Harmonic Convergence Quilt - My first Harmonic Convergence Quilt. I enjoyed making this quilt, but have to say that I got distracted by the dogs and got my strips all mixed up!!!! Had to re-assemble fabric in original layout 4 times!! Had one dog with his foot in the wastepaper basket, one standing on the foot pedal, one trying to jump up for a cuddle, and two wrestling on the floor. The next one will be done with the door firmly shut (I'll have to wear ear plugs so that I don't hear the whining and scratching at the door). Next time I'll get into the creative zone.

Single Irish Chain - Shabby Chic colors made this Single Irish Chain quilt. It is the first quilt that I have made specifically for me!!! It will be my quilt to nap under, read under, dream under.

Celtic mandala - A Mandala is originaly a drawing made to express your feelings at the moment you are drawing. The difficulty has been to "translate" a drawing into patterns.

Christmas in the hall - Reverse quilt made to fit on a big white wall in my entrance room. The back side is made of differents Christmas fabrics

a bird between sky and sea - I saw picture of a a quilt with birds. I liked one of the birds and used it to make my own design. So the bird is "borrowed" and the surrounding is my own design. I even don't know who made the original birds, I only had the picture.

Lighthouses for Lindy - I used the pattern but added embroidery lighthouses puchased on EBAY instead of the Daisies. The quilt was given to a friend suffering from reast cancer who loves lighthouses.

Warm for Winter - This quilt pattern was purchased in VT, while on vacation 2 years ago. It's made from recycled sweaters found at the local trift shop... easy to get in FL. It was recently given to my friend in upstate PA where the tempratures are low and her gas bill is high.

Clover Lake - This quilt was featured in a special invitational exhibit at International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX and in the C&T Book Innovative Digital Imagery by Cyndy Rymer and Lynn Koolish.

Spice - Our quilt guild was challenged to make a quilt using two quilt blocks, used any way they wished. I used the Shoo Fly block and the Eight Pointed Star block with color placement to come up with this design. I loved planning out the color placements and deciding just what the fabrics and colors would be. What I ended up with is nowhere near what I had in mind when I started out.

John's T Shirt Quilt - Made on my Son's Graduation from some of his favorite T-Shirts!

I Spy for Tommy

Love & Life - The flowers and sashing are all one piece of fabric. Where the pinwheels are was also a flower which I cut out and then reversed appliqued the pinwheels in the space.

IN MEMORY - The original quilt was called "In Memoriam". It focused on using small squares to create an image which was a cross with a rainbow effect. I adapted the image and translated it to make on gridded fusible interfacing. Similar to the way that watercolor quilts are made. I have made three so far with only one more needed right now. I give them to family and friends that have suffered losses. The 1st went to a mother who lost her 13y/o son to asthma. On the rear I had a picture of the teen transferred to fabric with a message of comfort. The mother really treasured it. I never met her I guess you can say I was commisioned by a friend. (no charge) The 2nd was for my mother in memory of grandma. On the back I used fabric from a blouse that I saved to embroider the memoriam. The most recent is for a girlfriend who lost her mom a few days before Christmas. I have the mother's blouse as well. I do this to bring comfort and hope for those with losses and comfort myself in giving.

Our Back Yard - Thirty different greens make up the 300 trees with seven different backgrounds to go from blue sky and sunlight to deep in the woods.

You Are My Lucky Star - This is a quilt I made for my grandmother in 2003. I chose the roses fabric because my grandmother loves roses and the collection reminded me of her Royal Dalton tea cups that she loved. In 2004 she was moved to a nursing home, so this quilt came back to me.

Double Irish Chain - Given as a baby shower gift to someone who is now my best friend! She was the answer to many many prayers! And maybe the quilt had something to do with it, too! ;)

Beryl's Vase - Quilt made for my mother. Pattern is Patricia Campbell's "Beryl's Vase". All applique is needle turned. This quilt took me approximately 10 years from start to finish. It spent 6 years in a closet waiting for me to finish it while I worked long hours. Once I started working on it again, I was glad I did. It was machine quilted by someone in Maine, where we lived at the time. I cannot remember the quilter's name.