Celebrating 60 : Quilting on Arrival - Design for Quilt Guild Challenge. I'm a Gemini so the back is a second design. Made with my first hand dyed fabrics. The off beat log cabins QOA are the Quilting on Arrival, the first blocks we make and the New York Beauty is what we reach for!

Sticks & Stones

Flag Day 2007 - I completed this in about 8 hours on 6/14/07 - hence the name Flag Day 2007. On the pattern it is named Fourth of July. Yeah! Two holidays in one Quilt.

Madison's Quilt - This was a fun project starting with my neice's original drawing, scanned into embroidery software, stitched and made into a quilt pillow for her birthday.

Vera's Quilt - I made this for my mother's 90th birthday. She is from Ohio so I used the Ohio star block and in the centers I photo transfered pictures of her. She was surprised and hangs it in her home.

Chocolate - I made this for my son Shawn for Christmas, my husband kept calling it pork and beans and I would tell him no, it's Chocolate. So that's what I named it.

Emma's Hearts - This wall quilt was made for my mother-in-law for her room in an assisted living facility.

THANKS! - From Opening Day of the Wounded Warrior Barracks, Camp Pendleton. We made quilts for each bed. We turned over every quilt, they had them upside down to protect the front!

Millenium Lily - The mango batik in the flower was our challenge fabric. Based on a Stargazer lily, this was made in a Jane Sassaman workshop. The Fair hung it sideways.

journal qult

quilted microfiber bag

Miriam's quilt

Dad Would be Honored - As my dad was going through the process of dying I had the opportunity to help him go through his stuff and pass on to each of use those things that would be memorable for each of us. I got his ties and dad said he'd be honored if I'd make a quilt with them.

Geisha Fan-Tasy - Drew geisha myself. Fan blocks were from EQ5.

Memory Quilt - This is the third part of "The Memory Quilt Project"

Jennifer and David Wedding Quilt - This large quilt was created by many members of La Habra High School as a wedding gift for Jennifer, the Principal of the school. The colors were chosen because they represented the favorite colors of the bride and groom. Planning, cutting, sewing, turning and pressing were all accomplished in the computer lab after hours. Members working on the quilt included English teachers, Math teachers, art teachers, and clerical staff. Truely a labor of love

My Irish Chain - This quilt followed closely on the heels of Elanore Burns' log cabin quilts. I saw a pattern in a magazine that I liked and purchased the fabric, but I just knew I could make the quilt using Elanore's strip piecing methods. After many nights trying to figure out how to do that, I cam up with my solutions and make the quilt top. When we returned to the United States, I discovered that Elanore had published her approach to the double Irish chainn. I was pleased to see that she had come up with many of the same solutions I had devised. This is the last quilt I will ever hand quilt. Over the course of several years (yes, years -- that's why I won't do another), using an oval frame on a stand and moving the fabric in the frame as I quilted, I finished the quilting. Thanks Elanore for devising a way that a busy mother and full time teacher can still enjoy quilting!