Brown, black and white but pretty. - I just fell in love with the fabric. One of my quilt shops, "Gotta Have It Quilt Shop" in Baldwyn Ms. had one made up. So I bought the last kit and had a lot of fun making it. Even though the colors are muted and somewhat on the dull side, I thought the white flowers really perked it up. It is a very pretty quilt. I machine pieced it on a Bernian 1250 and free motioned quilted it on a long arm machine. I did a meandering large stippling type quilting on it. This block and type quilting lets the fabric show up. Which is what I like best about quilting, the fabrics!!! Hope you enjoy looking at my quilts.

Daddy Myron's Star - In July 2005 I had just finished making this Star Quilt for a Give-Away for my 72 year-old father, who had passed away one year earlier. Our son came home from the Navy with his wife and two sons for a visit. My husband, our son & daughter-in-law, and one of our daughters and I had a family Quilting Bee. We finished handquilting that 90" X 90" quilt in about 3 days. It was presented in honor of my father to a lady, who's father had been a close friend to my father for many years. The quilts was mauves, sky blues, burgundies, olive greens and beiges. It was truly a work of love in memory of my father, Myron.

Grandma's Plates - I was pleased with the way this one turned out. Put my own twist on this pattern. Love the colors and the end results. Reminds me of plates on a placemat. Sorta like setting the table at Grandma's house.

Megan's Rainbow - All those scraps and what to do, Just starting playing and putting those 2 inch squares together and this was my end results. My daughter has already claimed this one.

Broken Dishes - I fell in love with the fabric and wanted to do something fun. This was a very easy quilt to put together. I am working on a larger one at this time with a different color, This has to be my favorite at the moment.

More like 1665 Pyramids - This Quilt I saw in some magazine, thought I would give it a shot, Wonderful colors and great quilt to make with all of those left over pieces. I don't think I want to see another pyramid for some time. I do love the quilt just a lot of work.

Colorful Jewel Box - I have always been inspired by my Grandmother, who taught me how to quilt. This quilt reminds me of her, she is truly a Jewel in my life. With her bringing so much joy and life into my own personal life, I thought it was fitting to make it as fun and colorful as she is.

Everblooming Roses - This is my first reverse applique, stained glass style wall hanging, and hangs in my living room.

final frontier - Using scraps of vintage and other fabrics in my stash, and yardage of a space fabric for the background, I made this for myself and take it camping every summer, sleeping under the "starz".

Katies quilt - Saw this pattern at a quilt show and just had to try it. Even with pinks my husband likes it. Gave it to my niece Katie for Christmas 2007

the brown quilt - I bought the center of this quilt in an ebay auction - a fairly uninspiring 3 block by 4 block set of stars with sashing. I was inspired to get out my browns and to a whole border of my own stars, in a scrappy brown setting, and cut wonky. In 2009, I donated this quilt to Cesar's Dog Whisperer auction to raise money for abandoned dogs.

tree resting - Learned how to fuse applique and took off with my own idea right away.

Mark and Jenn - Using the technique described in "Fabric Photo Play" by Julia Wood, I enlarged and translated a photograph of my son and his new wife into a wall hanging.

Mocha New York Beauty - I paper pieced this version of the traditional New York Beauty block.

Alternative Solar System - Louisa Smith's book, Strips and Curves, inspired me to make a series of quilts. I enjoyed playing with the colors and the concept.

Garden Wonder - While traveling in California, I saw samples made from the book, One-Block Wonders: One Fabric, One Shape, One-of-a-Kind Quilts by Maxine Rosenthal. I fell in love and have now made 3 of these quilts. It's really fun to see the blocks and the color patterns take shape.

Good Night (back of quilt). Wake up (front quilt) - Blues are 9 patch for the back. Front is "Trip around the world". The blues peek through the front softening it solving the problem of colors clashing.

Lemoyne Star Sampler - This quilt was inspired by my love of Lemoyne stars and the book Lemoyne Stars Made Easy by Sharon Craig. I adapted one of the quilts in the book by adding more blocks and changing the setting somewhat. I hand pieced the blocks.