Baltimore Album - Handpieced applique by Ann Hamilton of Seattle, WA. The workmanship on this quilt is exquisite and it was a treat to be able to do the finish work. Ann paid close attention to detail in every hand stitch! This masterpiece measures 83*83 I used Quilters Dream Poly (select) for the batting and Superior's Bottom Line thread.

Double Irish Chain

halloween - quilt kit received as a birthday gift

Anniversary for my son - Fabric used was from the groom's shirt, the best man's shirt, ring bearer's shirt and flower girls dress. Many other fabrics were collected with fat quarter pruchases. The dark purple was the men's shirt, they form the star points of the pattern. Appliqued was some pati hexagons flowers in the corner.

Chocolat

1000 Cranes - I made this quilt for my Mom the year she was undergoing treatment for Leukemia. With the help of about 30 (?) volunteers from the internet, we made 180 paper-pieced cranes. Using a backing fabric with origami crane images, and outline quilting all of the cranes on the front, there are over 1000. The legend of the 1000 paper cranes dates back to a young girl exposed to radiation after the nuclear bombing of Japan in WWII, and she came down w/ Leukemia, so I thought it was right for my mom. All of the prayers that went into the piecing worked, she is in full remission.

Mountains in Autumn - The background for Mountains in Autumn is an off-center log cabin block. The tree and bush are machine appliqued.

Christmas Quilt

Make mine Monet - This is a wallhanging made for my husband Ron who just loves Monet.

Contemporary Art/Art Quilting Basics - This was my first attempt at contemporary art quilting. Stephanie kept trying to get me to step out of my traditional quilt mode into more creative quilting. She helped me work on this and then taught the class at my shop. It was so much fun. It even inspired me to enter a piece in the MN Quilt Show Challenge "Sew Many Northern Lights" in 2006. I think there are more art quilts in my future.

Sunflowers - I say original design because I am the one that designed this pattern.

Mathew's Fish - This quilt has large and small fish on a blue background with accompanying pillowcase of my own design with fish, starfish, and other sea creatures. The quilting is meandering with a series of round bubbles above each fish.

Snowy Sunset - This quilt is hand appliqued with some inking. It was my first applique quilt--quite an undertaking for the first! The background sunset fabric was also my first hand-dyed attempt.

Pacific Northwest - The waves and lighthouse represent the ocean my aunt and uncle love and the trees are for the mountains where their home is. This travels in their motorhome with them.

Colors of Crayons - The blocks are from the 2005 Saturday Sampler I did. The layout (flying geese and stars) is my own design.

Wedding Quilt - I made 2 of these for wedding quilts, one for our niece Dayla and the other for her brother Cory.

Nature's Elegance

Space Odyssey 2005 - Original design using striped pieced curves, a new technique for me.