Lexa's Angel - I designed this block a few years ago but never sewed it out until last week. I was looking for a way to help my friend Nicole Cleland, and her family, cope with a recent tragedy. She was hit by a drunk driver December 6th and her 7 yr old daughter Lexa was killed. I have been offering this pattern as a thank to people who donate to The Cleland Family Fund. Contact me for more info.

DIVERSITY BACK SIDE - I USED SCRAPS FROM THE FRONT SIDE OF THE QUILT. THERE WAS A LARGE OPEN AREA AND MY BROTHER LOVES ELEPHANTS, SO MY FRIEND WANDA USED HER CRICUT MACHINE TO CUT ELEPHANTS. HE LOVED THEM ON THE QUILT.

SHAYNA - I gathered 5 non quilters together to particate in this quilt before the birth of Shayna. Grandma, Great Grandma, Aunt and 2 special family friend and myself. We had a blast. I dumped a bucket of fabric, had them pick combinations, iron, trace, etc. I sewed the quilt top and then sent it to Shantal Anderson to quilt. My friend Aniko drew the faces on the quilt. It was a fun, personalized gift.

class sampler - CAROL TAYLOR CAME TO MY QUILD. I ATTENED HER LECTURE AND TOOK BOTH OF HER CLASSES. WOW, WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND THAT WAS. NORMALLY I DON'T USE MY CLASSWORK, BUT I REALLY ENJOY THIS PIECE AND EVERYTHING SHE SHOWED US.

HERRINGBONE - I love fabric designed by Lunn. I bought some to make my nephew a tallit using this fabric. Then my husband said he loved the fabric, so I bought more and used the pattern in MCcalls.

Festival of Trees

Gingerbread Joy - This was a block of the month project from my local quilt shop, Creative Crafters. Sue Garman hand appliqued her. This top was machine appliqued. It's not quilted at this time but is going to be professionally quilted by Debby Brown. A wonderful long arm quilter and Handiquilter representative.

Yurt Quilt - Flannel quilt batted with wool. It's a wonderfully warm quilt!

I'm Also Famous For MY Pancakes - I joined a small, local art guild. At a meeting, they passed out maple syrup bucket lids and told us to decorate them. I can't paint, so I quilted a cover for it!

Scripture Quilt - Printed fabric blocks from Block Party Studios printed with various verses from Psalms combined with pieced star blocks. Made for my DMIL after her cancer diagnosis.

Rob in Iceland - I took this picture of my husband when we were in Iceland many years ago. I liked the photo, so I made a quilt out of it.

Hegman Lake Pictograph - These pictographs are on a rock formation along side of Hegman Lake, in the Boundary Water's Canoe Area of Ely, Minnesota

Ember Red and Evergreens - There is no pattern for it as I am making it up as I go. Most of the fabrics are Red Ember and Evergreens, by Jo Morton, for Andover. Kim Ramsey quilted it for me.

Cats for Mom - My mom loves cats, and when I saw these cute batik cat squares I knew I had to make her something out of them. Turned out to be a wall hanging!

TOPSY TWOSY - THIS PATTERN MAKES TWO QUILTS. THE SECOND SMALLER QUILT IS MADE FROM SCRAPS OF THE FIRST QUILT.

Rescued - Three small pictures were alterred by removing collars, bows and blue shiny or red eyes. The pictures of the rescued dogs were printed on white cotton fabric. Three layers of trapunto were used for the nose, muzzle and then the remaining quilts. Thread painting was used to accentuate the fur. A background of printed poems (public domain) in black with white script describing dogs was ironed on Peltex. A padded frame on Peltex was placed over the backing. The small pictures can be lifted to read the poems. On the back of the framed quilt is information about nine dogs that luckily found their way to the these special people. The three dogs shown are: the top one, Jackie, was adoped from a shelter, the middle dog, Ruthie, was given away after one night home and the bottom one, Josie, was found abandoned in some weeds. God smiles on those who care for animals.