Amish Tulips - This is my first miniature quilt. It is 11 1/2" x 11 1/2." It is quilted with metallic theads and has a glitter cording in the center medallion. It is paper pieced, which I love doing! It is also one of my favorite quilts, as I love the Amish colors!

Semper Fidelis - This was made for a Marine who worked with my husband. It is the USMC, Eagle, Globe and Anchor, the details of the rope and eagle were satin stitched.

Bejeweled - Stained glass effect, great piecing technique.

4th of July - The Grand Finale - I went on a wonderful Judy Niemeyer retreat on Flathead Lake in Montana this spring. I chose to do her 4th of July pattern, and am still working on it. I LOVE all of the bold colors that I chose!

Garden Gate

Eye of the Storm - I wanted to do a quilt with the background going from dark to light in the center, and stars in colors moving through the color wheel. The surprise came when I had an unusual duo of light grey and orange. Still under construction!

Wildflowers - 2" squares were arranged on design wall, then machine pieced.

Batik Convergence - Quilt was made to hang in reception area of the professional firm I own with my husband.

Maddie's Bullseye - Quilt was a gift for my youngest granddaughter, Madison. Some of the blocks came from an internet swap.

Pink Anthuriums - Adapted Hawaiian silhouette design using multiple fabrics. Hand quilted in traditional Hawaiian echo quilting style.

Looped and Lost - Each square in this miniature quilt is 1" x 1'. I used a technique that I saw in a quilting magazine. (I can not put my hands on it at this time. I'll keep looking.) The quarter circle in each square is not pieced. They were carefully cut from black fabric with white dots and white fabric with black dots using a clear template. At the qult show, everyone kept coming to me and saying, How did you piece those little squares. I told them to take a closer look, but had to confess the trick.

Yo-Yo Lady - There are 400 Yo-Yos in this miniature quilt. I was a member of a ladies group that met once a week at a member's home. We worked on whatever project each of us had in progress, talked, laughed and ate. I became known as the YO-YO Lady while working on this project. Twelve years later, I am still good friends with some of the ladies and they still point out yo-yos to me.

Evergreen Pacific - This quilt incorporated a sailboat pattern I had created earlier with original foundation-pieced trees, mountains, and water to represent the Puget Sound area. It was a congratulation gift for friends on their purchase of a local publishing company.

Happy 30th Anniversary - My Husband is an Engineer and travels Internationally as part of his job. His only weakness is the newest technology. (Phones, computers, Ipod, TIVO, etc.) I gave him this quilt for our 30th Wedding Anniversary. It contains twenty fat quarters of computers, phones, wires, tools and travel fabrics. He was traveling when I made it, so it was a complete surprise.

For Sophie - This was a baby quilt in honor of Sophie, an adorable black poodle puppy, when she came to live with her mama, Marcia Aurdal. Each of the '30s reproduction fabrics has an animal theme.

My First Quilt Retreat - I signed up for my first quilt retreat in September 2006 at the Red Barn in Cold Springs, TX. My Friend and Fellow Quilter mentioned that the other quilters took a quilt for their bed. Being a QUILTER, I could not show up without a QUILT for my bed. I had just made a turning twenty quilt for my husband and I felt that I could finish one for me in time for the retreat. I pulled out all my fabrics that had a quilting and sewing theme and one fat quarter of Hersheys Candy Bars, because my friend said that there was no quilt retreat without CHOCOLATE. The Red Barn spoiled me rotten and I have already signed up for this year. (Mr. Red Barn made homemade bread three times a day for us!!!)

Quintessential Sun - Octagon shaped quilt that is a machine pieced lone star with paper pieced background pieces. The fabric is all batiks.

Cats n bugs in the Garden - This was a kit. Fabric and quilt designed by Ellen Edith for Blank Quilting.