Melanie's Bright Quilt - Turning Twenty in bright colors. Melanie passed away due to breast cancer this past year. The quilt is now comforting her husband Dale.

Blossoms and Vines

Mariner's Compass - When I made this quilt, I was scared of curved piecing and I didn't applique. I had to come up with a no-curved-seams Mariner's Compass block.

Weaver Malaria - Jackie's pattern was great, but I wanted to enhance the weaving effect - 12 fabrics were used instead of 4 in each ribbon of the weave. This quilt was published in QNM 273.

Daylilies - Made as a wedding gift for my daughter, she chose the brown, ecru, and green colors for this tesselation design known as Daylilies by Jinny Beyer. Except for the borders, it is entirely hand pieced and hand quilted(in my original design).

Carnival - Made with Mary Hickey's BiRangle ruler and entirely from the scrap bags of friends and family.

Tribute to the Unknown Quiltmaker - This quilt was inspired by a log cabin I liked, and the multitude of other quilts made by "Unknown".

Guide Me - I'd designed this quilt intending to piece it, but then I had an itch to make a wholecloth. Maybe one day it will be pieced as well. All the quilting is done with Masterpiece by Superior threads.

Matthew's Favorite! - Made this quilt 'just for nothing' - loved using the bright colors...added more colors, applique pieces, and embroidery, than the original pattern design had. Also was the first time I used paper piecing. Loved using the mixed, printed background. I loved making this quilt!

Love Those Purples and Greens! - I fell in love with the purple and greens of the grape floral fabric and just had to make a quilt with that fabric and those colors...I chose the feathered star block as a challenge to my accuracy!. I really enjoyed hand quilting this quilt and added little details such as the piping in the binding. You just have to really like purple and green to enjoy this quilt!

My Menopause Quilt!! - I call this my menopause quilt because I was having such a hard time with so many things during those years, that I chose to do a log cabin pattern as it was so simple and wouldn't take too much concentration! I love the southwest colors and chose to hand quilt it - the majority of the quilting pattern is from the book 'Quilting Makes the Quilt'! I loved the result!

Amish Crib Quilt - Years ago, my DH suggested that I get out of the house and take a quilt class for fun and to meet others....so I signed up and yup..you guessed it, I was the only person taking the class! So much for socializing!! Anyhow, the instructor and I had a great time visiting and this quilt is the result. I especially loved the hand quilting and designs I chose.

Matthew's Broken Star - My son always enjoyed my sewing endeavors and this was to be his quilt - we chose the broken star pattern and I added the original 'star' ends. The patriotic color scheme seemed to be a good choice for a boy. This was my first real bed size quilt....and it turned out pretty good. Loved hand quilting it! And he still prizes his quilt, keeping it in very good condition!

Melina/Chaska's Quilt - One of two quilts I made for my newly adopted grand neices. Due to time constraints, I had to keep the design simple. I chose to use ethnic looking fabrics to reflect their Indian/Peruvian heritage, and I wanted them to really use the quilt(not just keep them for 'nice') so this choice would be practical as well. They turned out quite pleasing and for once, I didn't get carried away with too much hand quilting!

Harvest Wool - This a wool applique on wool quilt. It has one large center block surrounded by 12 smaller blocks and an outer border.

Lighthouse - I saw this fabric on eBay and fell in love with it. I wanted to make a masculine quilt, something no flower fabric or patterns. The backing is a faded nautical map pattern. The batting is undyed cotton. I purchased the quilting service off of eBay and she did a great job, using a wave like stich pattern.