Bee Grateful

Bobby - I adopted this wonderful Akita mix when he was 12 years old. He was a very sweet old furry friend who let the cats walk all over him. Quilt was created from a photo.

A Quodlibet for Winter - The biggest challenge in making this quilt was in finding 11 each of assorted dark and light batiks that "played well together." Solid black is used as sashing, borders and in some of the blocks. Of all the quilts I have made, this is probably my favorite. It was accepted in the 2010 Wisconsin Quilt Expo, my first quilt in a juried show. In case you're wondering, a quodlibet is a "whimsical combination of familiar melodies."

Boxed Batiks - Made entirely of batiks, some from my stash, others bought specifically for this quilt. It has a Hobbs washable wool batting and is quilted with an all-over pebbles design. Each of my three children got to pick a quilt at Christmas 2009 and this was my daughter's favorite.

Heidi's Quilt

Spring Refuge - Judy Dale's book, "Curves in Motion" , was the inspiration for this quilt.

Rose Garden - Just put the final stitches on the binding. I started this nearly 2 1/2 years ago but have made others along the way. The original pattern has intricate applique on all the sashing and border, but I knew I could not achieve that so I opted for the machine embroidery instead. I decided to embroider on black since I planned to use the black and red border fabric. Hope you like it.

My Dresden - I have misplace the quilt magazine but used the pattern from there Machined Appliqued the medallion onto White background This was first quilt done on my new Babylock Crown Jewel using ruler, stencil, and pattern I used a thick batting so the quilting would show

Point Me True North

Aidens Quilt - Upcoming birth of grand-nephew shoved me into this. It is my 1st quilt and took me quite a while because I had no idea what I was doing. Fused, satin stitched and tied with yarn. Found the images online. 2010 and it's in shreds...he loved it to death!

Flowers for Virginia - Made for our HomeSchool advisor after my son graduated. Unfortunatly she was retired and didn't know where she was. Some of the flowers are like the pict. in the mag. and others are a twist on them or my own. 2nd quilt, 1st hand quilting....what an experience that was!

Ceilidh's Quilt - Seashore fabrics for the 2nd birthday of a wonderful little girl born in Plymouth, MA

Granite Moons - This was a free pattern put out by Wallmart's Fabric Group of the month This was a fun quilt to make I lined it with Lime Geen because I thougt a Quilt with this much color deserved a vibrant color I quilted it in a circle design I wish now I had used a varigated thread instead of white but at this time varegated thread was not that available I bought all the fabric right there at Walmart

Mariner's Christmas - The challenge title is "Blue Christmas". I elected to represent my childhood dream of what Christmas as a live-aboard yachtie would have looked like.

Festive Star - I like this lone Star quilt because it is cut in strips sewed and cut diagonally so you are not cutting and sewing triangles It is easy to make iT HAS AN APPLIQUED BORDER I plan to make another one

FESTIVE sTAR - THIS IS ANOTHER VEIW OF FESTIVE STAR SHOWING APPLIQED BORDER

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Made as a gift for the birth of my Great Niece who was born at the end of January 2011.