Memories - This quilt depicts different cactus's in the desert and the star is the sun shining down on all the different plants. My first designed by me quilt.
Foxglove Garden - This was a block of the month quilt using Jeana Kimball's patterns. It took me five years to complete it but I think it is my favorite quilt that I have made.
Visit from a Great Blue - This quilt features free motion embroidery free motion machine quilting. Many of the fabrics were hand dyed by LindaD. This beautiful gift from God is a frequent visitor to my back yard.
C'est l'été - After buying my fabric in Paducah last year I went back to Switzerland and decided to make a quilt based on Ricky Tim's book "Convergence"
Summer Cottage - Fabrics from "Paris Flea Market" line with added periwinkles. Picture shows quilt hanging at the Alaska State Fair where it was judged 2nd in category. (Edges are turned under)
Harleys Forever - Quilt was made for my brother's retirement. Harley bandannas were used, and photos on fabric of my brother and Dad in their uniforms.
I Wanted to Give you the Stars - Various blue star blocks used for pieced background representing night sky, cow jumping over the moon appliqued, gold stars appliqued, black and white checked inside border, pieced border made from scraps of blue blocks. Made for my grandson's 7th birthday. He and my son both love cows.
Double Knit Wonder - My grandmother started this quilt in the '70's. She sent the partially sewn Dresdan Plates to me when I offered to finish it for her. I had no idea it was all polyester double knit. I finished it up and took it to her for her 79th birthday.
Grandma Julia's Flower Garden - This is a King sized quilt... totally hand pieced and hand quilted... It was entered and accepted into the 2006 Mid Atlantic Quilt show, in Hampton Virginia...
Home of the Brave - As part of a national effort, HOME OF THE BRAVE QUILT PROJECT, this is the quilt made for the mother of an Oregonian killed in Iraq. We make quilts of this same pattern using Civil War reproduciton fabrics when possible, to be authentic replicas of the quilts made during the Civil War by the U.S. Sanitary Commission, which later became the American Red Cross. You can read more about this project at our website www.oregonhomeofthebrave.org
Independence - Quilt was made for my brother while he was in Iraq, with the request for it to be continually passed on to other Americans serving our country in this war. Don took it to The Stables at Camp Striker on Christmas Eve, 2005. It is kept in the TV Room with a journal for any who appreciate the quilt to write a little about themselves... anything they want to write about how the quilt comforts them. Someday I hope to get the journal back, but I hope the quilt will be threadbare, having brought a lot of love and comfort to all who are away from their families serving our country.
Broken Star - This pattern is in a book by Debbie Maddy. I took a class with it because it said no "Y" seams, and it was fun to do. It is just the top and I still have to put the borders on before I send it to the Quilter.
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