Blue Cosmos - Second in my series of quilts called Kay's Bouquets.

Hope's baby quilt - 52" Round baby quilt, machine pieced and hand-quilted. Various NY themed fabrics. Continuous bias binding used to make circle.

mosaic monkeys - back - Makes it really easy to include the label as part of the quilt. Wish I'd thought of it for the first one. Actually wish I'd finished either of them in time to enter the competitions.

orangutan squaredance - back - Wanted a scrappy look to match the front and thought that courthouse steps would lend itself to stitch and flip construction.

mosaic monkeys - If you're wondering why pieces same rather than scrappy it's because I assembled by stitch and flip and didn't want seams obvious, unlike the back.

Affairs of the Heart - I first found this book on a website while surfing on the web. To my amazement, the author lived in my home town. So I called her up and went to her house to pick up two copies, one for myself and one for a friend. Around two months or so after I had purchased the book, this was offered as a block of the month at my local quilt shop. Of course, I jumped on board! I didn't do it with needleturn applique like Aie Rossman (the designer) did because I detest hand sewing. I did very little quilting on it because I didn't want to take away from the spectacular design.

unnamed at present - This is a strip quilt with an offset center applique. The design was my own, an attempt to use up some scraps.

View from the Pheonix - This was made after a Father's Day weekend at Orange Beach. Dolphins were everywhere. The background is pieced. The sun is raw edge fused. I wanted it fuzzy like the sun on a hot day. The dolphins are needle turn applique. Beads were added for extra sparkle

stone soup challenge - This was a stone soup challenge from my local guild. I was given the two pieced squares, the large button, the green fabric on the right, and the fabric used int he pinwheels. It took awhile to decide what to do. The background fabric is pieced. The pinwheels are 3D. The detail on the houses,( Roofs, trim, etc..) are raw edged fused applique. I freehand drew the birdhouses. The flowers and vine is also raw edged. The bird is not my pattern, I found it in an old magazine, it is needle turn applique. There is thread painting on the flowers. The lizard is an old, plastic toy from my children. The dragonfly was a 3D thread applique I made. It was a lot of fun.

Flying Free - When I finish the binding on this quilt it will most likely be one of my personal favorites. I really enjoyed putting it together but was stumped when it came to the quilting. I did SID and there it sits while I take months to ponder what else I should do. I think I will let it go and call it done.

FabricChoices - I completed the piecing of this quilt during and after a quilt retreat at Cambria, CA led by podcaster and quilt teacher, Annie Smith. It still needs quilting - soon to be done, of course!? The sashing and borders are completed, I just don't have a current photo.

North Dakota Buffalo - “North Dakota Buffalo” was inspired by a trip I took to North Dakota for the American Association of School Librarians. During the North Dakota Library Conference they had a reception at a buffalo museum in Jamestown. There on the grounds they had a white buffalo, among several brown ones. Princess had also given birth to a white calf, which is rare. Then when I got the post card from the museum imagine my surprise when I read that the mother buffalo had be purchased from a buffalo farm in northern Michigan. On my way to the airport my guide stopped at a quilt shop where I bought the buffalo fabric. The greens and golds that I selected to complete the blocks were selected to remind me of the beautiful colors of spring that were in full force during my visit to North Dakota. The pattern is one that my sister designed to use four patches and half-square triangles in a dark/light combination.

baby riley quilt - Made for my new great niece. I used Glorianne Cubbage's Twice Quilted technique on this. I quilted cabbage roses with a varigated pink thread and leaves with a varigated green thread.

Garden of Grace

Checks and Plaids - I won these blocks from my guild's BOM in 2000. My sister and I recently completed the quilt while she was visiting, and it went home with her as a birthday present for her husband. We loved the "old-timey" look of the quilt. It reminded us of quilts that our Granny made and called utility quilts.

orangutan squaredance - Saw a quilt on the net with four cats with entwined tails and thought that a monkey wrench should have monkeys and started sketching for a competition. I should extend the pattern to a full size bed for the little kids.

Foley Wall Hanging - I just made this to play with some embroidery designs that came with my new machine at the time.