A Winter Night's Fantasy - It was a cold and dreary winter. One night, while watching the Australian Open, I experienced an intense craving for sun colors. So I went into my studio, selected fabrics and put the background together. Then I spent the next few weeks figuring out how to bring it to life. And then I put it away for a while. This summer I watched the French Open and Wimbledon and worked on beading and embroidering it and now it's finally done.

WHIMSICAL SANTA - QUILT MADE WITH CHRISTMAS PANEL. FLYING GEESE BLOCKS, PINWHEEL BLOCKS AND SIMPLE 4PATCH BLOCKS. BORDER HAS PRAIRIE POINTS.

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Christmas Stocking for Lacie

Johan's Ocean View - This Quilt was made for a young man who walks my dogs when I'm out of town. The message in the bottle says, "stay as nice as you are".

Green Hourglasses - Made using a stack of charm squares from Connecting Threads - just messing around and look how pretty!!!

Sarah's quilt - Only my second quilt, made special for my little girl's first big girl bed, but I made it too small - oops ;-)

Mindy & Brent's Wedding Ring - Wedding gift to my SIL and her husband - contains wedding photos, signatures, and well wishes from the entire family.

Thomas the Tank - The fabric shop packed a 1gallon ziploc bag with as many scraps and samples they could and sold it for $5! I made this quilt, a pillow, and another drag around with just one bag. Mikey loves his Thomas!

Navaho Quilt - Just a product of playing around on Quilt Pro and using stash fabrics

Sunflowers - This came from a 2 color applique quilt pattern from Nancy Lee Chong of Pacific Rim Quilt Co. I wanted to try in in 4 colors.

Stars in my Garden - I saw this quilt at Las Colchas Quilt Shop and wanted to make it. I liked using wool for the applique and I'm a fan of stars.

Feathering my Nest - I have always wanted to make a two color quilt. I liked feathered stars and learned how to draft them for this quilt. I machined quilted free form feathers in the background on my Pfaff. It has a 7" throat so that was a chalenge since it is a large quilt.

Rainbow Paths - I made this top years ago, without the red border, but never quilted it. I bought the red fabric years later and it wound up as the border and I think it makes the quilt, which is quilted in a large stipple with variegated thread.

Sunrise - The "sun" should be in the upper right corner, but I can't seem to make the photo rotate. My first attempt with 1 1/2" squares to make something of beauty. This little quilt sat around for quite some time before I figured out how to finish it, by inserting a very small border of the colored fabrics used in the quilt, then using the black outer border to make all the colors POP. My little experiment went from just that to a small quilt I proudly hang in my quilt room.

Taplin's Turtles - Taplin's Turtles is named because of the blue/purple turtle batik fabric on the back and the some of the blocks. I knew I wanted to make a bright, happy quilt but not the traditional baby quilt. This one is a bit bigger than many baby quilts, but I hope that he will be able to use it through his toddler years.

Baker's Dozen - This quilt was started the day that my second grandson was born. I had the plan in my head and the pieces cut and ready for travel so that I could work on it while we were in the hotel in Daphne. It took a month or so for me to applique all of the rectangles, and I discovered that working on black is a challenge. I need a new sewing lamp in the family room!