Tree of Hands - This quilt was made by using a light box to copy the hands of kindergartner's and the machine appliqueing them to the backing fabric. The tree trunk is pieced and then appliqued. The quilt was made to auction for the school's annual gala fundraiser. I'm happy to say it raised $2500.00 for the school. The heart on the tree trunk is the school logo. The hands at the bottom are the teachers.

Free Form Hearts - This is a modified 9 patch set on point using 4 coordinating fabrics. The free form hearts are my own design and machine appliqued on.

Cowboy - Custom made for this little cowboy, using plaid fabrics around the wonky squares of western fussy cut prints. The rope around the border is made from fleece and i machine appliqued on.

Storm at sea - This quilt is for my son Ryan, he loves everything about the water. So I chose batik fabrics in the warm Caribbean colors for this quilt. I quit counting pieces for this quilt at 4000. He Loves it and uses it all the time.

Brenda's - This is a modified log cabin design using mostly batiks.

Bouquet of Hearts - This was just an idea, that I had in my mind and had to put it onto fabric. It is a combination of machine applique, free motion quilting ( drawing with thread) and bead work.

Keep it Red

Mom's Birthday quilt - Quilt I made for my mom's 80th birthday in 2009. I took 6" white fabric, ironed freezer paper on them, drew lines in the middle & passed them out to family & friends with pigma pens. Made the signature blocks with rainbow colors. I asked people to sign their name, but they went creative on me. Crossword puzzle, pictures of pets, sentimental messages. For the few out of towners, I sent them just paper, then used quilted treasures fabric for those blocks. She was totally blown away, surprised by the gift & amazed that people would write such nice things about her.

Pete and Tonia Engagement - The quilt was made as a wedding quilt for my son and daughter-in-law. They chose the colors I chose the modification from viewing many antique quilts. The quilt measures 96" X 96".

Poppy - This is a Table Quilt. I put a ripple piping and binding to emulate the delicate poppy flowers. My Mom loves the color orange so this one is for her. This was sewn on my Bernina Artista  and I quilted it with my  Handi Quilter longarm using Gold metallic thread.

Serger Quilt - This was pieced and ruffled with my Bernina Serger. This was a project I done as a result of a class I took from Beverly's Bernina in Bozeman Montana years ago. I purchased the soft Minkee fabric for the backing at The Sewing Palace Bernina in Helena Montana and finally finished this quilt. Other fabrics for the top were purchased from Sue's Sewing Palace and Ben Franklin's long ago. It is stitched in the ditch so that the ruffling will pop and stay in place. I quilted this with my New Fusion Handi Quilter purchased from Creative Stitches in Helena . I'm still experimenting with different techniques and getting more practice with each project.

Sherbert In The Garden - I made this as a gift for my Mother-in-law's Birthday.

Freda's Turtles - Strip piecing with Acc-cut hexagons designed as turtles.

Courthouse steps - I offered to sew this quilt up from a kit for a charity auction to raise funds for Cancer Research. I also quilted it and bound it. Had enough of the fabric left over to also make a cushion in the same pattern.

Blue blocks

Blue Bayou - This was a design exercise that worked out really well.

Stars Crossing