Westward Ho - “Blazing trails across the years, Blessed honored Pioneers.” Westward Ho honors the brave men and women who forged across our continent. It contains Native Americans, Pony Express, Trappers, Covered Wagons, Music and Dance around the campfire, Landmarks, Bison and Pronghorns, even my blind Great-Grandfather holding to the back of the wagon -- all bound together within the spokes of a Wagon Wheel.

Yo-Yos Cubed Ornaments - These 3 dimensional yo-yo ornaments are my own design. I first made them in the 1990s. I sold them at the Illinois Artisans Shop in Chicago, IL, during holiday season. I've recently redesigned them and created a related pincushion design. The pattern is available on www.Patternspot.com, at http://patternspot.com/patterns/sewing-patterns/4705-yo-yos-cubed-pincushion-amp-3-ornaments.

It's Gonna Blow - Brrr! Frothy seas and driving snow pummel Portland Light in this impressionistic bargello quilt. Original quilting Meadowlyon pantograph patterns, “Nor-Easter,” Salty Seas,” and “Whale of a Tail,” add interest and detail.

Pink Squares - “Everything today is thoroughly modern!” So I couldn’t resist trying it. I wanted to piece some squares from striped fabric. I used Kaffe Fassett stripe and a plain pink background. Luckily I found the strips for the large box in my “stash.” I quilted this piece with MeadowLyon’s “Modern Squares” pantograph.

Lewis & Clark Trails - Wanting to create a Lewis & Clark Commemoration Quilt I designed 2 continuous-line medallions depicting Lewis, Clark Sacagawea and their discoveries. I chose the Indian Trails block to carry on the theme. Even the borders boast pines, bear claws and flying geese from their trek.

Dog Patch - This bright, elongated, big patch was created to showcase the faces from my “Dawgs” stitching pattern. While working on it I decided it needed a special canine border and created the pattern “In The Doghouse.” After it was quilted I painted the dog faces, where they fell on white triangles, with Shiva Paintstiks.

Chinese Pandas - As I sat listening to news of the Earthquakes in China I felt inspired to draw a Panda pattern. Exploring photos of these seemingly, roly-poly animals was warm and fun – not at all like the awful situation in Asia. I ended up drawing both a vertical and horizontal panto. I wanted the Vertical Panda-Bamboo” for my quilt. I was excited about piecing it on the long-arm machine. I put together the strips of bamboo leaves and the strips of lanterns, then “pieced” it all together on the machine. It was fun albeit a bit of a challenge.

Snowmobiles! - A quilt I designed for my husband for his birthday. He just loves it, and I loved making it for him! I married the best man ever! The applique patterns for the snowmobiles are available at my craftsy store, but the full pattern for the quilt is not.

Green fields - Honeyberry blocks combined to a lap quilt

Stained Glass - I am fascinated by stained glass. After watching several TQS videos on pattern making, this is my first attempt. Thanks TQS for sharing so much knowledge!

Auntie Phfff - Portrait quilt of a wonderful lady who was a large part of my life.

At Seventeen, - Done for a Guild Challenge, was a magazine cover that we were to be inspired by. Mine took me back to teens where I was more about the surface, not the depth of life.

Afternoon in Pardise - I began this photo quilt in a workshop with Lenore Crawford (Art Quilt Tahoe 2012). It is based on a photo I took during an afternoon visit to Paradise Meadow at Mount Rainier National Park. Recreating the scene with its late afternoon sunlight and flowing stream was a new challenge for me, but I like how it came out.

On Campus: Lewis & Clark College - I began this quilt in an advanced composition workshop with Valerie Goodwin (Art Quilt Tahoe 2013) as a gift for my daughter upon her graduation from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. It features a map of the campus in the center, with an image of the beautiful Frank Manor House (now an admin building) at the bottom and Mount Hood looming over it all (assuming it's a clear day!)

Daisy Days In Summer - This was created for the "farm to fabric" challenge. It is done completely out of all 50 colors of American Brand Made fabric. Fabrics were discharged, painted, over dyed, painted, sheer and net overlayed and thread painted to achieve the effects I wanted.

First Frost - The first frost on the leaves as they put on their final show of the season were the inspiration for this quilt.