Prissy Pinwheels - After sewing for nearly thirty years, I just made my very first quilt. I made it for my first grandbaby, Priscilla. I just wanted to see if I would like piecing blocks. Then I found this applique design from DesignsbyJuJu.com. We all know what happened next. Totally hooked! Despite my "beginners" workmanship on the quilting, I am tickled pink with this quilt...mostly because I actually finished it! Now for the next one...

Lauren's Guardian Angel Quilt - This is a hybrid design from "P.S. I Love You Two" by Nancy Smith and Lynda Milligan; "Everyday Angels in Extraordinary Quilts" by Mary Lou Weidman; and "Stack the Deck" by Karla Alexander.

Carrot - Strip pieced orange carrot with green top. 27" long made for the front door. flip & sew method.

It's Always Christmas - Blocks were made 5 years before set in quilt top & applique borders added.

Jonathan's Quilt - Several different blocks from different sources assembled for a grandson's Christmas Eve birthday.

Nebraska - Crib sized quilt made from scraps. Blocks are made from bear claw squares and adapted to baskets

Winter Scene - Preprinted panel with machine applique corners and lattice pieced border. Panel was purchased in the 1980's. Applique corners are a variety of fabrics pruchased in the mid 1990's. Quilt hangs on fireplace from Dec. till the crocus bloom.

4th of July Row by Row - Red, White & Blue quilt with a variety of traditional blocks & applique in a row by row setting. No pattern for the quilt top. Quilt hangs in a bedroom. Handprints are quiltmaker, daughter & grand daughter.

Funky Flowers - I found the fabric with the big pink flowers at the quilt show in Henderson, NV. I had no idea what I was going to do with it but I had to take it home. I found great retro fabrics that complimented it perfectly at Nancy's Quilt Shop. I wanted to do something simple because I wanted to make a large quilt in a couple months. I added more of the diamonds and took off the borders from the pattern. I am quilting the big flowers from my inspiration fabric in the diamonds and have done a very large meandering everywhere else.

Voor jou van mij (for you from me) - It's a small wallquilt, made for my husband's office. It is made with silk and cotton fabrics. I made one mistake and noticed it when it was finished, can you find it? I wanted to change it, but DH told me it made the quilt more interesting. And it belongs to my way of quilting, I never follow a pattern exactly, even if I want to ;-).

Garden Path - I made this beginner quilt to teach some of my friends how to quilt. While shopping for fabric, a little girl saw what I had chosen and said, "Nice fabrics!" I was really pleased with how well this turned out. I did a simple quilting design all free motion. The swirls in the quilting add to the movement from the rail fence blocks.

Kattenkop - My daughter left the house to study. I made her a bedquilt. She adores animals, especially cats. So I took fabrics with cats en made crazy bloks around those heads with bright colours and black. She still uses it, but not on her bed, but on her couch.

Voor Yentl (for Yentl) - A collegue of mine was pregnant. I wanted to make a babyquilt for her. She liked the idea, and I made her this quilt with Sun Bonnet Sues. In the middle is an empty block. When the baby was born, I received a birthcard, I print that on fabric en appliqued it on the empty space. I made this picture before Yentl was born. My collegue is very anxious that the quilt gets dirty or damaged, so she hardly uses it for its perpose, but I like the idea she treats it like a treasure ;-)

strandquilt (beachquilt) - Another collegue of mine became father in 2003. He asked me to make a babyquilt with beachdesigns (since Den Helder is near the beach). I bought fabrics with sand, water, footsteps in the sand, shells etc. and made the blocks with it. He wanted it to be a real thick quilt so I bought the thickest batting I could find.

ToughTimes - This is my first quilt that was on an exhibition. I was so proud! But when I made the quilt I had several different fabrics and sometimes I had to start all over again and that's why it's called toughtimes. When I see it now, I wouldn't have used green with it. The appliquations is silk and the blocks around it are batik and cotton. I think the colors aren't in balance. But anyway it was my first sampler and I love it for that.

Introduction Quilt - I have a love of quilting, art and horses. I have spent a lot of time watching and studying horse behavior. I especially enjoy the interactions. That spark moment when two new horses meet and touch noses. There is electricity in the air. Will it be long lost buddies or a problem? This drawing was taken from several photos and then put together for this quilt. The original drawing was also used for my sister's wedding invitation.

The Sampler Quilt - This is my very first quilt, machine pieced, and hand quilted. It took me one year to complete.

Baltimore Bouquets - This was one of my first attempts at hand applique and learned a lot of new techniques while taking the class. I didn't choose the traditional Baltimore album colors but opted to step out of the box.