Jim's Quilt - I made this quilt for my brother who had a stroke and needed something to keep warm while sitting in his wheelchair. The fabrics are a blend of newly purchased flannels and fabric from flannel shirts that belonged to our Father, Mother and myself. The backing is a large fish print bordered by a matching print of fishing flies and lures. My brother was an avid fisherman before the stroke left his right side parallelized. The quilting is done in a fish pattern designed by Loura Lee Fritz. The outcome is a memory quilt and a comfort to my brother.

Everybody Needs a Goose

Forest Sky - Made via participation in guild mystery quilt event.

Heritage Medallion - This is a series quilt published in 1996 in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine. I was in a small guild and two of us completed it in different color ways.

Brian's Quilt - My son wanted a scrappy quilt so he set about collecting over 130 1/8th yard cuts of mixed fabrics that struck his fancy. There are oriental, aunt Gracie's, contemporary, and many more fabrics. I saw this pattern as an antique quilt hanging on a door in a book by Kaffe Fassett and set to work designing a workable pattern. It was called a handkerchief block quilt, and is basically a half square log cabin. Since so many of the fabrics were oriental I chose this layout, because it resembles fish scales. I worked with the quilter, Sally Black, to use a loosely based baptist fan design with a dragon fly in the center square of each block. My son was thrilled with the outcome and uses the quilt all the time.

Looks Easy - This quilt actually looks easy but isn't! It is made of strips of flannel about 3/4 inch wide and off-white strips 2 inches wide then pieced in rows across the whole quilt. I had to draw it out on graph paper and piece it according to the diagram. My son really appreciated it but condemned it as too small. I had to make another flannel quilt (much simpler design) to accomodate him and a friend.

Jacobs Diamonds - Michele, the designer is a friend of mine and I often test her new patterns. This is the result of one of those test.

Olympic Dream - As the 2010 Olympics are approaching, this was a challenge to make a quilt that would be auctioned to raise money for our athletes. The theme was Olympic Dream. I made the quilt to look like a picture in a frame and then had an engraver make a plaque with Olympic Dream written on it.

Japanese Garden - This was adapted from a photo I took in Kyoto. I like the idea of pieced and applique together. I used my stash of Asian fabric and did whatever looked good.

The Power of a Woman - This was based on a photo my daughter. It clearly shows her unique "attitude"

Wedding Quilt - This quilt was made for a friend as a wedding gift. She liked the look of the new york beauty blocks so I just made a border of them to surround the batik blocks. I asked them if they would like a quilt and they were both very excited to get it.

Emma's Baby Quilt - My son helped me collect various fabrics based on Amy Butler Ginger Bliss line along with various other fun fabrics from all over the country. I was leary of the combination, however, it worked out great. The backing is a sage green minkie which makes the quilt especially snuggly. The "baby" quilt is a twin size which should last for many years. I altered the pattern to make the entire quilt pieced instead of appliquéd center blocks. This required me to redraft the entire quilt on graph paper. While the quilt pattern is the same look as "Ginger Bliss" the entire quilt had to be altered by myself. As usual the project started as a simple baby quilt for a shower gift and grew from there.

Poppies of England - I used the pattern for the center & corners and designed the middle circle of poppies. The poppies and batting are silk which gives it a different look from cotton batting. I quilted it with silk thread on my bernina using the BSR.

Ben's Big Bed Quilt - I used the "Mover and Shakers" fabric panel for the big trucks. I used fusiable applique technique for the truck blocks. The rest I made up as I went along!

Flag Quilt for Nephew & family - This quilt was from a quilt class that was converted from a miniature quilt in a book by White Birches. I made it for my nephew and family when he was due to be deployed to Iraq. It is quilted with free motion loops and stars throughout. The instructor did a wonderful job with enlarging the pattern and keeping the wonderful look of the waving flag. It is a large twin size quilt or very large wall hanging. I used approximately 50 different fabrics each color to maintain the scrappy appearance and a softly stripped border fabric for the border and binding.

Happy Girls - This is the quilt my 3 girls fight over to snuggle on the couch with. Luckily they're still small enough that they can all fit under it! (After a little referee-ing by mom!)

Elaine's French Roses - Fabrics used was from "moda", "Wuthering Heights Collection" created by "3 Sisters" I made this quilt for my sister Elaine's Birthday. I fell in love with the style.

Birds for Mom - My mom loves to feed her birds outside and when I found the bird fabric (star centers) one day, I knew I had to make her a quilt. It was her birthday present this year.