Matanzas Memories (for Carolyn) - Large lap quilt made for my niece who had ALS. She and I loved to look for shells on the beach in Matanzas Bay, Florida, hence the use of many shell fabrics and shell-inspired batiks. This was given to her on her birthday in June of 2006. She loved it and used it. She passed away in January, 2007.

Le Piglets - Hand appliqued, with machine embroidered tails and eyes.

Blue Skies Smilin at Me - Pattern looks like the potholders we used to weave when we were kids - we used small, square looms and colored elastic fabric bands.

for Ben

Somewhere In Time, Past Meets Present - This quilt has 75 different 1930's reproduction prints collected at the 2003 Houston International Quilt Festival as fat quarters. Each block has a yo-yo made from the fabric. The batting is Hobbs Wool. It hangs in my longarm studio

Grace Mountain - A popular contemporary Christian song, "Mountain of God" By Third Day inspired me to look for a delectable mountain pattern. Bright cheery fabric and butterflies remind me that God's grace is sufficient. Custom quilted with lots of fun feather flurries.

Bluebonnets - Texas Bluebonnets.

Ralph - snippet pets

Daisy

Bon's barn

Piecemakers 2002 - pigs are dime size .

'89 Quake - Quilt squares were on my design wall when the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake struck. A beginning quilter, I lived a few miles from the San Andreas Fault in California.

Windows of the Past Pieces of the Present - Pieced neutral background with 3 inch pieced blocks in colors of the guitar which is appliqued over windows that have a music staff weaving in and out. The windows have folk song titles embroidered in them. If you read music, see if you can guess what the notes say!

Happy Birthday, Nyssa! - This was a birthday quilt for my grandaughter, Nyssa, for her 11th birthday. I made a pillow to match. With her name appliqued in the center of the quilt, and the fun fabrics, it was a big hit!

For a Veteran - The quilt was started in Texas at a retreat. When it was finished, I knew it had to go to a vet at the Murfreesboro (TN) Veterans Administration rest home. Luana quilted it when I decided to donate it. I don't know who received it; I just hope the vet is warm and knows the love that went into its making.

No doctor for 25 days! - The challenge was on! We each drew three Crayolas (from a paper bag so you couldn't see them) and you had to use the three colors in the quilt, together with any others you wish. My colors were Scarlet, Black and Tickled Pink. The apples are made from tiny trips of fabric sewn together, the applique pattern was cut and fused to an offwhite background, and remaining strips were used for the framing. The quilts were hung at a local quilt shop, where customers voted for their favorite. Mine won first place!

Stained-Glass Tulips - This is my first Stained glass quilt project. I wanted to quilt it to look like real stained glass...lots of little "pebbling"! It turned out just the way I wanted! After I had it up on the wall for a while I decided that it needed crystals....I did go mad with that hot fix iron...very addidcting!

Grassland Sunset - Applique of Mt. Shasta, foothills and tree line from my living room window. It is appliqued over hand dyes colored like the many sunsets here. It has appliqued stylized flying geese across it and is bordered by a pieced tree (to represent the forest), flying geese,(to represent the name of the Ranger district and we are located on the Pacific flyway) Bear paw (to represent Smokey the Bear). The final frame is done with fabrics to represent the sky forest and grasslands.