Floating

Mikhail in Avila

Seashells

Antelope Canyon

Life Renewed

Wedding Bells - My second try at making a quilt. I used news paper cut into sqs for pattern.

On the Stage - Pattern cut out with news paper Used flannel to make it

Dawn's Pansy Quilt - I saw this pattern in Quick & Easy Quilting June 1998. I added Pansy bouquets from Elsa's Designs in the blank blocks & outer corners and a scrappy inner border

Magic Mirror Butterflies - I love the magic mirroring technique that Bethany Reynolds uses for the wings.

My Geisha - I made two of this patteren faceing I have not finshed one

Sunflower and Red Birds - hand appliqued, machine quilted, bead embellishment

Thrift Store Quilt - This is a quilt that I saw hanging on a wall in my favorite store - the thrift shop. I took it home with me for $7.00. Someone did a lot of hand work with this quilt. They tried tea dying it but it just made it look dirty and shabby. I gave it a thorough wash and then starched it. It came out very nicely. Whoever made it did not put batting in it and originally I thought I'd take it apart, put in batting and then quilt it. But actually now I like it as it is.

Christmas Nights

October Nights

October Days - Linda taught a class for my quilt group, Piecemakers, in Oct. 2005 using her pattern.

Pineapple Welcome - adapted pattern to make a table runner

This Quilter's Color Palette - Every square is from my stash and is different. Squares were chosen from a paper bag and were not rearranged. It's a fun process.

Teacups for Jeanne - After taking a class to learn paper piecing, using the above book, I took off on the one cup we learned, got the book and made this quilt. I used fat quarters. The patterns were also reduced to 75% of the originals in the book. It is all cotton fabrics. I think I used the wrong material for batting - fiberfill - because it was rather thick and difficult to quilt.