I Remember When - "I Remember When" is based on a picture I drew when I was a young girl. My mom wasn't one to save things, but after she passed away, I found my picture. Now, 65 years later, the picture is deteriorating - the colors are fading, the paper is tearing. I decided to recreate my orginal drawing in fabric as a quilt. My mom didn't live long enough to know that I had become a quilter. So, in memory of my mom, this one's for you.

Mary's Retirement - When Mary retired from her long-time position as a school librarian, I made this quilt in her honor. Many of her colleagues contributed memories (in the form of book titles) along with their name (as book author) and some even contributed fabric for their book spines. Two other friends and I added the "titles" and "authors" to strips of colorful iron-on tape using permanent inks. The quilt commemorates her outstanding career as a media specialist in the schools.

Grandpa's and Uncle Harold's Ties - When my father-in-law passed away, I received a box of his ties. I combined these ties with those of Uncle Harold and created 14 ties for each of my father-in-law's grandchildren and presented the quilts to them at our family reunion. It took a long time to prepare the ties for cutting and piecing!

Grandpa's Shirts - When Anneliese's grandpa died, her mom wanted to give her something to remember grandpa. She brought me all of her father's shirts and asked me to design and construct a quilt for Anneliese. This is the result after cutting apart then strip cutting many shirts and piecing together the resulting thousands of pieces of fabric. Annaliese's grandpa worked for John Deere and loved fishing. You'll notice the t-shirt blocks honoring these parts of his life and the longarmed fish swimmong around the border of the quilt.

For the children - Ten minute block with three color combinations.

Zigzag baby quilt - The pattern used is a traditional zigzag pattern using hst's. I made this using fabric from my stash. All the pieces were cut using my GO! Cutter and the 3 inch finished hst die. It is backed with a flannel by Northcott called Forest Friends. I hand quilted it with pearl cotton thread. It measures 36" square. It was gifted to my brother Pierre and his wife Christa for the birth of their first born, named Titan.

Sunset

Tropical Island - This is a continuation of working with faces and masks using fabric, paint, and other embellishments.

Venice Rose - I pieced this quilt while traveling the country in our RV and quilted it on my HandiQuilter. Norah McMeeking's book and paper piecing pattern was wonderful. It now hangs in my home and is one of the first things people see as they walk through the door.

Strip quilt - Strip quilt using roll of hand dyes.

My Swoon quilt - I made my swoon quilt with Lotta Jonsdotter's Echo fabric that I bought at Quilt Market. I also added some of my very own Map fabric that I made with Spoon flower and my own hand dyes. Each map is a place we have lived.

Random Flowers - I love this pattern! it was kind of weird, because the middle petal of each flower is pieced in, and the two outside petals are applique. I love the red and beige combination.

wild trout - The trout in the remote, wild streams of Colorado are even more bright and colorful than the ones found in more accessible streams. It seemed "natural" to make this pattern from bold batiks! A gift to brother and sister-in-law who are great fly fishing buddies!

Mish Mash for Bill - a color study in reds and turquoise scraps from stash. First inner border was green. Yuck! so, I replaced it with the black and white and it looks, well, better.

Floral Applique - This was my first attempt at applique.

Friend Mary - This quilt was made for my life time friend of seventy plus years. It has crystal beads on each point of the bias insert.

ISLAND GIRL - THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES. IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE ASIAN FABRIC MAGAZINE #25 IN THE SECTION "WHAT I DID WITH MY KONA BAY FABRIC". SHE HANGS WITH GREAT PRIDE IN MY MASTER BATH. THE MAGAZINE ASIAN FABRIC IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PUBLICATIONS ALWAYS HAS CREATIVE PATTERNS.