get well claire - this quilt was made for my cousin who has breast cancer. we thought it may cheer her up on the 'darker days'

first lone star - our first on point quilt. we pieced the whole quilt top in one day!

blue pin wheels and tulips - this was Clive and I's first large quilt. It only took us two weeks to complete (but we are a bit obsessive), clive did all of the cutting and i did all of the machine piecing and the quilting.

Gabi's Gig - I made this for my cousin's baby. We found the pattern in an old magazine, and used Batiks in pastel colours.

Corn and Beans for Butterbean - This was a group quilt, blocks made by the Lallyquilters, an online quilting group. I put them together and hand quilted it for one of the ladies who was having a baby. She referred to her baby as "Butterbean" before she knew what the baby's gender would be, so we went with the theme..

Mystery of the Substitute Teacher - This was SUCH a fun quilt to make! It wan an event night at my LQS and when I found out what the name of the pattern was I decided to give it to my daughter's kindergarten teacher as a gift. It turned out that she loved pink and green. I had subbed for her for a week while her husband was in the hospital and gained an even greater respect for the job that teachers do :)

Sunflowers - Fusible applique, sunflowers in brass pot with postcard and architectural background. Designed as a crayon challenge. Netting used to stabilize petals and postcard applique.

Mom's Mix - I made this quilt for my mom, because she loves scrappy quilts. I used a bit of nearly every fabric I had at the time. The only fabric I bought specifically for this was the Moda Marble black for the border and binding. This isn't an award winning quilt, as it was one of my first, but it was made to be used and loved.

Beary Christmas - Teddy Bear dressed for snow.

White Wedding Quilt - White and off-white cotton and satin squares form the backdrop for curving quilted feather designs, based on Floribunda by Nichole Webb. My daughter wanted all whites so she could use this wedding quilt in any decor. Six months after I finished the quilt, their apartment building burned down, and I thought I would have to start all over due to smoke and water damage. However, the quilt was cleaned and now has quite a story to tell.

Grandpa's Quilt for Aurora - This pattern is in Mary Hickey's book, "Sweet and Simple Baby Quilts." I make a lot of baby quilts for friends and family but when we found out we were going to be grandparents for the first time--I was really excited! I like the patterns in Mary's book. Our new granddaughter ended up with 7 quilts by the time she was born. One of the most special is this one, quilted by her Grandpa! I let him pick one of the quilt tops I'd made, and he quilted it. He'd been wanting to play with my HQ Sixteen, so this gave him a good excuse.

Peek-A-Boo - In October, I was in Utah waiting for the birth of my first grandchild. While I waited, I did the redwork blocks for this quilt. After I got home, I finished the rest of it, in the pinks and browns of Aurora's nursery. She received the quilt when we went to visit, for her first Thanksgiving!

Liz's New Zealand Adventure - When daughter Liz came back from a trip to New Zealand, she brought me some fabric! Naturally I had to make her a quilt to document some of her adventures. There is a block with a horse, to commemorate riding on a beach in NZ. Another block shows her in an innertube, "black water" rafting through a cave, with glow worms shining on the ceiling. I added Hokey Pokey ice cream, NZ flora and fauna...and even a pair of legs with flies buzzing around so she wouldn't forget those annoying sand flies! Patterns were from various sources and when I couldn't find a pattern for what I wanted, I made one up. It was a really fun quilt to make and Liz loves it.

50 FQs Quilt - Every Christmas (for the last 3 years), my husband has given me a box stuff with 50 fat quarters, he picked out himself, at my local quilt shop. The first year I frittered them away; one here...one there..but for the bunch I got for Christmas 2007, I decided to put them all in one quilt. This is the result. Now I'm looking for a pattern to use the 2008 fqs on!

Christmas Quilt 2008 - A great way to use up scraps, this quilt made a good dent in my stash of Christmas fabrics.

Tennessee Waltz - A quilt for my eldest son and his wife.

Royal Baby - Baby quilt inspired by a crown photograph. 2" squares of random fabric designed on a wall of felt, then stitched beginning at the base of crown and going up and out from there. Diamonds and top of crown were added using fusible bonding/applique. Machine pieced and quilted on my trusty 1976 Kenmore using meandering design.

6 TV Blankets and a Friend - I make 6 TV Blankets and 6 monkeys, 1 is for my only grandson and 1 is for my newest grandaughter due in March and 4 for my granddaughters that are here. They are made from 6 1/2 in squares denim and a lined poly, each one has the childs favorite color flannel on the inside. The grandsons has 61/2 inch squares of scocer balls and denim. Each one has a Christmas lable with: To. Name of child ,and From Gma 2008, that i did with my machine.