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Vanity Fair - MADE IN ALL FALL COLORS FOR A RAFFLE fOR A MAN NEEDING A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT.

Aurora Borealis - This was my submission to the Quick Curves Challenge. I was a finalist and I was pretty excited.

"Stars Over The Tropics" (Judge's Choice 2006) - Kaleidoscopic stars shine over a secondary pattern of crosses, each embellished with a gold satin-stitched broderie perse applique flower.

"Stop and Smell the Rose Garden" (1st place) - Michael Miller's wonderfully delicious pink pastel floral fabric seemed the perfect piece to inspire creation of this 86 x 64" 103-kaleidoscopic garden of roses entitled "Stop and Smell the Rose Garden." It was entirely pieced and quilted by me on my Bernina 440-QE. The original design is Linda Causee's "Wacky Wedge". I adore it so much that I've made 7 of them! I am very proud to say that this quilt was juried into the Denver National Quilt Festival's "Peak of Perfection" May 3-6, 2007 and won a 1st place Blue Ribbon at the New Braunfels Area Quilt Guild Quilt Show here in Texas at "Stitchin' in the Garden" July 21-23 2006.

Sleeping Beauty - Block-of-the-Month pattern based on and woven around the fairytale story, designed by Yolande and I, and never published.

Twinkle Twinkle - Design expanded around a 1 inch square taken from 'Inspiration Odyssey' by Diana Swim Wessels. Bonded applique. Machine satin stitching and machine embroidery stitching using rayon and metallic threads. Felt batting.

Friends Quilt - My friend Diane and I each made a "Friends Quilt" from sampler blocks and a purchased panel. The sampler blocks were chosen to reflect our friendship.

Fish - This was my first entry ever into AQS and it was accepted and printed on the AQS website as well as the AQS 2005 Desktop Calendar.

Venus - This quilt was a stylized version of my favorite Boticelli painting. It is totally orginal and machine quilted on a Bernina 153 with Metallic Maderia threads.

It's A NEW Day! - This quilt was commissioned by a private individual and will be in DC for the 2009 Obama Inauguration. It will also be published in a book from that same show and possible travel in an Obama Quilt show.

St Francis - This quilt was a chance for me to learn about St Francis. He was an amazing fellow. What you cannot see in the picture is the glitter and gloss applied. It took the better part of a year to complete. My favorite part is the tame coyote!

Auqua Aurora - This quilt is a visual representation of my reawakening after a bone marrow transplant in 2004 and recovering from Non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

Summer Lemonade - Made for challenge 'Colour Full'. I wanted to see if I could create an art piece that still retained all the essential qualities of a quilt. It is quite heavily machine quilted to showcase the effect and the texture that quilting creates. The green squares are trapunto stuffed.

Semillon - Celebrating a holiday in the Dordogne, France, land of sunflowers, walnuts, foie gras and wonderful red wine. The quilting represents the rain showers and the sun shine.

Irises for Ruth - Made because I love irises. Paper pieced pattern and curved piecing patterns added to leaves and border of my own design.

Mallory's Ice Cream Cone Quilt - Handquilted and Embroidered "Mallory Meeks Ice Cream Parlor" with cherries at top. Green fabric in lattice is also used for backing and pink flowers are quilted from the back in the borders.

Cody's Shoo Fly Quilt - I modified the Shoo Fly blocks down the center of the quilt to spell out the letters of my godson's name C-O-D-Y. I incorporate the child's name in every quilt that I make. Native American motifs are quilted in the cornerstones, arrows in the borders and targets in the blocks.