Fear No Color - Start with stimulating, exciting and agitating red. Add bright, cheerful and buoyant yellow. Then mix with placid and passive blue. The outcome of this color experiment is Fear No Color.

Taet Sweet - Place ever gaudy brightly colored fabric I own in the same piece stir together, to see the results. What fun playing with color.

Fairyland - It’s a delight to handle fabric, to fold and rearrange it, to absorb color and effect by feeling and working with it. The pattern, color and feel of the fabric, the line and structure of the piecing, all interest me. Texture through the heavy use of the quilted line attracts me. Catching light and glimmers of it’s reflection, the interplay between lines and shapes, and sometimes...the element of surprise, is fascinating

Uptown - Usually I have more ideas than I can put into action. I try to do things ‘I like” to do. I enjoy the challenge of working with color, lots of color. A trip to a local museum inspired this color scheme of brown, blue and gold. I like anything I can do by machine.

Chatty Blossoms - It is important to me that my art quilts suggest a meaning to the viewer rather than simply decorate walls. Underlying much of my work is the theme of wonderment for the workings of the earth. This quilt is composed of commercial cottons and decorative threads. The work is hand appliqued and embroidered, machine pieced, couched, and quilted.

Xishaungbanna - Southern China, the brightly dressed women, and happy people all impressions of a visit to this region of China called Xishaungbanna. Machine pieced and quilted using commercial cottons. The sheerness of the umbrellas is achieved with oil paint.

First Granddaughter's Biscuit Quilt - 432 squares 3 1/2" each, hand bound, each square sewn, stuffed, sewn closed, sewn together to form top quilt, warm cotton batting between layers, and then hand tied for safety for baby's sake should she want to use it for Kenadie's room. Born 2/9/07 This picture was taken before it was completely finished, then forgot to take another one before I sent it off to arrive before the new baby was born. Will update when I go to VA to visit next month Yippee!!!!

Meowy Christmas - I am not a 'cat person', but the colors and the cats in this quilt charmed me.

O is for Octopus - This is an Artist Trading Card using scraps of hand-painted fabric. The octopus parts were cut free-hand and sewn down using free motion raw-edge applique and variegated cotton thread. Wool yarn border blanket-stitched by machine. Mounted on cardstock backing.

2nd Granddaughter's Biscuit Quilt - Basic pattern, number of squares etc...but I chose where to sit each patterned block.

Hidden Wisdom

Puzzling Heart - The puzzle that is my daughter's heart, with the pieces not quite fitting perfectly.

Frankie's Irises - Commercial fabrics, photographs, threads.

Peony - Design based on photographs I took of my mother's tree peonies. I hand-painted the fabric for the backing, flower and leaves. Used machine-stitched raw-edge applique for the petals and leaves.

Lighthouse Waves

Orca - My husband, Dave Moore created this Orca design. We live on the ocean in Sitka, and Dave is on the Whalefest board. We love to see Orcas in the waters around Sitka.

Wild Alaska Salmon - My husband, Dave Moore created the salmon design. We love to go king salmon fishing in Sitka, as well as eating them. This pattern is a reflection of this inspiration.

Devils choice - I just Knew I had to applique this distinctive block, but it took me 4 years to find the right materials. Originally, there were to be nine blocks of the same pattern, and I had appliqued 8 of the nine when this setting sneaked into my head and I had to do it. It was very hard to cut those completed blocks in half, but it was worth it! This picture shows the whole thing before quilting, which I did on my home machine - I digitised a pattern from the elements of the design and quilted with my embroidery machine. I think it is perfect!