C'est Marin

Debbie's 12 days of Christmas - The 12 Day of Christmas were embroidered in 1996 using designs from Buzz Tools. It took me 12 years to figure out how to do it and getting around to doing it. It took a couple of weeks to get the strips the right height and width and then another week to quilt.

Maddy's Advent Calendar - Each day was embroidered on netting then an elastic loop and back was glued together. String of small lights and a gold garland were strung across the tree which was drawn free hand. The presents under the tree hold the individuals items until the day in December arrives, then it is added to the tree and hung on the bells. Each bell and each item has a number attached.

"Ma bibliothèque"

Mary's Flower Garden - Machine embroidery of Flower of the month by Brothers. Individual Pre-quilted blocks were finished then embroidered. These block were then added to the quilt to which was an attic window top and then the top was finished and quilted Took about six months.

Jinny Beyer Mystery Quilt for Karen - Some paper piecing and regular piecing done by machine. Using Jinny Beyer fabric and mitering technics Took about a week to make and a week to quilt. Make at 72% of the pattern

Whirling Colors - Based on Opening quilt on Simply quilts show. It was possible for me to do this quilt because I found Nuances at Sew Batik (a gradation of colors) I used 13 different colors and did not have to look for seven different fabrics for each color. It took over a year to do. I spent a lot of time working on the grid to show placement of each color and keep track of the individual triangles. No two tirangles were the same.

hearts on a retreat

Hot Nights Cold Drinks - Quilt made during a class at The Snugglebug, Plymouth, MN. Entered into 2008 MN Quilt Show in Rochester, MN.

Only God is Perfect - Quilt was made for a class at The Snugglebug in Plymouth, MN. Entered into the 2008 MN Quilt Show in Rochester, MN.

It's All About Jack! - My daughter adores her mini schnauzer, Jack, and these quotes totally apply to his personality and their relationship.

A Penguin For All Seasons - Quilt Challenge entry for MN Quilt Show, Duluth, MN, 2005. The theme for the quilt had to relate to the City of Duluth, so I changed the penguins to be summer creatures involved in a variety of pasttimes - beach bum, farmer, Uncle Sam, volleyball player, one very sunburned bird, Tarzan and one female penguin with curls and a bikini. Won ribbons for Viewer's Choice and Best Use of Challenge Fabrics. I agreed to sell the quilt before winning the awards - it was given as a housewarming gift to someone who moved to north FL from Minneapolis.

Cards Anyone? - My folks love to play cards and roll dice, and I love what my sister and I refer to as "babe" fabrics. This quilt was made for my folks from a babe fabric I loved.

The Birdbrain Exchange - My long-time friend Bill is a fine carpenter who makes extraordinarily decorative birdhouses. We bartered a quilt for a birdhouse. The birdboxes quilt pattern was a natural choice, and its name captures both the trade and the joy of old friends. I modified the pattern to use round doors rather than the pattern's squares. It is heavily quilted with a different filler pattern for each box.

The Monarch - I created this quilt from a video with Alex and Ricky.

100 Deseos para todos (100 Wishes to all) - Butterflies in the forest of trees inspired me when monarch butterflies all together to procreate. The fence around the limitations that mean we are not able to get us to the desires that exist. Water is the road to freedom so you can get, and in many cultures water is purified and takes all the negatives you see in our lifetime. Water is a nod to reality, we know that there are fish in the water but not see, and padding I've created are just fish that if we rotate the piece by the setback is the bottom of the lake. There are 13 different quilts to show that I am not superstitious and I do not preclude a desire to achieve superstition.

Stars With a Twist - A member of our quilt group gave us each a fat quarter of the red and black fabrics and told us to create something, adding to them as desired. The group decided to wrap and exchange them. My first challenge and it was great fun for all of us!

Turning 20 Fundraiser - Quilt designed and made for a fundraiser to support two college-age young men in our church, who lost both parents within six months in 2007. My middle son won the silent auction for it, and it now resides on my youngest son's bed at college.