Round Robin - This is a round robin from my friendship group. It started iwth the Gabriel Swain Columbine block in the center. A bird and borders were added. This was my first applique. It also has 4 challenge fabrics form two different guild challenges.

Amanda's Cactus Basket - My mother remembers this quilt on her parents bed in Oklahoma when she was child of 6, so we are estimating that my Great Grandmother Burris must have made it sometime the end of 1920's and the mid 1930's. This quilt moved around with the family from Oklahoma during the Depression and WWII. It has lived in 7 states and by the 2000's was stained, some of the diamonds were threadbare, it had rips and tears and my Grandmother had attempted to machine sew two colors of red bias boarder on it. (My Grandmother wasn't a sewer.) I removed the red boarder, the hand quilting on the boarder edges, appliqued over the worn and damaged diamonds and white blocks that were stained and or worn. None of the red basket material needed any repair. Thank God because I wasn't able to find the color any where. I hand quilted over the repairs and added a boarder using the 1930's fabrics that I had used in the repaing the diamonds. (See Pictures for before photos of the damaged blocks.) As I was finishing up this quilt , I was also signing up to be a member of the "Quilt Show". I needed to come up with a log-in-name, so used the quilt block as my log-in-name.

Grandmother's Garden for Laurie and Matt - Made from Grandmother's Garden blocks that I inherited from my Great Grandmother Amanda Burris. I appliquaed these blocks on to reproduction fabric and the added the windblown pattern. This quilt was made as a wedding present for my cousin.

Jacob's Garden - Autumn colors and fun applique. I made two Jacob's Garden Quilts and the second on was used as a raffle for or church. It was won by Ted and Dorothy Foster, who live in Gresham, Wisconsin. I didn't get a pictue of this one.

For Emily - This was one of my first gift quilts. I made it for my niece for her 1 year birthday.

Meadow Blooms - I was traveling and wanted a hand project, so all the applique was done by hand. I also wanted to learn how to make a scalloped border.

Spool Flowers - Made this quilt during a quilt retreat at my house and all the ladies at the retreat signed the quilt and some even contributed fabrics from their stashes.

Kaleioscope Dresden Plate

50 and Up - Made to celebrate my sister in law's 50th birthday. She has a bright character and this design suited her love of life.

Scarborough Dreaming - The quilt is based on the log cabin block. The blocks are separated by sashes which also include a very small log cabin block.

Mother' Day - The quilt is based on the four patch block, separated by sashes with have a tiny nine patch block at each point of the four patch block. It was made as a mother's day gift for my mother.

Grandma's Stars - Mom made this quilt for grandma. Grandma picked the colors and my brother and I picked the colors for our hands on the small quilts. My hand is the one with the floral prints.

Katie's Sampler - This is a quilt my mom made at her first quilting class. It's her first 'real' quilt.

Unnamed - I had a few asian fabrics and wanted to make a simple pattern that highlighted the beauty of the fabric. This was a present for my mom.

Quilted Wedding Purse - This was a wedding shower gift for my niece--a quilted envelope bag, embellished wih free motion quilting, beading, and couching. A nice way to deliver a gift card and useful during the wedding celebration events.

Road Trip - I made this quilt using fabrics with motorcylces and maps. Threw in some batiks and prints that already looked like grease and oil. :) I made the label by manipulating a picture of the owners classic car and printing the name over it and printing it out on fabric in black and white.

Chupah or Jewish Wedding Quilt - This is a Jewish wedding quilt. Traditionally, I believe the quilt is mounted on a "stand" and it forms a roof over the bride and groom during the wedding ceremony. If you look closely, you can see the wedding symbols quited on the outside bloks--trust love, wisdom, etc.