Out of the Darkness - This quilt was actuallly a block of the month club at our local qult shop.

French Braid - The most difficult part of this quilt is picking out the fabrics. THere are 19 different fabrics that need to make a gradual progression.

Sunshine & Blue Sky - Found border print of yellow and blue flowers. Didn't like pattern, but loved the color. Border of double dark blue lines became focal point surrounded by fussy-cut flower squares. I had the inspiration, but it took my Husband, Mother, Step-daughter and quilt shop owner to help with color. Quilt backing is a varigated blue with dark blue butterflies. I used the butterflies as a "go-by" for machine quilting. I also added a large square on the back to fold quilt into a pillow. The square is patchwork of fabric used in the quilt for future repairs. The quilt was given to my Mother who has dementia.

Happy Spring - Quilt is for Great-Grandaughter #1 on a wonderful spring day! Some quilt squares were fussy-cut. Most of the fabric came from my stash. (Yes, DH, I do use my stash.) Backing includes appliqued alphabet for future learning. Also made pillow cover of scraps which could be used for quilt storage.

Precious Metal - We all take it for granted to have a golden ring or a warm house. Recent mining accidents made me remember how brave men and women put their life on line to unearth precious metal or coal.

Contemporary, but still Amish - It started as a Challenge: Create a contemporary variaton of a classic Center Diamond. All pieces are cut without ruler, the quilt is pieced in soft curves. I added free-form hand-drawn feathers in trapunto, and fine micro-stippeling. Finalist on display at International Quiltfestival Houston 2008

Dogs Playing Poker - This quilt started out as a joke for my step daughter. Her significant other was bemoaning the fact that she had put up all kinds of pictures around their new house, but he wasn't allowed to hang his favorite art, "Dogs Playing Poker". I found the panel on e-Bay just before Christmas 2006 and designed a simple quilt around it in EQ5. I waited and waited and the panel didn't arrive. I had all the other material (all doggie themed) ready to go and still no panel. The seller had taken sick and was hospitalized before she could mail my fabric. Her family finally found all her orders and filled them as they could. I would have felt very small indeed complaining about their poor sick relative, so I gave Pete a raincheck on his Christmas present. Other quilts came along and poor Pete's quilt wasn't finished until just a week ago. I gave it to him last week, explaining the delay. He is delighted in spite of the nearly nine month wait. I think he's getting something simpler this year.....maybe an embroidered flannel shirt.

Dr. Niblett's Pig Pink Serenity - Based on drawing of pig by a surgeon I work with. I decided to have some fun with his drawing. Mostly done with batiks and some of my hand dyed fabric.

Flag - This was made from a kit I bought at a quilt shop while travelling through Indiana. I pieced it in my RV on the road and raffled it off to benefit 9/11 survivors.

Happy - My mother saw this quilt in local quilt show and liked it. The name of the quilt in the show was Happy. I recreated it for her kingsize bed.

Days of roses - I fell in love with watercolour quilts on purchasing this book.

Soshell's Quilt - A nice quilt for a wonderful young lady!

Red Wedding Quilt - Why did I decide to make a red wedding quilt? I'm not sure... but just wanted something snazzy. This red quilt has about 80 different fabrics, including novelty fabrics to represent the recipient's interest and local culture... Coca Cola, Georgia Bulldogs, tomatoes, apples, etc. I used tons of variegated red thread for the machine quilting -- I just felt it needed lots of stitches to pull together the variety of fabrics. The quilt represents the diversity of living life to the fullest!

Powerless - This quilt is inspired by the Step 1 of the 12 Step recovery program, as a reminder that we are Powerless over pretty much everything, all the way to the planets and universe itself. I learned shadowing techniques from a wonderful book called "Casting Shadows" by Colleen Wise.

Starry Lake - This is one of a series of night-time landscapes I made upon discovering freeform raw edge applique. I like the sparkle and magical feeling. This was machine quilted with iridescent thread on shiny fabric for water effect.