Lotus - Design drawn on cotton then painted with watercolored pencils then stitched with thread. Border was done the same way.

Baby airplanes - My nephew, who is a pilot, had his first baby. I had fun designing this quilt for their son. I also enjoy incorporating machine embroidery into my quilts.

Floral Towers - I made this for my good friend Elizabeth in Houston, with a lot of help from artistic friends at home in Venezuela. The color placement was fairly difficult to get right.

Amy's Western Stars - Made with Western and cowboy fabrics, for my daughter, who loves cowboys and horses and all things Western, and especially stars. This is her birthday present.

October

Quilted jacket - I used 2 rolls of pre cut %100 cotton squares. Those I cut into 4 triangles to make the quilt blocks needed for all of the jacket pieces. I originally added an entire inner layer, quilted sandwich as I wanted the inside all fulled quilted, however, once completed, it was way to heavy and bulky. Decided to just keep the quilted collar. Added the shinny buttons and made a closure, added a tie belt as the pattern did not include a belt. I think it came out very nicely.

Conway Album - When I saw this pattern I new that I would one day make it. I decided to do it entirely in black and white. Even the backing is a extra wide black and white print. It is entirely hand appliqued and hand quilted in white thread.

WILD FIRE - Every summer, wild fires run rampant and destructive thru valleys and forests. While flying amber bears the danger to kindle new fires, the heat, glow and power of fire also carries a lot of fascination and beauty.

Sophia's Quilt - The quilt was made for my grand-niece.

Tree of Jesse (work in progress) - This was designed from the 12th century window at the Chartres Cathedral. It is digitized with Bernina's version 6. It is appliqued and embroidered in the hoop then quilted with a Bernina 820. When it is finished it will be a king sized quilt with 24 panels.

Grandma's Stellar Array - This quilt is my Hoffman Challenge entry for 2011 and I just found out that it won 1st Place in the Mixed Techniques category. It has five tiny lone star blocks set into circles with an applique border. The quilting is very traditional with feathers and crosshatching and the back is dry-brush painted in colors to match the front.

Bouquets For A New Day My Way - This is an adaption of Sue Garman's BOM from The Quilt Show. I really enjoyed making it and adapting the pattern to my taste.

Railroad Crossing - I made the quilt for my nice Lise, and gave it to her when she graduated from High School. I love the look of the finished quilt, but it became boreing to work on towards the end.

Joey's Quilt - From a Saturday Sample Class at Sauder Village in Archbold, Ohio. They give three color choices and I made one of each for each of my three sons.

Chris's Quilt - Saturday Sample Quilt at Sauder Village, Archbold, Ohio. We were given three color choices and I made all three, one for each of my three sons.

Bradley's Quilt - Saturday Sample Quilt at Sauder Village in Archbold, Ohio. This is for my son, an Architect. He likes contemporary design and I thought this fit him.