Jungle Wall Hanging - I was going through my scraps and found these blocks of jungle animals. I did my own quilting on a domestic machine. Quilting is inspired by Angela Walters.

The Sentinels - THE SENTINELS 27” X 33 ½” Inspired by the amazing Saguaro cactus found in the desert of Arizona. The entire piece is hand painted with fabric paint. The cactus are not appliqued, they were painted in place and then thread painted to achieve the texture. The piece was quilted on a domestic sewing machine.

Stampede - This quilt is a product of my imagination. The red background is commercial fabric. The horses are hand painted using freezer paper stencils and fabric paint. I quilted the quilt on a domestic sewing machine with red thread so the quilting would not compete with the painted images and used a facing border finish to keep the line of the quilt sleek.

Singing Sunflowers

Vases and Flowers - Inspired by early 1900 Roseville pottery from Pennsylvania. This was my first attempt at needle turn applique and I loved it, but what should have taken 13 months stretched into a 12 year project!

Walking The Scottie In Central Park - Improvisational quilt made with commercial, vintage and repurposed fabric

Emilie Elizabeth - My grandmother Emilie Elizabeth Ross introduced me to quilting when I was about 10 years old. This is my tribute to my grandmother who started my passion for quilting.

Elephant Walk - I wanted a motif to be the focus of a colourful embroidered quilt - hence elephants. I learned a lot doing this quilt - mostly how to it better next time.

Ancient Equus - Inspired by a photograph taken of a section of tiled flooring while visiting the ancient Roman baths in Bath, England. I loved the image of the horse that was originally created in mosaic tiles by a very skilled craftsman so many centuries ago. I drew the outline of the image on 100% cotton and using fabric paint and a small brush, I began the process of painting each individual “tile”. Simple echo quilting on my domestic machine was all that was needed to complete the piece.

Windswept - After watching a news sequence of the balloon festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico I was inspired to create my own balloon festival. The balloons are hand painted using fabric paint on cotton fabric and fused and stitched onto the background. The sky and hills were painted separately and then stitched together. The weeds and grasses in the foreground were fused and then stitched using free motion stitching. The border is a commercial fabric. It was quilted on a domestic sewing machine.

FELIS CONCOLOR - I have always loved the beautiful face of the American cougar and when I saw a photograph of one peeking around the edge of a tree, I knew I wanted to create a similar scene in a quilt. The green mottled background was painted first. I then drew and painted the cougar and the tree trunk separately. I added one layer of batting under the cougar and two layers of batting under the tree trunk for dimension. The grasses in the foreground were individually fused and then free motion stitched in place. A minimal amount of free motion quilting and a simple border and binding finished the quilt

Pretty Poison - Pretty Poison was made in response to a SAQA SC/GA Regional Challenge. A 12" square of hand dyed fabric was provided and the challenge was to use the fabric to create a 12" square quilt. I used the fabric to create the body of the Jellyfish and fused it to the background fabric. I then used tulle to create a "jelly-like" sac around the bodies and Angelina to create an iridescent shine. Ricky Tims' Razzle Dazzle thread was couched on to create the swimming tentacles. This was a fun challenge. I always wanted to make a jellyfish quilt. I think there is a larger one in my future.

Monkey Tails - My reworking of this combination of two traditional blocks, in colours I love.

Orca Bay - A 2011 Holiday Mystery from quiltville.blogspot.com, in my own choice of colours.

Family Circle of Love - I fell in love with this bedrunner and having always wanted to attempt a double wedding ring thought this would be a great place to start. My mom was moving to a new place and I thought this would look great on the end of her bed. A lover of batiks, this was just the project to try and use some of my collection of fabrics. Not sure I would want to make a whole quilt from this pattern but you never know...I was thrilled with the finished product!

A Quiet & Peaceful Haven - I went on a shop hop to Minnesota and visited the shop in Mayer that is owned by Sherri and her mother. This quilt was hanging on the wall with the line of fabrics which just happened to be lavenders and greens. I purchased the line and pattern and was about a year getting time to make the quilt. It was juried into the AQS show in Des Moines, Iowa in 2011 (I think).

Save a T-shirt - Recycle My Past - I was commissioned by Alexis's mother to make her this quilt to recycle her memories of her school years. Her parents then gave it to her when she graduated in 2011

Bell Rock - Bell Rock is a magnificent sandstone monolith in Sedona, Arizona. This representation is from a photograph I took. The quilt was constructed in stages. First the sky and foreground, then Bell Rock was painted and machine appliqued. Then the middle ground tree trunks and middle ground bushes were painted. Finally the foreground trees and the rocks were added and the grasses were fused and free motion stitched onto the piece. In addition to fabric paint I also used oil pastels and fabric markers for the details. Other than the border and binding, it is totally hand painted.