Machine Paths - This was my very first attempt at machine quilting, done after reading Roberta Horton's book "Beyond Calico". which was very inspiring to my way of designing. Since it was just an experiment I started out with my walking foot quilting, quickly gave up, and changed to free form, and just decided to see what the sewing machine could do. It really turned me on to free form quilting, and I have been doing it ever since! I had never attended a class about it.

Mike's Quilt

"Morning Glory at Midnight" - This is a totally original design that I drew on freezer paper and hand appliqued to the green fabric and then to the blue background fabric. The purple, green, and binding fabrics are hand-dyed fabric by Ricky Tims. It was my first attempt at machine trapunto feathers. The lessons I learned from this quilt are numerous, mostly that I have a lot to learn on how to do certain techniques properly. I had trouble naming this quilt so I posted it on Facebook and my FB friends came up with the name. What an adventure!

Cherries Jubilee - This is one of my favorite blocks (Log Cabin). I love pinks and browns together.

City Park

3 Tours - Missouri quilt guild challenge. Some dots, spots and rail fence pattern

Dear Jane - I wanted to make this quilt dedicated to my son who entered the Air Force on April 1, 2008. The original quilt was made during the Civil War and we are again at war and it was completed December, 2009.

Horse Cents - Made for my dad, Father's Day 2009.

Queen Squares - I loved the way the squares were all different sizes. I made this quilt to eventually give to one of my grandchildren when they marry. (they are all in their late teens). I'm pleased with the way it turned out. This idea spun off show 603 with Karia Alexander Block Shuffle and Stack the Deck.

Jacob's Garden - I love the bold colors and black background of this quilt. I pieced it over a year ago and decided to finish the applique this summer. It went suprisingly quickly. I love it and hung it in my den against a brick red wall.

Crop Circle II, Sacramento - This is the second in my series of Crop Circle quilts. The subtitle to this quilt is, "What if dirt wasn't brown?" As I travel all over the world I look out the plane window and draw what I see. Then at home I recreate what I drew, with artistic license of course! This is heavily quilted to represent the rows of crops.

Safe Landing - This was my first commissioned quilt. A woman contacted me about making a quilt for her 4 year old grandson who loved planes. It had to have planes on it, the rest was up to me.

Rose Buds - Modified the simple block quilt design publised in Creative Expression Issue 5. I used the embroidery designs collection Rose Buds by Jenny Haskins. This quilt uses a trapunto technique with free motion stippling. The ribbon on the borders are weaved through button holes and finished with a scallop edge.

Brenda's Baskets - I saw this pattern for using 10" layer cake to "layer, cut, swap and sew", and it had just a bit of applique which I wanted to try out to as a newbit. I love how it turned out!

White Chocolate - I added some of my own fabrics to a purchased kit including the darker pieces and the inner border. I give most of my quilts away, but made this one for my bedroom. I quilted in on the Gammill classic I own with two friends.

Stanza Della Signatura - My 25th Wedding Anniversary quilt. It was inspired by a picture I saw of a chapel in the Vatican called "Stanza Della Segnatura". The room was designed by this unknown artist who was commission by Pope Julius II. He was working on this chapel the same time Michelangelo was working on the Sistine Chapel. The room was to be a library and a private office and was to represent Truth, Good and Beauty. There were some beautiful frescos and I was fascinated how they connected with each other with their arches and curves. I tried to mimic that in my quilt. I simplified some of the design elements in the room to make it into a quilt top. The mosaic tile floor prompted me to do the quilt with a medallion center and geese curving around to form the arches. There are four frescos in this room, hence the 4 arches in my quilt. I don't claim to be an artist but I just love looking at art and the stories behind their work. In the center of the quilt is a quilted Celtic lovers knot. The geese symbolize the interesting directions our lives have take over the years. The geese are all going in the same direction which is because we are flying together and helping each other achieve our goals and dreams. We found each other and that is why the center has a mariner's compass. It symbolizes the beginning of our get adventure in our wonderful life together. The quilt has no borders, well there is a reason. I wanted it to be that way. It is to symbolize that our life will continue to venture on into the unknown. We will travel together side by side into the future. There will be no boundaries to limit our adventures together.

Bailey"s Space Oddesey - I created this quilt for my grandson Bailey, he is into space, astronauts and all things cosmic. It did receive an honorable mention at the Pensacola quilt show 2010. The quilting pattern was adapted from a Sharon Schamber design I purchased in her book #3 of free motion quilting designs. It was my 3rd quilt I ever made and 2nd I machine quilted myself. I was so excited to get an honorable mention so early in my quilting endeavors.

Autumn Leaves - My 1st quilt. I took my first quilting class where we learned the rail fence block and picking fabric colors. The instructor worked with us to teach us how to pick fabrics. We had to come up with our own design layout and machine quilt our piece. I'm hooked on quilting and love it!