Kay's Star - I made this quilt for my first cousin and her sons. There has been much sadness in their lives over the past 12 months.

Factured Honeysuckles - Based on my photo of wild honeysuckle growing along the fence. From my sketch I drew an original pattern. The honeysuckle fragrance reminds me of my childhood on the farm and I was always intrigued by the nectar in the blossoms.

Colorado Dreamin' - This is an applique landscape medallion with a variety of pieced borders and an upper applique border featuring 3-D columbine. The machine quilting is also columbine inspired.

Another Attic Window - Inspired by the fabric to make this quilt. Machine pieced and machine quilted I had this fabric for almost 5 years before I could bring myself to cut it up! I thought I wouldn't do it justice, but I do like the way it turned out.

Native Images - Use of decorative fabrics with feathers, beads and clay images.

Lesson in Texture - Pieced with different made textured fabric. Fabric covered linoleum chips. Copper foil and embossed bamboo batting.

Sunflower - Raw edge appliqued leaves, appliqued petals, yarns and beads

Giant Dahlia - When my daughter saw this quilt on the cover of my magazine she decided we should try it. Mind you at the time the "we" was "mom, you make it". When we lived in the same state, she showed no interest in sewing. Now that we have moved accross the country, she has begun making bags and dabbling in quilting - go figure. She chose the fabrics and helped me draft the pattern to the king size she wanted. I used trapunto in the center and also the four corners because we did not care for the applique that was used in the published quilt.

Autumn Leaves - Machine appliqued leaves, some two dimensional, most three dimensional. Leaves were created in an embroidery hoop over water soluble foundation. I loved using my fabrics for the different colours of the leaves.

Mini Mystery - The leader from my "Quilt & Lose" team created a Mystery challenge. I completed a mini-version and it was quite mooooo-ving!

Jelly Belly II - I started with two "Jelly rolls" of 40 strips each and a bolt of black fabric. Decided to let my inner child take over & see just how large of a quilt I could create.

John's Choice - My husband saw this fabric and commented" What can you do with that?" He likes opticial illusion quilts so I made this for him as a surprise.

BQ2 - USED THE LEFT OVER FABRIC FRM MY ONE BLOCK WONDER. I REALLY LIKE THE BQ PATTERNS FOR LRG PRINTS THEY ARE EASY AND QUICK TO PIECE

Plan B - I HAD PURCHASED THE FABRIC AT THE DRAYTON VALLEY QUILT SHOW I PROMISED MYSELF TO MAKE AT LEAST 2 QUILT FRM THE BOOK I BUY THIS YEAR,SO FAR I HAVE MADE THIS ONE FRM THE BOOK . WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SHIMMER AND SHINE NEXT JUST HAVE TO GET THE FABRIC.

Road to the Stars - The oriental print was my inspiration although it has rather just blended in.

Sometimes I Get a Wild Hair - I made this quilt for a guild challenge. The challenge was to make a self portrait quilt. I knew I had succeeded when my son said "Wow, Mom that really looks like you."

The Secret Place - "The Secret Place," inspired by the novel, "Loving Frank." There was a place in the book that described a place in prairie grasses that one of the characters loved to go to be alone. When her dad was transferred to another city and the family was packed to leave, she took a kitchen chair and an old braided rug to the spot in hopes that the next person who lived in the house would find and enjoy this place.

My Garden