Crazy in Love

Yankee Puzzle Twisted - 29 of 30 blocks were made by unknow quilter most likely in the 1960s in Fort Worth, Texas and given to my grandmother, Rose Strnad to finish. She never did. My mother, Anne Brown, gave them to me. The blocks were not uniform sizes so used Twist and Turn technique.

Don't Bug Me - Not quite finished with this quilt. Just need to quilt the borders and bind it before shipping it off to Dani.

Castle Weather

Butterflies

Goodbye Sharon - This quilt was made as a going-away gift for our pastor. I created the squares, and the parishoners wrote or drew on the squares. Then I put it together and presented it to her at her going away banquet.

Grassland Sunset - Applique of Mt. Shasta, foothills and tree line from my living room window. It is appliqued over hand dyes colored like the many sunsets here. It has appliqued stylized flying geese across it and is bordered by a pieced tree (to represent the forest), flying geese,(to represent the name of the Ranger district and we are located on the Pacific flyway) Bear paw (to represent Smokey the Bear). The final frame is done with fabrics to represent the sky forest and grasslands.

Stained-Glass Tulips - This is my first Stained glass quilt project. I wanted to quilt it to look like real stained glass...lots of little "pebbling"! It turned out just the way I wanted! After I had it up on the wall for a while I decided that it needed crystals....I did go mad with that hot fix iron...very addidcting!

No doctor for 25 days! - The challenge was on! We each drew three Crayolas (from a paper bag so you couldn't see them) and you had to use the three colors in the quilt, together with any others you wish. My colors were Scarlet, Black and Tickled Pink. The apples are made from tiny trips of fabric sewn together, the applique pattern was cut and fused to an offwhite background, and remaining strips were used for the framing. The quilts were hung at a local quilt shop, where customers voted for their favorite. Mine won first place!

For a Veteran - The quilt was started in Texas at a retreat. When it was finished, I knew it had to go to a vet at the Murfreesboro (TN) Veterans Administration rest home. Luana quilted it when I decided to donate it. I don't know who received it; I just hope the vet is warm and knows the love that went into its making.

Happy Birthday, Nyssa! - This was a birthday quilt for my grandaughter, Nyssa, for her 11th birthday. I made a pillow to match. With her name appliqued in the center of the quilt, and the fun fabrics, it was a big hit!

Windows of the Past Pieces of the Present - Pieced neutral background with 3 inch pieced blocks in colors of the guitar which is appliqued over windows that have a music staff weaving in and out. The windows have folk song titles embroidered in them. If you read music, see if you can guess what the notes say!

'89 Quake - Quilt squares were on my design wall when the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake struck. A beginning quilter, I lived a few miles from the San Andreas Fault in California.

Piecemakers 2002 - pigs are dime size .

Bon's barn

Daisy

Ralph - snippet pets

Bluebonnets - Texas Bluebonnets.