Snowflake Star Pillow

"Psycedelic Circut Board" - I made this piece during an on line class taught by Ellen Lindner. She calls this technique IAQ for Instant Art Quilt. Fun and Fast

Fall Quilt - I love the colors of fall! I wanted a "cuddle quilt" using this color pallete and pieced this just for fun, working on a design wall. I added piping for the first time to a quilt. Backed with flannel for comfyness.

More Precious Than Jewels - Queen Carol's pattern from the CD-ROM of Foundation Factory by Carol Doak, 1995-2004 #215. One of the best quilts I have ever made--most complimented by others. The heart of it is that in God's eyes I am more precious than jewels to Him.

Calico - Close-up of blocks in Calico quilt

Julia's Sesame Street Quilt - Julia loves bright colors. This was her pre-school quilt

Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah - I used my stash of Hanukkah fabrics to make this quilt and substituted a few solid gold squares to bring out random gold stars within the stretched star pattern.

Proud Peacock - Thangles "Buck A Block" blocks frame a Kona Bay Asian Peacock panel. Setting my design

Calico - "Mini Kitty Cat" quote blocks purchased from Jeanette Pie' (www.TalkingQuilts.com) Used photo transfer. Made in honor of our cat Calico who lived to be 21 1/2 years old.

Pansy Country - This quilt consists of large blue crosses and yellow and blue stars on a pale yellow background. It was made for my niece on the occasion of her wedding in June of 2009. It is machine pieced and hand quilted. The pattern comes from the book "Fat Quarter Friendly" by Fons & Porter, copyright 2000, which is adapted from a pattern called "Our Country". I originally found a pretty bright blue pansy print on a pale yellow background and started collecting blues and yellow and golds to match. Thus the name "Pansy Country". The large crosses are 14". Finished size of the quilt is 101"x101".

Wheels Down, Head Up - The quilt may not be valuable, but it is highly valued. I made this for my brother, a master's class bike racer (that just means 'old' :-) who does a lot of riding for charity. I'm very proud of him for doing this, and in typical big sister fashion I continually remind him to keep "Wheels Down, Head Up" as he races, hence the name of the quilt. For the sashing, I used a fabric with a bicycle motif. I appliqued the wheel t-shirt onto the sashing material. For the backing I was able to use some green jean material, vintage fabric now, that our mother had bought in the 1960's. She was a great seamstress and always out for a bargain. She bought yards and yards of this green jean material on sale to make jeans for us kids. We shouted the idea down, and she was stuck with the fabric forever. I thought it made an especially appropriate backing for this quilt for my 'little brother'.

Alpine Wonder - I fell in love with this quilt pattern when I saw a sample at Paw Patch Quilt Shop in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. I bought the kit, the first kit I've ever bought. Usually I want to pick my own fabrics for a pattern, but this is one is special. The ombre (shaded) fabrics used in the quilt create a dimensional effect from the clever piecing instructions that place each section just so. Another first for me is using crystal embellishments. The kit came with a variety of different colors of Swarovski crystals. I made the quilt for my son who is living in Japan and did not have a Christmas tree last year. This year, his apartment is appropriately decorated, and he plans to leave it on the wall all year.

Lauren's Quilt - Colorful fabrics and a pattern with lots of movement were used for this gift quilt for my niece and her husband. I quilted it on the long arm with freehand swirls and hidden script names and the date of their wedding.

Welcome Home - This is a strip club pattern that I started in a class at a local quilt shop, Quilt Trends. I made it as a gift for a woman who was the honorary den mother, so to speak, for a group of Americans - including my son - who were working in Japan for an American company. On her return to the states, I gave her this quilt as a thank you gift. I thought the bright colors and motif were appropriately eastern and western combined. I quilted it on my long arm with a butterfly motif.

For Mom - A birthday gift for my mother-in-law for her 90th birthday. My husband asked me to make it two weeks before the party! I managed to pull together the fabrics from my stash, adding only borders and backing as new fabric. I long-armed a wreath of flowers in each block.

Maddie's quilt - Not all quilts are works of art, but all quilts are items to love and cherish, right? This one is in that latter category. Swimming t-shirts from an outstanding high school swimming career were used, front and back, along with water themed fabric. A signature panel was put on the back for teammates to sign.

Baby Ragtime