Summer Amish - Started this after "Winter Amish" but finished it way before. I enjoyed practicing machine applique for the 1st time on this quilt. I learned that I am a much better machine-quilter than a hand-quilter. Also for the 1st time tried variegated thread for quilting.

Alice's antique embroidery - My friend Alice asked me to arrange into a quilt these floral embroidered blocks that a friend of hers had gotten at a yard sale. When I finished the quilt Alice then gifted it back to her friend. In exchange Alice gave me some other blue worked antique embroidery blocks- thus my profile image!

Green Around - This is how I used the little boxes of old fabric samples I had gotten from Keepsake Quilting several years before. Had fun arranging them, and then machine quilting and beading this one.

It's All A Whirl - Made this small quilt with leftover blocks from a larger quilt I made that has solid backgrounds. Made good use of my Day of the Dead fabric.

Bouquets For A New Day - Machine appliqued this quilt of the month with my own fabrics. Had the background left from a quilt I made for my Son and Daughter in law when they got married, so that made this one special for me. Many of the blocks were appliqued with my Bernina embroidery module and my Bernina software.

Stars for a New Day 2009 - I ordered the fabric for my quilt top from the website and was very happy with that choice. I kept up with the work and finished the top at the end of the year. It is however still waiting to be quilted.

Magie's Ride - This is the fourth quilt in the series using my granddaughter's image for the figure. "What better way to bring the stars at night than to ride your dragon at dusk's last light".

Keeper Bill - My husband, Bill, likes to photograph light houses. For our 20th anniv. we spent the weekend in the keeper's cottage of the one in the center. I learned a technique for turning photos into applique. There are no fusibles. The photo is traced onto muslin. I finished it in time for our 25th anniv. All blocks are from his photos. I am entering it into my guild's quilt show, which is in May. Quilted by me on my regular Viking. Also entered into the Genesee Valley quilt fest show, a show with 600 quilts. It won Judges Choice. It was the favorite of Cyntjia England. I am so honored and thrilled that I also won $100!

Kaffe Facett Fabric Sqares - OK, I know this doesn't really show the quilt, but isn't this really what quilts are all about?

Solar Eclipse - This stained glass quilt involves colouring solid fabrics with markers, discharging the moon with bleach and making bias tape. This is now my second attempt at teaching online for Quilt University. Three classes over three weeks start on Sept. 2, 2011.

Spica - I made this quilt as part of a quilters book club for Brunonia Barry's book, "The Map of True Places" I've been wanting to make a mariner's compass quilt, and this pattern was perfect for this book.

Blueberry Twist - This quilt was created in a workshop by the Sioux Prairie Quilt Guild in Orange City, IA. It was so much fun to see how different the quilts turned out based on the maker's fabric choices.

Sunday in Bali - This quilt was created in a workshop by the Sioux Prairie Quilt Guild. It's called "Sunday in Bali" because it reminds me of a church window and it's made of all batiks

Green Boy - I made this portrait of my son based on a photo of him when he was 4 years old. I hand dyed nearly all the fabrics using only one commercial bali water color.

Blue Boy - This quilt is a portrait of my eldest son when he was about 4 years old. It is made of my hand dyed fabrics.

left over coins - This was in a box, well conserved, started in 1998, so a few months ago I finally finished and quilted it. Quilted on "Gert the flirt", my APQS milli