Coneflowers - From Melinda Bula's Cutting Garden Quilts. This is my first attempt at both fused flowers and thread painting. Enjoyed the process.

Wedding Nine Patch - This quilt was a gift to celebrate my son's wedding in July 2008. My daughter-in-law chose the fabrics and designed the combination of Nine Patches with plain 6 inch finished blocks. There are 256 blocks in total. I made the 2 pillow shams with left-over fabric.

Granny Squares - I learned this idea from a friend : it is a type of "quilt-as-you-go" using 4 squares of fabric & one of batting: sewed together cleverly & then finished & quilted "Granny" squares are butted together & stitched with a bridging or similar decorative stitch. This Christmas Throw/Lap quilt is done with Christmas fabrics. Name comes from the crocheted squares granny used to make for blankets.

Hearts are Trumps - I originally completed this quilt as a fund raiser for the hospital that looked after me after my heart attack but the bureaucracy was so unbending that it wasn't possible to raffle the quilt to donate the money raised to the cardiac ward. As a result it now lives on the bottom of the spare bed and I've become rather fond of it not least for the rather fun quilting I did in it. I thought hearts were appropriate for a cardiac ward!

Spring in Kyoto - There is a Mount Fuji flowering cherry tree right next to the french windows which the table I quilt at is near and it inspired me to make this quilt last spring. Each of the blossoms are made up of 5 petals fused together on an applique mat and then en mass I sprinkled them onto the quilt top - I fused them where they fell and then stitched them in place. Although you can't see it in the photo the quilt is quilted in a traditional japanese quilt pattern.

Elvis "The Cat" Takes Over the Sewing Machine - MN Contemporay Quilters challenge was "humerous quilts". This was my entry. It was hung at the MN Quilters show in Duluth.

Triangles - Eight tiangles are fabric with metallic satin stitching. The other 8 triangles are all metallic thread based on Libby Lehman's technique of "Ribbon Illusion".

Thread Fun I - This is a quilt I use as a sample for my Thread Fun Class. It has couching, bobbin drawing, Libby Lehman's ribbon illusion, perfect circles, 2 threads in one needle, double needle decorative stitches. It is to be made into a purse.

Thread Fun II - This is the second of my Thread Fun samples. It uses different couching techniques than the first. I used metallic embroidery thread for couching on this one.

Katies Quilt - I made this baby quilt for our niece Katie when she was born. I collect cat fabric and I know kids love bright colors. She is now in kidergarten but still loves the quilt

Lisa's Quilt - This is a paper pieced quilt I gave to my niece Lisa when they moved into their new house. She had a Monet painting with these colors and wanted a quilt with the same colors. It is well used.

Split Coffee Beans - This quilt was made using a jelly roll with coffee motifs, the pattern is called Split Decision and is designed to be made using a jelly roll. This is the first quilt that I quilted using The SideSaddle computerized system with my HQ16.

My Lollipop Flowers - Raggy flowers that look like their on a popsicle stick.

Country Fence - My first attemp at a landscape quilt. Nail holes and shading are added with permanant dye pens.

Kemet - Made for a friendship project and named after the ancient name for Egypt. The central heiroglyph is Nebkhepure, the throne name of Tutankhamun. It is guarded by the wadjet eye.

"Pandora's Closet" - I had many leftover crazy triangles which I added two to make diagonal halves of blocks to make an overall quasi-tumbling blocks. They are supposed to look like they are exploding with light.

Small Snowflake - I paper pieced this snowflake as the first in a series of snowflake quilts.