My first quilt - This was my first quilt, and I made two of them for our matching sofas.

Numbering the Stars

Pollyanna - Made at Asilomar Feb. 2007

For My Sister - A housewarming gift for my Sister in her Southwest colors.

My First Quilt - This quilt should be named "Measure twice - cut once."

Water Lilies - I saw Aie Rossman's work on Simply Quilts and had to have one of her patterns. I omitted the appliqued border and chose to machine quilt the border with the the applique design with a verigated thread.

Java Jive - I made this to hang on my kitchen wall. I then used left over fabric to make a tablecloth that matches.

Grandma's Gift - I have my great-grandmothers wedding quilt; it is a Carolina Lily made in the 1870's. I was insipred by that quilt and by Carol Steiner's quilt 'Lilies are Forever' in the MAQS Founders collection. I made this quilt to honor my great-granddmother. The center medallion was hand-pieced using traditional techniques. The outer blocks were paper-peiced using contemporary techniques. The photo shows the quilt on my design wall with paper overlays showing some of the the quilting patterns I used. The was hand quilted by my mother and given to neighbor who is like a daughter so it continues the Grandmother's Gift legacy.

Catch A Falling Star - This is a mother-daughter quilt. I machine pieced it and my mother (age 86) hand quilted it. I love Eleanor Burns patterns because they are easy to follow and pieces can be squared up to fix any errors. My focus in this top was to work with greyed colors and pure colors. I placed the pure colors on the star points so they glow.

Not Quite Crazy

blocks - More Bright Colors! For a dull wall.

Pillow Shams, and a small runner - These are 3 of my little quilts, 2 of which are Pillow Shams. The little table runner is done in the Red, White and Blues for the 4th of July table. I followed the directions for paper piecing, but set all the patterns up to suit myself, the settings are original ideas of my own.

Peppermint Stars

Welcom to My Cabin

Oak Rapsody - Appliqued Oak leaves. I adapted the pattern a bit, and added a wavy border to accentuate the leaves.

Cock A Doodle Doo - Appliqued rooster, corn, sunflowers and suns - rising and setting.

Blended in Romance - This quilt is in the final stages of finish work. I am just getting the binding on, it always seems my projects get put on hold when I have other quilters work to finish. But I love having projects in different stages so I can finish what I feel like doing at the moment, whenever that free moment arises, and I am never grumbly about it as I have choices created out of my own procrastination.(smile)

Grandmother's Stars - My version is a bit larger than the pattern but I was inspired by their use of scraps and scrappy quilts are my favorite.