Audreys Dashing Roses - This quilt was the first project my eight-year old granddaughter, Audrey, and I were able to work on together. It was a simple block that allowed her to do much of the sewing. Because it went quickly and she could see fast results, she didn't seem to lose interest. The only thing that was a little too intense for her was sewing the sashing to connect the blocks. The quilt was made with the Art Gallery Fabrics' Dashing Roses Collection. The blocks were sized to 12" and the strips cut wider in order to take advantage of the beautiful prints in the collection. Because we wanted the diamond shapes in the sew and flip technique to stand out, the striped fabric was used consistently in the same place on each block, then the four blocks creating the diamond shape were put together with the brown print fabric. Back is lined in dark brown Minkee.

Ky 2 - This is a remake of my neice's quilt so that I have one to show.

Jodan's Giraffe's - I saw the free pattern listed on Michael Miller's website. My granddaughter, Jordan, wanted a 'giraffe' quilt. I enlarged and shrunk the original giraffe pattern. Placed the appliqued pieces in various places on the whole cloth backing. Choose a complimentary yellow/black striped fabric for the border and voila- done and mailed in time for her birthday.

Blue and White Storm - Paper pieced Storm at Sea, queen size.

Pearls From Grandma - This whole-cloth quilt was designed in 2005 and stitched in early 2006. It was drawn on the fabric and the quilting was hand-guided on my Gammill Classic Plus. The fabric is cotton sateen and batting is wool.

Pearls From Grandma-detail - This is a detail shot of the quilting on Pearls From Grandma. (Yes, it took forever to quilt. ;-) )

Bridget's Windows - Bridget likes red, green & blue, and I like batiks, so when I found a batik with those colors and images of flamingos wading, I created a faux window block with the flamingos in the windows.

"King" Joe's Graduation Quilt - Graduation gift for my godson & nephew, Joe. It started out as a twin, but for ease of cutting I enlarged the individual square size by 1/2", and it turned out almost the size of a king!

Christmas Pinwheels - This was made for our parish's 2008 silent auction.

Sunflowers #2 - This is my second Sunflower quilt. I made it for a young couple as a wedding present. I hope that it will bring them sunshine everyday.

Nude with Rope - I love working with the human form, and this pose struck me as wonderfully elegant.

Herd Mentality - This quilt is made entirely from commercial quilting fabrics, exactly as they came off the bolt.

Cats Meow

Anhinga on Sanibel - A female anhinga drying herself in the sunlight. Quilt based on picture I took while riding my bike on Sanibel Island. Mixed media art quilt.

Purple Iris - Irises are my favorite flower and they were everywhere when I was in Paducah last year. I took several pictures and then cropped and edited this single iris to use for my pattern. I tried some new techniques such as satin stitched edges instead of raw edge applique. I also used a double piping on the bound edges. It has a lot of thread embellishment.

Sweet Magnolias - My Mother had saved the front of a greeting card which I found in her dresser after she died. I was planning to make some flower quilts and decided this would make a good one. I scanned the card and then made my own pattern. There is a little thread embellishment on it.