All the monkeys - this quilt was made for my mother's 85th birthday. all the 'monkeys' (family members) are in place. they are in order of birth, order of weddings and order of birth of grand annd great grandchildren.

Made in Mauve - this is the first large (queen size) quilt that I have made. It was made for the Master Bedroom.

Are you my Mother? - I made this quilt because of my grandson's love of cars and construction equipment. It is also representative of one of his favorite books, "Are You My Mother", in which there is a 'Snort'...steamshovel.

Chinese - It was a central focus fabric with a pieced border. Donna Laing quilted it with love and added individual designs in each umbrella and a Chinese symbol in the center of the quilt. My sister is enjoying her quilt.

Chenille Flutterbies - I just finished this quilt for Brewers Sewing Supplies as a model at spring market. It will be in the mail to Chicago this week.

Felicties Garden - Felictie's Garden was named for my 20 year old Minx cat that passed away a short time ago. I have done a lot of machine quilting on this that is not apparent in the photo. This quilt won 3rd place in the large wall hangings category at Quiltfest in Pigeon Forge in 2007.

Endangered Birds

Lesters Rhapsody - Created this at one of Ricky's quilt classes :-)

Red Cross - Changed the colorway of quilt from published version, and simplified the borders. My idea was to have colors fade away: dark red to red to pink, beige, light green, and soft yellow at the corners.. This was the first quilt I made, and it made me realize I needed to take classes to learn techniques!

Jane's Garden - This started out as a small group project for a friend and then grew into a full size quilt as word spread and many who love Jane wanted to submit a block. Blocks came from FL, ME, MO, AL, GA, TN and TX. The center block was designed (fusible appliqué) to depict an iron wagon wheel gate that Jane wanted for her garden and all the blocks represent the individual maker. The idea was that Jane would know who made each block by sight, and she did.

It's mine - I saw this quilt in a book and wanted to make it, it looked easy, it wasn't, it was thrown in the corner often! It finally took 7 years to make and hand quilt. It won visitors choice at our local show and now resides on my bed.

4 Hearts - The heart block was part of the local guild's 2006 block collection. My first block was too big --- aaagggrrrhhh, those quarter-inch seams! My second block fit the specifications for the block collection. So what to do with the block that was too big!?! Make 3 more!

The Bird Within - This is my tribute to large prints. Sometimes you are just one in a full jungle. Sometimes you are in the spotlight front and center complete with your supporting tessallating stars.

Baby Hogs Fan - Tumbling block & Appliqued hog that I drew and made pattern for myself for Baby Hogs Fan quilt for my neices baby. Quilt Finally finished. Tumbling blocks around outer edge. Applique Arkansas Razorback in center. Pieced, appliqued, & domestic machine quilted by me, Doug J. Riggins.

Baby Hogs Fan - Flannel baby quilt made for my nieces new born baby; Sofia Grace. Strip pieced tumbling blocks with raw edge appliqued Razorback (which I drew and made pattern myself, I got the inspiration from a picture off the internet) applied with fuzable web. Proud parents are Arkansas Razorbacks fans.

Cold Canadians - This quilt was in a special exhibition at the Patchwork Expo in Lyon France 2006. The theme "Culture of my Country" was to give the artist the opportunity to showcase her country's particular character. I wanted to avoid the obvious like Mounties and beavers, so focused on the inevitable subject of cold Canadian winters. It took centuries for European colonizers to finally believe what our native Inuit people knew all along....that is, that the parka is the ideal garment for our frigid winters. I paid homage to Inuit art by quilting in some well known symbols of their culture such as migrating cariboo, snowy owl, Canada geese and salmon. Recycled velvets and rayon were perfect fabrics for the dense trapunto-like quilting.

Jenny Haskins Wallhanging - Wallhaning done in the Martha Pullen School