Hailey's Butterflies - My 7-year old granddaughter saw this pattern where log cabin blocks are arranged to look like butterflies with applique added for the bodies of the butterflies. All the pinks and all the whites are scrappy but match each other. I had seen it on the cover of a quilting magazine years ago. She loved it and I made her this queen size to grow with her beds as she grows. I added the applique flowers in the border for fun, and they are totally free hand.

Joy of Fall - I used maple leaves and discharge dyed the leaves, then used batik fabric and fused leaving a shadow effect. I stitched line with different colors of threads to give the feel of falling leaves. The characters are JOY. I needed a piece for the Upper Canada Guild challenge of 2007, we were given a choice of words and I picked JOY. I love the fall season and the colored maple leaves are such a visual joy to behold each fall, before we return to California for the winter.

Rose in Bloom - I took a Class from Elaine Quehl and made this rose wall hanging. I added beads to the center it is fused and machine.

Jayden's Cowboy Quilt - This is an unusual fabric choice for a baby quilt, but we live in the "West" so I chose cowboy fabrics, like boots and bandanas for Jayden. While his mom was pregnant with him, we all had a big cowboy cook out and party at a resort in AZ, so it seemed fitting.

Cactus Blossom - This is a totally scrappy Cactus Blossom in all blues. It was a lot of fun to make and use a lot of different fabrics. I used a piano key border (I love those) and rounded the edges for fun.

Sun Flower Quilt - My love of sunflowers along with being inspired by a one time viewing of a quilt by A.Stevenson led me to create this quilt. I drew out my design on paper, and digitized my own appliqued sunflowers. Every block is a different size. Each sunflower has 24 petals, partially appliqued, and the other part either embroidered, or 3 dimensional petals created.

Sunshine Quilt - This is a 3 dimensional sunshine quilt wall hanging. The rays are double backed fabric with wires satin stitched on the edges. The face was sewn, stuffed, and painted. I took a class from D. Lamb on techniques using a similiar sunshine theme.

Road from Oklahoma - I am from Oklahoma and so is my daughter-in-law's mother. So I made her this quilt and call it the "Road FROM Oklahoma" for that reason. She is a sweet girl and I love her dearly. I am proud to have her use this quilt to keep her warm.

Baby Growth Chart - This is a baby Growth Chart, using the Whimsical Kingdom embroidery designs. It features a giraffe at the top, a butterfly just below the giraffe, and a frog at the bottom. There is a measuring tape marked off with feet, and falling leaves quilted into the background.

Sabah Al Khair (Good Morning) - A Photo taken early one morning was the inspiration for this quilt

D.J. and Jessica - I created this portrait for my son and daughter-in-law of their wedding picture.

Trip around redville - This pattern was done in wall hanging size and I was making a queen size quilt. I purchased over 25 red fabrics to complete the quilt. I found that trying to use those many reds meant my selection either went toward red orange or burgundy. It was really hard to find a selection of reds that stayed the true cherry red I was wanting to use. It went together like a charm - just one block required ripping because of my inattention.

Two Peppers - This quilt was made in a class with Esterita Austin. The peppers are cut from one piece of fabric to take advantage of the light and dark areas. The fabric was painted and then machinethread painted. It is machine quilted

Traveling Tumbling Blocks - This quilt is a charm quilt containing over a 1000 different fabrics. it was English paper pieced, then the blocks were sewn together by hand. When all together the entire quilt was applicqued to the black fabric.

Shiloh Quilt - Pieced Pineapple block from page 95 of F&P's September 2004 issue. Made from my dated stash fabrics. Pic is in basting stage but stipple quilted throughout quilt.

Stars over Ramstein - This was a Guild challenge. 6 of us had to paperpiece each 6 stars and then exchange with each other. Nobody knew what colors the other one's used. The theme was Christmas.