Caitlin's Cat Quilt - Based on the Ohio Star. Fussy cut cat faces are centered in the blocks and in the sashing.

Birdhouse Wall hanging - This is from my Birdhouse faze.

Peace - The upper rectangles represent the ancient Chinese peace from the "I Ching". Symbol in circle is the modern character.

Katelyn's Electric Butterfly Garden - My rhapsody quilt made for my preteen daughter Katelyn. This quilt was started with Ricky's online instruction and completed with the help of his Rhapsody book and Grand Finale DVD. Thanks Ricky! Butterfly and flower details were done by applying beads and crystals by hand. This definitely won't be my last rhapsody quilt!

Hidden Wells - Made for my niece Julie, in England who came for a vist to Australia. it is a queen size bed quilt and took about 2 weeks to piece.

Where the Desert meets the Rainforest - Henry is my great nephew living in the UK. He came for a visit to Australia with his parents and as I had given his mother a quilt, i thought i better make him one as well. It took 2 days to make and and I handed it to the quilter on Thursday afternoon and picked it up on Friday morning. the quilting pattern is of Koalas in the trees, and Kangaroos on the ground. Henry wants to hang it in his room so he can ly in bed and look at it.

My inner oblong - This is made for my dear friend who loves these colours. It is from the Chelsea Boutique range of fabrics. I finished it with an all over stippling on my machine and frame.

Stars across Australia - This was made for my Great Niece, Nellie. I had made the star block in a class a few years previously out of pastel Fossil Fern fabric. At the time i thought they were a bit pale and forgot about them. I found them and thought a nice clear pastel blue batic would help to brighten the whole thing up. the quilting is done in a pale mauve and is of Kangaroos, platapus and Tassie tigers. the quilt is going to England and Nellie loves the colours.

"Til My Arts Content - This is my first quilt totally made of scraps from old pillow shams, work shirts & pants, muslin, a bed sheet, and an old mattress cover for batting. Since this was my first quilt, it was supposed to be a practice run, but I think it turned out REALLY well, so I've decided to post it. It has very sparce quilting, but for my first try I'm happy with it. Maybe one day I will add more quilting to it. Will have to wait and see, but fornow I'm happy with it just the way it is.

Alivia's Squares - This was for my granddaughter at Christmas last year. I let her pick out her colors from my stash and the pattern she wanted from my many magazines. Then I purchased more fabric based on her choices. The pattern was much smaller than what I wanted so I added several more blocks and the wide border. Border and backing is Fairy Frost.

Bethany's quilt - This is Bethany's quilt and she picked out her colors and the pattern. I then chose all the fun fabrics. I used the window treatment with the fusible so there wouldn't be a stiff backing.

Orange Soda Memories & Cozumel Stars - My oldest granddaughter's quilt. She had just returned from a trip to Cozumel and was completely enamored by the colors of the waters and landscapes so those were the colors she chose for the fabric. I had taken part in a mystery and really liked the patten so that was the one I used as the base for this quilt. I then printed pictures of each family member and a orange soda bottle (her favorite pop) and appliquéd them...making each face look like bubbles coming from the bottle. She loves it and it's never far from her side.

Stuart's Forest - This is for my grandson...an avid hunter just like his dad. I used just a simple block design with the bear paws stepping up the quilt. The fabric is assorted camouflage.

Quiet Comfort - I made this for my daughter so she would have a cuddle quilt to wrap up in. She has it ever-ready by her 'spot' on the couch so she can quickly grab it and feel my hugs as she wraps it around her.

I Spy James - I made this with some novelty squares I had received from a swap. One square represents one letter of the alphabet. I also printed his picture and his mom and dad and grandpa & I on treated fabric and added them to the corners along with a list of some of the things to Spy.

God Bless America - I finished the quilt the day we went to war with Iraq, I wanted all the symbols of what being an American meant to me, and tragedies recently suffered to be in the quilt. Road to Calif 2004

Victory Garden Beauty - I made this design and quilt from a tablecloth panel that I put in the center of the quilt, and repeated the swag motifs from the center to an outer border as applique. The stars reinforce the 4th of July genre of the fabric line, called Victory Garden, designed by Eleanor Burns, for Benartex. This quilt made my first Fons & Porter issue, Nov/Dec 2008. I was thrilled!