Serengeti

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.

Dragonflies

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".

Ocean Waves - This quilt was made for our dearest friends and fellow sailors and boat owners. It was made to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary and our 35 years of cruising together all over the world. The design of the quilt seemed appropriate for the anniversary but not the name of the pattern so I changed it to "Ocean Waves" since we have sailed over a few together.

Animals on Parade

Ron's Rag Edge - This quilt has blue jean squares on the back and flannel on the front. I used a varigated jeans stitch thread that showed up very well against the blue jean fabric. This was a present for my brother to use when traveling in his 1967 camper van. It was very heavy!

Canopy of Oaks - This quilt was inspired by my teacher, Joan Colvin, at Art Quilt Tahoe. Her love of trees and nature, her way of teaching and her spirit will stay with me forever.

Everything African

Black and White Dazzle - My best friend, Alice (not a quilter) begged me to take this quilting class with her, which started the next week. They needed another body to fill the class. So, completely unlike myself, both in type of quilt and speed of picking fabrics, I raced around the quilt store and bought everthing I needed in just 1/2 hour. I missed the first meeting so I had to call for directions. In the nexted three weeks of classes I finnished the quilt. A new record for me. My freind never did finish her quilt.

Cheena Memorial - We had gotten our incredible dog, Cheena, from a pound as a baby just 3 years before. One day on their way to a hike in the mountains she died of a congenital heart problem in the backseat of the car. We were beside ourselves. Making this quilt helped me come to terms with her death.

"Josie" - "Josie" is my granddaughter. When she first saw this quilt, she was very quiet, but when I asked her if she knew who it was, she nodded and said "It's me!"

Hanging in Space - I took a class from Karen Combs at our Quilt Quild. She showed us how to make these cubes. This is the quilt I made from them. It was a wonderful class!

Fire Within - I was on a trip and missed the first day of this class, which was how to pick your fabrics. I was totally at a loss as to what to do and wondered if I should go on. The teacher suggested I use the hand dyes I had used in another quilt. I ran back home and got them and they worked out perfectly.

Christmas Ribbons

Wacky pinwheel

Winning hand