Pandora Revisted - Mountains are a recurring theme in my work. Several commercial butterfly fabrics in my stash were begging to be released. A picture in a magazine added the box to the design.

Ain't It Grand - My husband hikes in the Grand Canyon twice a year and this quilt honors the many trips he has made over the years. Light plays on the canyon walls and what you see is never the same twice.

From the Depths - "From The Depths" quilt was my entry in a guild challenge called "Loco Motion." It has been juried into the 2007 AQS Nashville show along with seven other guild challenge winners!

YES! - I love my mountains!

“The Power of Suggestion” - So is this a red quilt or a green quilt? In psychology, the Stroop effect is a demonstration of interference in the reaction time of a task. When a word such as blue, green, red, etc. is printed in a color differing from the color expressed by the word's semantic meaning (e.g. the word "red" printed in blue ink), a delay occurs in the processing of the word's color, leading to slower test reaction times and an increase in mistakes. The effect is named after its discoverer, John Ridley Stroop. quoted from Wikipedia= a Web-based free-content encyclopedia project. Snakes, children holding hands, vines and leaves are quilted into the pattern. Spray paint over letters and lace make the words, cheater flying geese form the borders.

Earthstones - Look into a stream. The colors of the rocks are varied and beyond what you would expect.

“Background Check” - I haven’t done a self-portrait in years, waiting for the exercised and skinny ME to come out of hiding. I stopped waiting, had my husband trace my body as is, and then I painted in the face, and wrote a beginning of an autobiography in the background.

Pink Lemonade - When I saw this quilt in Eleanor's book, I immediately thought of my Mother-in-Law. The colors are Betty's favorite, so I shopped around to find the exact fabrics. She loves it!

Breaking the Block - The title refers to a design block, resizing blocks within the quilt many times and finally, the curved bias strips which gave motion, really breaking up the blocks.

“Converging With Curves” - Ricky Tims workshop started this piece. I added a curved convergence attic-window-style to make it bigger. I think a great quilt always has a bit of orange in it somewhere!

“Amy & Sara’s Mondegreen” - “…cherish virtue…” My sister-in-laws grew up convinced that meant, “Cherries HURT YOU!” and would not eat cherries. A misheard lyric is a Mondegreen. Origins: For many years she had misunderstood the last line of the Scottish folk ballad "The Bonny Earl of Murray," which reads: And they laid him on the Green. Ms. Sylvia Wright misheard as: And Lady Mondegreen.

All Sports in the Whole World - I told Mike I was making a quilt with all the sports in the whole world for him.

Calico Cat and Gingham Dog - I made a cloth book for the center and wrote the poem. It also serves as my quilt label.

BLUEBERRY PIE - totally scrap blues. some lights.. easy design

Peace and Love - I made this mini quilt for my mom for Christmas. It is machine quilted and is needle-turned in both the reverse and regular style of hand applique. I quilted the Kanji "Love" into the upper right corner of the quilt.

Here Kitty - First time doing a raggedy edge quilt. Was nice to have each block finished and quilted as it was assembled.

Bright Butterflies - Pattern showed a more traditional coloring....light background with pastel zig-zags. I used a bold, butterfly print on a block background, and the zig-zags are some of the bright colors found in the print.