Yakima Rose - This quilt was largely inspired by Sharon Pederson's The Rose of Sharon Block Book. Designs were also influenced or adapted from Annie Smith's the Ultimate Appllique Guidebook, Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Applique, Elly Sienkkiewicz's Baltimore Elegance and from the EQ Six collection of blocks.

Wines' Vines - Vines appliqued in the center rectangle surrounded by square blocks from a charm pack and with vines appliqued on the outer border.

My Kitchen Quilt

My latest - This was a great BOM from Gathering Fabrics in Woodinville, Wa. Susan always has beautiful projects or BOM. I am someone who loves working with French Generals fabric, or deep saturated tones. But my son has asked me to create the Asteria, Greek Godess of the Stars in lime green. Wish me luck!

You & I: The Q-H Bond - This is a blue-to-red color change quilt with DNA/elongated chain border, and recycled denim (from our family) for the back, created for my husband, a chemist. Machine pieced & quilted on domestic machine.

Flight of the Bumblebee, Dance of the Flower - This quilt is based on a photograph I took in the early 1970’s of a flower in my husband’s grandmother’s flower garden. As I was focusing on the flower, a bumblebee flew by causing me to jerk the camera and accidentally take a picture. That resulted in the large flower being in focus with the ground showing as a swirled arc following with direction the camera had moved as the picture was taken. I used applique techniques in Wendy Butler Burns’ Photo Album Quilts, applique and embellishment techniques in Margie Engel’s Bodacious Applique, and an appli-piecing technique I learned in a class from Sue Turnquist to make the quilt.

Island Cottage Retreat - This quilt was made for the Wiregrass Quilter’s Guild 2009 Landscape Challenge. We were given two fat quarters and had to use both fabrics in a 30” by 30” quilt that included at least one house. I chose a little cottage at Epworth-By-The-Sea on St. Simons Island, where our guild has a retreat every January, as the house for my quilt. I drew the house using pictures I had taken of it. I composed my original setting for the cottage from other pictures I had taken, including one of the bridge connecting the St. Simons to the mainland and others of trees from both the island and from the neighborhood where my daughter lives in Bakersfield, CA. Other elements of the landscape came from my imagination.

Mollies Garden - I love this quilt it is happy .

Sunflowers for T & M - Orange is the colour for T & M, so this wall hanging will go nicely with the quilt I made them a couple of years ago.

Kalidescope of Nature - The pattern was in book, nickel was in name but I do not remember it. The quilt was a raffle quilt in order to raise funds for shelter. raffled in July 2013 Quilt has hung in the Ms. Museum or Art as part of the 2013 quilt exhibit

Eyeglass cases - Eyeglass cases six inches high and three inches wide. The same design appears on the back. Blocks are 2 x 2 inches. Project is my original design.

Jack - I was inspired to make this quilt from a photo of my son. I wanted to make something that I could have a good go at getting the eyes right.

Okinawa Autumn - My son is a Marine currently serving in Okinawa. He grew up in the North Georgia mountains where we have a beautiful fall season. Thought this quilt could give him some nice fall colors.

Star and Points Spinning on a Square - I took a basic Ohio star, added 3 dimensional prairie points to the center, and quilted circles in the center by the prairie points to make it appear to spin. This is a practice quilt to test my idea for the next quilt, a Quilt of Valor. I made this a bit bigger for the Valor quilt.

Single flower - This was a challenge I did. I was given 24 different 5 inch square and had to use them all in my quilt.

Burgundy/Paisley for Cheri - log cabin variation