Water Lilies and Koi - Created from photographs that I took.

To Feel the Tingle in your Fingers - Our SINGLIVE choir performances are advertised as 'ordinary people - doing extraordinary things - in exciting places' I think this could also be said of the quilter's at Festival of Quilts!

Jack's Lantern - I made three of these, one for each of my kid's and their families. Easy and fun.

Faithfully - This quilt was enjoyable to do. The fabric for the cross really is pretty.

Lisa's Disappearing Nine Patch - My niece loves black & white and I wanted to try making a Disappearing Nine Patch quilt.

Crazy Postcard - I wanted to try a crazy quilt and decided a postcard was the perfect size. I was inspired by Brian Haggard and used Judith Baker Montano's Embroidery & Crazy Quilt Stitch Tool as inspiration & instruction for my stitches.

Sputnik Stars - I wanted to design a unique set of star applique blocks that looked kind of outer space-like.

4Rabbits - Wool applique, fused and machine appliqued and quilted. This is the final project for Calico Cut-Ups Quilt Guild BOM (A is for Applique), for which I was chairman. A practice project presented applique techniques on a fat quarter background, starting with a vase and stems (see Vase w/Flowers). Each month I featured a new flower with different techniques, starting with raw edge applique and ending with hand techniques, including needle-turn applique. The table mat is featured in months January (templates), July (Part I) and September (Part II) and includes quilting ideas. The last month (October) shows different embellishment techniques (see Fight at 1:00). Lessons for this BOM will be on our website through December 31, 2011 (www.calicocutups.org).

Mirrored Zentangle - I've been doing Zentangles on paper with a Pigma pen. Loved this one and decided to mirror it around and create a little quilt. So much fun!

Colorful Block of the Month - Although the top was completed in 2005, this colorful wall quilt was not quilted and bound until 2011 when my guild had a challenge to finish our UFOs. I am so glad I waited until now to have it quilted. The center block was to be an appliqued flower design, but I changed it to a Mariner's Compass.

Christina's quilt - This lap quilt was made for a handicapped girl that befriended my father while he was installing and elevator in her house. The whole family has adopted him...so to speak. Her birthday is in October and he wanted a special gift for her.

Kleurvol te lewe - I have embroidered some blocks (digitised embroidery). I combined the embroidered block with star blocks.

Memories Stick - Designed and created this quilt for the 2011 Houston IQA Pin Peddler's 25th Anniversary Every Pin Tells a Story Exhibit where it is hanging right NOW and being seen my MILLIONS of quilters - YIPPEE!!! I wanted to create a design suitable for my studio; a design that can be rearranged and appended to as I continue to collect. Each pin has it's own embellished 'pillow' and is connected to each other with safety pins. Straight pins border the mosaic Quilt Pins pinwheel banner from where they hang in organized columns. Each pin pillow has a printed fabric label attached to the back telling the story so it cannot be forgotten.

Sunlit Circles - Started as a smaller version of a quilt I donated to my local guild for a raffle quilt, it quickly became a much more complex setting. Quilted with many circular designs and completely pieced (no applique). Third place winner at Houston in 2011 and I'm thrilled! (photo by gregory case photography)

Island Hibiscus - Made for Piecing Partners Quilt Guild 2009 challenge.