Gussie's Double Jumbo Tulip Quilt - My quilt books are all in storage, thus I can't give the pattern name. The applique block is of my own design. The quilting was done by Carol Smith of Brookline, NH. This quilt was supposed to be a cute little nine-block wall hanging. My husband loved what I was working on so much, he kept saying 'make more blocks!'. When the quilt got to be 108 X 108, I said ENOUGH!

Phunky Feasant - My friend's boss kept asking for a pheasant quilt. It started as a joke but ended up okay. This would be my first "art" quilt and it hangs in his office. The size is estimate.

Forrest Grump - This was a guild challenge that I finished but didn't get to show. ("Life is like a box of chocolates" except for PMS!) We traded 3 inch strips of neutral fabrics and had to use a split nine patch block.

Together - for ever - Wedding gift for my little brother and his wife who got married the 22.08.2008. Figures was inspired by looking at sculpture of couple made in metal. Colors picked out based on fabrics that I liked and the fact that I knew my brother and his Ingrid loved purple and green. On the background I tryout a technique I saw on the quilt show with Vikki Pignatelli. I also put some applique inspired by the story about "the danish professor with an empty yam glass and 2 cups of coffee" - Big rocks represent important values in life like love, family, children, friends and so on. Smaller rocks represents things that are less important but nice to have like a house, a car and so on. The frame was inspired of something I saw on TV many years ago, about an artist who just metal scraps in her art with textile, I do not remember her name. My father helped me make it.

Tree of Imagination - This was made for our Guild Challenge. The theme was "Tree of Imagination". The fabric to be used was the blue background with the stylized leaves. I used the whole fat quarter. It was judged Best of Show...to my utter shock.

Lava Lamp

Home Of The Brave - I started making one block to donate to the Home Of The Brave project and wound up making a completed quilt.

Watermelon Sherbert Swirl - Pieced border with decorative fusible web used in the center. Machine and hand applique were used on this quilt. As with most of my other wall quilts...I like embellishing!

The Old Red Barn Still Stands - I created this quilt from a photograph of the barn on our family farm. It measures 33 inches wide and 25 inches tall. It is a quilted birthday card to my Dad who turns 90 soon. It will hang on the wall by his bed in the nursing home where he lives.

Batik Puzzler - Constructed of batiks. A group of us exchanged twelve blocks each month receiving one of our original blocks and eleven from the other participants. The next month we did the same thing with a new block pattern. This exchange lasted for twelve months.

Butterflies for Marsha

Atlantis - As soon as I saw this Atlantis pattern, I knew I had to make it in Rock Candy from Blank Quilting, to capture the pearlescent effect the fabric has.

Bumbling Along

Sweet Dreams - This quilt was made using vintage handkerchiefs, with added embellishments of vintage crocheted items, lace, etc. I used a foundation of yellow, and used a border print around the edge.

Mariners Compass - I decided to make this Mariners Compass into just a circle, and not add the border to make it into a square quilt. I used Splash by Blank Quilting.

Hawaiian Memories - This is my scrapbook memory of Hawaii, in fabric form.

Elvis Presley Quilt - Elvis Presley Quilt. Machine embroidered and hand quilted. The material is 100% cotton. It measures about 42" X 60". There is a lot of hand quilting on it with music notes that you can't see very well. The outside border is machine quilted. The Elvis designs are machine embroidered on my Bernina 200 Artista sewing machine. The center top square has printed photos of Elvis and his family and