The Dragon - Quilt top only in this picture. Batiks were mostly used for the inset colors; solid black fabric for the "lead lines". Shown without the borders.

Batik Star - Created to hang in my kitchen, and added machine embroidery to the four corner blocks. Inspired by a small quilt I won at a local Quilt show.

Jazzy - Multicolor dyed cottons. mixed & matched. Bright Batiks appliqued in layers with decorative stitches.

Wooly Bear - This piece is a fun embellishments sampler. Techniques include stamping, foiling, couching, angelina, beading. It's called "Wooly Bear" because of the couched binding.

Stonehenge? - This is a playful use of leftover strips of hand dyed fabrics. I was fiddling around when they struck me as a bunch of leaning monoliths, not unlike Stonehenge.

Little Skipper - For my Grandson's first birthday, I adapted this pattern to include motor boats and changed the light house to look like Barnegat Light House and also added my son's place of business and my daughter and son-in-law's shore house. It's a fun quilt that hangs above my grandson's bed, and he points out his house, Daddy's boat, and other landmarks down the shore, as well as the different shapes used to create windows and sails.

Going in Circles - Applique circle on pieced background. Used circular stitching attachment for sewing machine. Made as part of a Janome Class.

7 Degree Experiment - On a cold winter day (7 degrees!), I painted some fabric. This blue and violet piece is the result. It has dimensional elements as well as beads and machine quilting.

Wonky 9's - "Wonky 9s" is a study in transparency... side to side, up and down. I decided to use the nine patch idea because it lent itself to wonkiness!

No name on this one - I machine embroidered the girls on this one for a wall hanging. I learned alot from this quilt.

Twist & Fold - Blue & Beige quilt of varying block sizes using twists, tucks, and pleating techniques of Jenny Rayment, author and quilter.

Alex's Stars - This is my first Baby quilt. I pieced it traditionally on the machine.

Moonlight Sonata - My husband plays the piano, and we collect moons; this quilt hangs over the piano.

Going My Way? - I've always been facinated with geometrics and interlocking design.

Stars for Stephanie - I made this quilt for my niece's HS graduation. It is my very first queen size quilt. She wanted bright colors. The stars were paper pieced.

Fans Out Of Africa - This was my first attempt at quilting....queen size...I do NOT recommend a first quilt this big...My husband bought me my first "very own" sewing machine our first Christmas together, and with it came free lessons and classes whre he purchased the machine. This was a stack n wack class based on the 18* fan ruler. I stacked exact patterns then cut using the ruler so each fan had exact patterns on each piece. I started it in 2001 but it took me till 2005 to actually finish it. I had to tote my sewing machine up and downstairs to my kitchen table everytime I wnated to work on it so therefore it sat a very long time. I was encouraged to finish it for a housewarming gift for my younger sister, as her bedroom theme was to be "Africian inspired".

A House for Les - I made this quilt from a photograph, using a method I learned in a Quilt University class with Betty Alofs: Home Builders. It was a gift for the contractor who built our new home, including a wet and dry studio for me.

Shannon's Serengeti - Designed in EQ5, I created blocks to surround a purchased batik panel. Most of the blocks are skewed or distorted. This was my first totally original design, and the first quilt I machine quilted myself.