Amish Sunshine & Shadow - This quilt is strip-pieced and is a design I've made several times. The Amish colours make it very striking. The quilting is very basic, following the diamond shapes formed by the different colours.

Who says quilts have to be square? - I made three of these hippos in different colours for various friends who were having babies. They are made from fleece with a couple of layers of polyester wadding (batting). Fleece is very easy to work with as it doesn't fray, and is lovely and soft and cuddly. I can't remember who makes this pattern, but it's one of the big commercial pattern companies more usually associated with dressmaking patterns.

"One Web or Another" - "A Page From My Journal - 2007. The webs represent the recent things that have tried to keep me from being creative. I am headed toward the open door. It is currently on display at IQF in Houston.

African Elephants - This was the first quilt that I designed myself, using a couple of other quilts in books as inspiration. It really gripped me and took less than 2 weeks to make (including working full-time at the office). The starting point was the elephant fabric, and it just developed naturally from there. Having grown up in Africa, I have a real soft spot for any fabrics on an African theme.

Purple Stars - One of my favourite quilts, made for my guest bedroom which has a lavender theme.

Wooden Houses - Inspired by traditional house patterns and Robert Kaufman Home Improvement fabric line. Entered in the Robert Kaufman 2007 Miniature Contest and I’m so happy to be included in the touring collection with a stop in Houston!!! 961 1/2" squares quilted with silk thread. Back is one large pieced house.

Thorn of Crowns

Humane Society Dog/Cat Cage Quilts - During Spring Break my 3 GC made quilts for the local Humane Society dog/cat cages. H.S. gave us the sizes need and we made 16 quilts for our fur friends. It was a wonderful adventure.

Cat with Christmas Lights - This is a wallhanging that I started a couple of years ago and only recently completed. I am not certain of the name of the pattern and a computer search came up with no information as to the exact name of the pattern. This was a fun quilt as it reminds me of my cat "Bean."

Star Bargello #2 - I made this quilt for an auction for Muscular Distrophy auction for ALS research. My late husband's Doctor won the bid and has it hanging on a wall in his home.

Sangria - This quilt was begun in hopes of submitting it to the MAQS dresden plate challenge. I was unable to complete it in time for that deadline, but I entered it to the AQS Paducah show, as my first entry into a competition other than my local guild shows. It was accepted, and was totally shocked and everso thrilled.

Seven Sisters - Paula Nadelstern style stars, learned from a Jeri Riggs workshop.

Butterfly in Flight - This is an original design done for the Robert Kaufman 2007 "Think out of the Box" quilt contest. This is the first quilt I entered in a contest and it was chosen to go in the Travel Show through out the USA in 2007 - 2008.

Space Snakes - This is my verison of the Rattlesnake pattern. It is a paper piecing pattern from Karen Stone. I thought the bright color just called for a unique design.