Thumbelina - The quilt depicks Thumbelina being pulled down stream by the butterfly as she was escaping from the ugly frog who wanted to marry her.

Angel In My Garden - An English Garden, mostly done in silk, embellished in silk ribbon and beads, with a little gold angel tac pin, with my birth stone in it, at the top of the tallest holly hock. Pin was a gift from one of my daughters. The quilt has won first place in a challenge offered by Victorian Pleasures in Canada, first place in the Midland Quilt show in small wall hangings, Second Pleace in Roswell New Mexico, and Second Place in the Black Hills Quilt show in Rapid City SD My quilt was published in Quilting Arts Magazine in their 2nd and 3rd editions.

Crazy Quilt from block of the month class - This Crazy Quilt is constructed using my technique. You sew one time, and that is when you embellish your seams. I cleaned out my button jar on this quilt. Blocks are 16" and sashing is 2" I made a crazy quilt from one of my daughters wedding dresses. It was difficult to insert lace and trim with the seams already sewn. I did not like sewing it on top and ripping to tuck ends in. I designed a technique for block construction that allows you to insert lace and trim under an unsewn seam. It is better for me, to have a finished block first, then decide where I want lace. Once you decide what and where you want you trims to be place, then you sew one time and the seam and the trim is all done in one step. I love this technique and so do my students. The method can be used on clothing also. I do sell this pattern and my patterns are published by me under Dean Deerfield Designs.

Get Well Naomi-O - This was my fourth quilt; I made this for my neighbor’s daughter who has cancer. I wanted make something to cheer her up. I also had her older sisters help with the design and color scheme. I printed the pictures on special fabric, boy that stuff is so cool. The appliqué images were drawn on freezer paper by Naomi’s sister and I machine appliquéd them on. I gave Naomi a special marking pen for fabric, so she can have all her friends, family, and doctors write special get well messages on the quilt.

It's a Boy - This is quilt number three for me. I made this for one of my friends that had a little baby boy. I drew out the blocks and used my embroidery machine to embroider the A, B, and C on each block. I also drew the other images on freezer paper and machine appliquéd them on. I used the trapunto quilt method for each of the appliquéd images and for the middle piece that has the name of the little boy. I wanted those items to stand out.

Quilt for My Daughter - This was my second quilt I ever made. I used chenille and scrap fabric I found. I loved the colors and it gave me that shabby chic look I was going for. Since I was working with scraps that were different sizes, strip piecing for the nine patches was out. So I cut each 2 inch square out separately and pieced each block together square by square. The chenille definitely gave me fits, but I learned to work with it. I appliquéd my daughter's name and tried my hand at satin stitching around it. I am very proud of this quilt.

Happy Anniversary - This was my first real quilt I ever made. I made this quilt as a gift for my best friend's wedding anniversary. I made this quilt shortly after Christmas; my husband bought me a new sewing machine. I bought the book Egg Money Quilts and fell in love with the double wedding ring pattern. It was quite a journey to put it all together. I even attempted to use my embroidery attachment on my sewing machine to embroidery my friends name and date of their wedding. It took me about four months to make and it measures 46x46 inches. I did the quilting myself, even attempting free motion patterns in the corners of the quilt.

Roses in my Garden - I designed and made this quilt with ribbon and floss embroidery as a donation to a fund raiser for the benefit of "Baby Noor" from Irag who was in the news last year. I'm told that a doctor from a local hospital bid courageously up to $250.00 for this quilt that took my heart. I was ALMOST sorry to see it go, but was happy that it contributed so much to the effort for this beautiful and brave little girl.

Day of Independence - I made this for a dear friend to celebrate her 90th birthday. She is extremely active in The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), among other patriotic organizations. When I saw Terry CLothier Thompson on Simply Quilts discussing quilts from DAR and the Daughters of Liberty, I knew the quilt that Ms. Thompson was making during the show would be the perfect gift for Beverly. Needless to say, she loves and cherishes the quilt.

Bamboo Garden - This lap quilt (only the top is shown in my photo) began with a kit by Benartex called Little Bolshoi which featured some truly beautiful bamboo print fabrics. I expanded the original design (which was only the central square) with top and bottom borders composed 'jazz' style. I neglected to take a photo before I gave this quilt as a gift to my daughter's Significant Other. The quilting designs feature bamboo, dragonflies, and Tao symbols.

Little Butterfly Cuties - I made this little quilt with the anime style Cuties for my daughter, Eva. The fabric is by Alexander Henry.

Cherrywood Trip Around the World - I saw this quilt in a magazine with the Cherry Wood fabrics (hand dyed to look like suede), and I thought it would make a perfect gift for my husband's office. However, right now it hangs at Gone Quilting as a shop sample for the kits that they sell.

Betsy - I created a patchwork fabric out of which I cut out my pattern. She is adapted to make her look more like me. Sexy as can be.

Trinity - I was commissioned to make a quilt for my children's school biennial auction. The requirements were that it be in the school colors and have the school initials on it - Trinity Preparatory School. I used Electric Quit 5 to design the quilt.

Kaffe's Double Pinwheel - I made this quilt as a shop sample for Gone Quilting using Kaffe Fassett fabrics. This is my 3rd Double Pinwheel quilt. I love this pattern as it is easy to do and gives a great result.

Caleb - Great Grand Child - This is the first quilt I have done. I bought a kit from my local Bernina dealer/fabric store. I enjoyed it very much. I believe I learned a lot of things that I should not do in making a quilt.

Autumn's First Year - Fabric photo's combined with traditional nine patch blocks