30's Celebration - Started off as a take-along project to work on during car trips and vacations. Photo taken of the quilt hanging at the Colorado Quilting Council bi-annual Quilt Show at the State Capital Building in Denver 2003, where it was seen by the editors of Quilters Newsletter Magazine and subsequently published in their magazine in April 2004.

Catch a Falling Star - This was made for my husband's grand daughter for Christmas. She requested the colors and after seeing Anita Goldsmith on Simply Quilts I got her book and tried this. This quilt was my first paper piecing attempt. I was very happy with the results and it hangs on Taylor's wall in her bedroom.

Colliding Worlds

Thoughts of Springtime

Feathered Star - Paper pieced pattern.

Trellis Roses - This was a kit given to me by a very generous friend. At moment can't find details, but will have a look through my studio and update when found.

Summertime - Took a class with Nancy and we all did the Summer Landscape. Everyone's was different because of choice of fabric and placement of fields. I finally finished the quilting this year.

first quilt - My very first quilt when I had no clue what I was doing. I cut the strips with a scissors and nothing lined up. I finally machine quilted it this year and am not too displeased with the effects.

Life's A Beach - One of a series of 4 quilts done in a class with Linda Schmidt at www.quiltuniversity.com. The class is called Elements. This is the Water Element. It is based on a picture I took in Bermuda on our Honeymoon in 1992. It has beads, fused rocks, and the water is made from painted cellophane that was heated. Then I covered it with organza. I then added sequins to look like buble.

It's A Great Life If You Don't Weaken - This is one of a series of 4 quilts made for a class with Linda Scmidt at www.quiltuniversity.com called Elements. This is the Fire piece of the series. It is based on paintings by Frieda Kahlo. The movie Frieda came out around the time I had my first hip surgery in 2003. Frieda had a bad accident and lived in pain her whole life. One of her paintings is of her left foot painted from her angle while lying in bed. I just happened to have taken a photo of my right foot the same way while I was recovering in bed. You can see my right foot in the upper left. There is a photo print of part of one her paintings in one of the flames. The flames represent the pain.

Tairu - I was looking for a new way to illustrate the different ways to use variations of kaleidoscope blocks. This one turned out to be such a subtle block that many people think that it contains fussy cut squares. It doesn't. It is all pieced.

Johnny Appleseed Journal Page - A journal page done for an exchange that I did through the Internet with 8 other fiber artists. This page was done for Bente, who lives in Norway. She wanted pages that represented a fairy tale from your home country. I chose the story of Johnny Appleseed. This page has been selected to be published in a book by Dawn Sokol called 1000 Journal Pages. So, that is exciting. I haven't bound my pages yet. My theme was do something that represents where you live. I got some great pages.

Cats and Dogs - I made the center using the harmonic convergence pattern and then added my own border design. I made this for my BFF for her 50th birthday. It hangs over her couch.

Lillies on the Nile - Made as a challenge quilt for our Guild, River Lea Quilter's. I love this quilt and have it hanging in my living room

Duck stamp Irish Chain - I made this for a friend who was having a baby girl.

Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Survivor Quilt - This is a quilt I made for my mom when she was going through breast cancer treatments to keep her warm. She is now a survivor of 2 years!

Mount Rushmore Quilt As You Go - I used the Mount Rushmore fabric as the center and did a quilt as you go wall hanging for my dorm mom Jan when I worked at Mt. Rushmore. I don't know where she is now, but she was so awesome I wanted to make her something special. I made this in under 3 hours! She absolutely loved it!

Mt. Rushmore Quilt - I used Mt. Rushmore fabric to make a wall hanging for my adopted Grandpa Neil. We worked together at Mt. Rushmore and so I wanted him to have a reminder of South Dakota.