Dave's Dogs - My little brother has always had a love for dogs. These two dogs, "Blue" and "Zeuss", have been his close buddies through his life. Zeuss has now passed on, but Blue is still slobbering everywhere : )

Khael's Samurai Quilt - My oldest grandson has enjoyed learning about Japan and the Samurai. This quilt was made for his high school graduation and was quite a surprise for him!

Nick's Flaming Firefighter - I made this quilt to honor my son-in-law, a hard-working firefighter and paramedic.

Sisters Class

Fleur De Lace - I adapted this quilt from the free pattern found on the RJR Fabric websight, La Fleur, by changing color schemes, simplifying the applique, and using very different borders. The two lace looking fabrics, a red and a black, from my stash came to mind when I saw the pattern. I was leary of using the bright red dot fabric for the borders for fear it would overwhelm the applique, but it ended up enhancing the look. The applique seems to jump right off the background! It turned out much nicer than I had ever envisioned.

Japanese Fan - Paper pieced at Quilt Country, Lewisville, Texas

My Picture Quilt - These are pics of my seven grandchildren and my Great-grandchild

Rubies and Emeralds Gem Quilt - I thoroughly enjoyed working on this quilt....Using the 5 & 10 triangular rulers was easier than I thought it would be...I embellished it with free motion around some of the designs made by connecting fabrics (from Paula Nadelstern) using holo-shimmer thread and some satin rayon thread (Sulky)...Also, I've added some crystal embellishments in the centre section and at little intersection points. :)

Son and Gizmo - Made following Rob Appell's video class on TQS. What a character!

Lab #3 - This is the 3 in a series I am working on exploring the fused quilt Using hand dyes, hand stitch, machine stitch, quilting, and also crystal embellishments

Mary Brooke's Quilt - This quilt is owned by a friend who had gotten it in pieces from her grandmother who did not quilt, but bought the squares at a church rummage sale. When she accepted the quilt squares, her husband said, “We’ll be married 30 years before you get that finished.” Well, 2007 would be their 30th anniversary, so time was short. Most of the squares had been appliquéd already; batting and backing had been cut for each square. I recruited some quilting friends to finish the squares; then I sewed them all together by hand. We finished in time, and the pictures show the presentation to the happy couple, Vic and Mary Brooke Casad.

"My Friend Anna" - My friend Anna died of cancer this year. She was a good friend and a talented quilter. I had taken this picture of her several years ago, so I decided to make a fabric portrait from it. I pixelated the photo.....printed it out on fabric numerous times....cut it all apart and layered it back together by colors and shades. Then I thread painted it all, matching the threads to the shades. Some parts of the portrait are four layers deep.

A Tribute To A Hometown Hero - In memory of USMC Lance Cpl Frankie Watson I used his t-shirts, photos on fabric and autographs of USMC buddies he served with, emblem & American Flag to make this quilt. I then presented to Frankie's guardian.

Triangle Houses

Pointing North

Lazy Summer Daze