Twelfth Frame - Designed to be a beginning machine applique sample quilt, it turned out to be a little too complicated. It did hang in the store for a few years, now it lives at home as a table runner.

The Singing Garden - A block of the month pattern from British Popular Patchwork

Lusty Luminosity - My first large quilt made easier as it was quilt as you go.

Rose of Many Colors - Thank you to Margo and others for help with this one. When I was ready to sandwich it would not lay straight for anything. I even took it partly apart and resewed it. I was suggested that quilting the blank areas might help stabilize it. It did to a degree, now the applique blocks dent to bulge a little but it looks ok on a mattress - not as a wall quilt.

AVA'S OLIVIA - just a simple whole cloth panel quilt made with love for my granddaughter Ava who loves loves loves Olivia! Added a couple little appliques and some nice stippling.

abigails jungle - tracey wanted to decorate Abigails room in jungle animals, and I was playing aournd with circles...came up with this quilt over the summer of 2008. Imagine my surprise when I started seeing circle quilts all over the magazines the following year....oh well. go figure.

Portobello Quilt - This is a sampler quilt done over a 12 month period.

Theresa's signature quilt - 8" blocks were given to coworkers to embellish however they desired. The quilt was made as a gift for a coworker who had broken her back and was our way of wrapping her in our love, prayers, good wishes and hugs as she recovered. People drew pictures, beaded, xstitched, embroidered, painted, appliqued, whatever they desired. I made the 9 patch squares, and put the quilt together once all the blocks were back to me.

Mer Folk Fantasy - Hoffman 2010 Challenge, inspired by a Dover coloring book picture by Elaine Rudisill Miller of a mermaid sitting on a shell. Juried into Hoffman 2010 challenge, Travel trunk D. Semi-finalist in AQS Lancaster, PA 2012 show to be shown in March 2012.

Lori's Silk Purse - Lori's Silk Purse started from a round robin gone horribly bad. Lori's round robin mates didn't quite have a handle on what a round robin is about. I salvaged what I could from it and created this from its ashes.

Saphires, Emeralds and Amethysts - A simple block consisting of squares and rectangles - 4 of these units are joined by narrow sashing to create a larger block. The larger blocks are then put together with a wider sashing. This quilt will soon be published under the company name of Raspberry Bramble Designs.

Christmas Cactus - By adding some "buds" in a larger border to Laura's design, I created a quilt that made me think of Christmas Cactus blooms.

Bird of Paradise - The Bird of Paradise block is alternated with block created to form a square between blocks. Paper pieced Palm Leaf blocks make up the 4 corners.

Peppermint Logs - Log Cabin blocks contain red and white pinwheel centers. Four of these are put together with sashing in between and another pin wheel in the center, set on point and bordered with a border print that is mitered in the corners.

April Showers Bring May Flowers - Four tulips blocks in various colors for the center of this wall hanging. This is set on point and 4 umbrellas are embroidered into the four corners of the quilt center.

Sew Many Scraps - This quilt was made as a small group challenge whereby we were to make a quilt only using fabrics from our stash and the quilt had to be lap size or larger.

Mexican Stars - I saw this done up in pinks in the quilt shop. (Not my favorite color). Sewed it as an option to a Cathedral Windows.

Simple Things in Life - I saw this quilt in a magazine many years ago. Eight years ago I went to Huston and took a class from Mary Sorenson. I went to her booth and purchased a pattern which I was drawn to. It was tucked away in my forgotten box until last August (2009) when I found it and became obsessed with it. Started in 2009 and finished the quilt top in May (2010). It is currently waiting for professional quilting (April). Note: while I was cleaning my sewing room, I found the pic from the magazine and realized that this quilt was meant to be.