Birds in the Air: The Dove of Peace - This quilt was made for a local quilt shop (Quilted Threads in Henniker, NH) challenge. The fabrics in the bird were the challenge fabrics, and the name of the challenge was "Peace by Piece".

Dragonflies

Turtles, Turtles, Rah Rah Rah - Another applique! I just love doing machine applique! This was a Christmas present from my kids when we spent Christmas in Maui.

Serengeti

Tisket-A-Tasket - Two main construction techniques are used to make all the dimensional flowers that fill this woven basket. The background is completly finished before any flowers are attached. www.2BarA.com

Ziggy - The quilt that will mess with your eyes abit,I was making a tumbling block pattern but messed up on cutting my angels out,Kinda glad I did was a happy mistake through cutting out my pattern.

Crazy Curves - Crazy curves has an embroidery pattern along each curve edge before any quilting. I quilted a flower design that I drawed out onto freezer paper then it was all quilted in the ditch. The paper comes off fairly easy.

Love Knott Dancing Starzzz - Love knott dancing starzzz was one of my favorite quilts to quilt. I drew out my own quilting pattern with a ruler and led pencil with inner locking weeving lines. Then I drew out starzzz with wooden stencil.

Mexican Cross - I was watching Fons and Porters show on tv and wrote down the pattern. This quilt took me ayear to finish because I had cut out alot of small pieces and did it the long route. several were made in between. Afew thought I would never finish it, surprize!!

Bright Lighting Bolts - I like bright colors. The quilt was free hand quilted on my janome long arm with out marking any lines,no guides either. Though my lines aren't perfect,it turned out nice. I used matching threads for each fabric color fron't and back.

Simply Red - Red Work

Romance of the Chickens - This original design was intended for the Black, White & Red All Over Keepsake Quilting challenge. We were given 6 fabrics and had to use at least 4. The rose fabric was orange, so I colored it with ink and fussy cut the roses. The beaks and feet were also painted. The roses formed a heart and just needed some ruffles – albeit of dots and checks. It didn’t meet the challenge size requirements, so I couldn’t send it in for judging. After quilting, I realized I didn’t like the background fabric by the chickens, so I cut it out, faced the openings, then added a background of black netting to support the quilt.

This Ones For You - My daughter who I thought was not really interested in my quilting, announced to me one day that I had never made her a quilt and her brother had 2! Well, it was 4 months before her 30th birthday, so that was all I needed. She liked a One Block Wonder I had done in a workshop, so I made another one with octagons. If you've never done this, stick to the hexagons. And then I added borders to make it big enough for her bed. She loves it!

Anthony's 1st Quilt - Quilt was made for a Anthony's first Christmas using 5 " squares of fun prints, that are bright and colorful. Quilt is 7 X 11 squares.

My First Quilt - Class and design by Karen Styles at Craft Cottage (now Somerset Patchwork & Quilting). Started 2002, finished 2006.

Round the Twist - Challenge Quilt for Waverley Patchworkers 2004 Quilt Show: a one patch quilt 24x36"