Proud Heritage (aka Bailerin Linda) - My former student and now friend Margie Torrence was ' a while back' a professional Mexican folk dancer at the Padua Theater in Claremont, California. She showed me a full length standing pose photo portrait and I begged she let me interpret her in a wall piece of my own. Margie was such an elegant representative of her heritage. She's a beautiful lady.

For Baby Lyla

For Little Vinny

Buoyance - This was supposed to be a practice quilt. I used mostly hand-dyed fabrics from my stash. Hubby helped me with the design. It began wiith more symmetrical circles, then was changed to this design.

Storm at Sea - Made from a John Flynn laser cut kit.

Geralyn's Pinwheels - I created the blocks for this quilt and didn't know what to do with them. My sister Geralyn asked me to create a quilt this size to display above her king-sized bed. This is the result!

On the Pond - This quilt was made for my father, Albert DeMonaco. He loved frogs and ponds. He passed-away the year following completion of this quilt.

Mixed Up But Not Crazy - I bought a kit of batik fabrics along with Laurie J. Shifrin's Batiks and Beyond book to create this wall quilt as a gift to my daughter Denisa. She choose the quilt as her favorite from the book.

Sophia

My Little Mermaid - This is a crib size blanket made for my daughter. She has always been a girly-girl and swims like a fish - what better way to combine both than a sparkly pink and purple mermaid quilt. Machine quilted (free-hand) around the quilt, in the plain purple border, are the lyrics to the old time song "By the Beautiful Sea". By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea, You and Me, You and Me, Oh, How Happy We'll Be.

Garden Compass - This quilt came from a class I took in Seattle's In the Beginning quilt shop. It was taught by the author, M'liss Rae Hawley. This is not my usual choice of color/fabric tones and this was my first foray into paper piecing, so it was a real growing experience for me all around. Loved the class, loved the shop, and love the end result!

Beach Babies - I had 2 babies, only 10 months apart! The first an exciting and God-blessed adoption, then a surprise pregnancy. (Somebody up there knew these kids needed to be here together!) So it's no wonder I had babies on the brain! Each of the "Redwork" squares was worked in blue thread from a booklet of old style line drawings while I sat, big as a house with one child, while watching the other play on the floor next to me.

The Cow Pony - Inspired by my husband's love for his roping horse, Dancer. Dancer loved cattle, which is known as being cowy. My husband referred to him as Cow Pony. You can view a slideshow of the making of the Cow Pony Quilt: http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/2010/01/cow-pony-slideshow.html LuAnn in Oregon http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/ kessi@pioneer.net

Dakota's Quilt - I made this quilt for one of my furry kids. Dakota is a 3 year old Shetland Sheep Dog, with Blue Merle coloring. That fabric is Moda, it is Native American prints. I chose the pattern so he and his sister Phoenix would have quilt patterns the same. Hers is different in color. And yes they are brother and sister, litter mates. The quilt was easy to make. It is machine pieced and hand quilted. I will never part with this quilt.

Saturday Sampler Quilt 2009 - This was a pattern that we recieved after our Saturday Sampler Block club was complete. So I don't know who designed the pattern. I also really didn't purchase it since it came with our club.

Envolée de moineaux - Une mise en abyme de cercles et de carrés dans une harmonie de rouge et de vert.

Sports YBR - I made this quilt for Anthony, my cousin Kim's little boy. He is really into sports, all sports.

Peppy and the other cat - I did this wall quilt for my husband who loves black cats and birds. Our pet, Peppy, loves to watch the cat in the quilt