete this quilt. I presented to my sister Christmas 2006. She loves it!

Annette's Heart quilt

Charlene's Comfort - I made this quilt for a friend recovering from neck surgery. A group of friends wrote her words of encouragement in each signature block. 11/2011 UPDATE: My dear friend, Charlene, passed away from Rheumatoid Arthritis. I hope this quilt continues to comfort her loving husband.

Roses For Nikki - Made for eldest Grand daughter for 18th Birthday. Nine patch fabrics different rose patterns. & mottled pink fabric which is repeated in third border. Alternate plain blocks embroidered with pink roses by machine.

Talking Opera - Table runner, focus blocks cut from opera themed fabic. Inner border of same red synthetic as third border & binding.

My Rosy Heart - 440 2 1/2 in squares in mostly rose patterned fabrics. I use it as a table cover or extra throw on my bed.

Notes from the Bottle Tree - This quilt was made as a gift for the opening of playwright Addae Moon's play "Notes from the Bottle Tree." It was completely hand-sewn and features motifs and symbols from the play text.

Ayodele - A small wall quilt that uses Adinkra symbols from the Ghanaian Ashanti tribe. The occasion was M. Ayodele's 30th birthday. All the symbols were sketched freehand and then cut into applique templates.

Erzulie - A quilt depicting the Haitian Voodoo goddess Erzulie. This quilt focuses on the goddess's connections wtih water and love.

Two of Every Kind - Original design, original applique created around a Noah's Ark theme for a new baby's nursery.

Mark's Favorite - I started with a large (purchased) tie-dyed piece. After machine quilting, I added crystals.

DAISY PLAY - This was Alex's free pattern with her line of fabric. Thank you Alex!! Note: I had to turn in the borders to fit on my display rack.

Civil War Sampler - This quilt was made as a project from a Saturday Sampler class at The Fig Leaf quilt shop in Fort Collins, CO.

Bold Pinwheels - Ginny Beyer fabrics upon a black tone on tone background. Colorwheel used as an aid for color and block placements rather than using color value placements- I wanted the eyes to dance around this quilt in appreciation of color. Not shown in photo is a wide border with more pinwheels. The quilting is in a swirl pattern to portray pinwheel movement.

Redwork - I taught my mother-in-law how to redwork and she liked it so much that she kept going. We had this idea to put the redworked blocks into a quilt. It was given to her granddaughter for her birthday.

Tessellating Stars - This quilt is a product of a class at Quilt University using exclusively Thimbleberries fabrics. I used my EQ5 program to print out a layout of the quilt which I colered in with crayons. Joining this block pattern was confusing and I referred to my paper frequently. Eventually, making this quilt became addictive. However, I didn't finish it as we had to pack up and move. I have the piano keys border all set to go and hope to finish it soon.