Kaitlyn's baby quilt - I machine embroidered the blocks and then sewed them in a pattern of squares with sashing between the squares. This was my first "official quilt".

Shea's First Quilt - This quilt was improvisationally pieced and embellished by my granddaughter, Shea. She used some orphan blocks from her great grandmother as well a some of mine. She included fabrics she liked and did some machine embroidery on the quilt. Shea is 7 years old and wants to do everything I ( her grandmother) do. She is very creative. She wanted desperately to have a quilt in a quilt show ( like her grandmother ), so I layered her top and quilted it for her. She was so proud to see it hanging at the Booneslick Trail Quilter's Guild Show in November of 2008.

Javan's Quilt - This quilt was made for my grandson, Javan, for Christmas 2008. I had never done a quilt with a black background, but I liked the way it turned out. It was fun to machine quilt with Superior Thread's Rainbows. The colors really showed up (so did any mistakes)! Javan wants to be a musician, so he got the "jazziest" quilt I could come up with.

Samantha's I Spy Quilt - This quilt was made for Samantha for Christmas 2008. The hexagons are five inches. Except for the border, the quilting is all "in the ditch."

Allison's Tennessee Waltz Quilt - This quilt was made for Allison for Christmas 2008. I fell in love with a pastel version of this in one of our local quilt shops, "The Quilt Haus", but it was all in blues. So I had to make a more feminine version for Ally. This was my first attempt at scalloped edges. Now I want to do more of them. They are not nearly as difficult as I thought they would be.

Michael's Monster Quilt - This was a block-of-the-month quilt that I purchased around 2002 when Michael was very small. He finally got it for Christmas in 2008. The most difficult part of the quilt was making the lettering of the poem that went around the outside borders. It was done "Tsukineko Fabrico" fabric pens. The applique was fun because every block was different.

Terri's Purse - Purse (front) used as funraiser for our Guild with benefits to the New England Quilt Museum. Purse contained 1 year subscription to TQS and brunch to set up account.

back of purse - back of purse, all the white dots are pearls hand sewn to the ribbon.

First Steps - Raw-edge appliqued. Background fabric was fuzzy cut and freemotion quilted

Morning Has Broken - Raw-edge appliqued, thread-painted items were then appliqed

Big Blossom Trio - Table runner created for a Christmas present.

Untitled - Color exercise for a class

Columbines for Ron - This quilt has a star in the middle. This is a king size quilt. There are squares in all three colors of tan, blue and rusty orange. The blue with white flowered material is a Civil War Reproduction fabric. The tan and rusty orange materials are the type of fabrics used in the 1930's.

Starry Beach - This is a group of starfish on a beach. The embellishments are beads, buttons, thread, angelina fibers, and silk and decorator fabrics.

Let The Energy Flow! - This quilt is so cheerful and it brightens up my house! It was fun, easy and relatively fast to make.

Nick's Frog Quilt - My grandson Nick loves frogs, so when I saw this pattern at an MQX show I thought it was perfect for him. Real fun to make - spent lots of time shopping for fabric! Blocks were fused with zig-zag edges. His favorite color is red. The most work was the flying geese sashing.

Portraits of Alaska for Dad

Just Practicing! - I designed this little table runner to practice my machine quilting.