Celestrial Journey - I challenged myself to come up with my own design, but since I am not draft minded, I choose to combine my own design with one that was a paper pieced method using batiks. The result gave me an award winning quilt with my local fair, and the opportunity to showcase my own machine quilting on a domestic machine. What a thrill!

Applesauce - Quilt was made using the Accu Cutter to cut out the many pieces, and designed by myself. Bright colours brought this quilt together, making it fun to work on.

Kaleidostar - This quilt was a challenge, as I did not have the original pattern when I made the first version of this design. My friend explained the pattern to me over the phone, and I wrote it on a napkin. Did not realize how addictive it would become, and I have since made 3 of these quilts. Thanks, Ricky.

Basket Case2 - Edyta published this pattern as a minature, but I was able to convert it to a full size pattern to make use of my many batiks to boost the quilt with loads of colour. Great quilt for the designer, she was able to bring in both piecing and applique. What a fun quilt to make

Splat - This quilt needed a little push to make it come alive. I chose to add splats of colour that I remembered were a great style builder from taking a class with Libby. There are lots of splats with thread play also.

Rainy Day Fun - Made for a dear friends baby. Finished it today, just in time for his big arrival! Happy birthday Justin! (WHEW! That was close!)

Once a Beaver, always a Beaver - Once a year we have a golf tournament and auction for my high school. It is sponsored by the Ballard High School Foundation of which I am President. l decided to make a quilt in our school colors and present it for auction. Since Red and Black are my school colors I decided the day and night block was perfect. The school motto is the Beaver, since it was a common creature in the early days of Ballard prior to it's becoming annexed to Seattle. I went into the archives and found copies of drawings of the Beaver as it was during my school days. I scanned the items, and digitized them using my embroidery software. I also wrote out the traditional chant or yell, as we were a very Scandinavian community. It went like this; Lutefisk, Lutefisk, Lefse, Lefse, We all love Ballard, Ja sure, yu betcha !! That became my border. Up until the 70's Ballard was essentially Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Danish and at the auction many of those alumni attended and recognized their old cheer and beavers. Bidding was heavy and in the end one alumnus had herself a beautiful quilt. I wish I could remember her name.

Swimming in the Fish Aquarium - My granddaughter was at most two and 1/2 years old when she went into the hot tub. Her mother asked her to swim with her eyes open and she was able to capture a photo. It was too good not to make use of it. I had various ideas and then I got my embroidery machine and a design emerged. My granddaughter Julia has it hanging in her bedroom.

Logan's Quilt

Skinny Modern Quilt - Small quilt finished at a class in the Bernina sewing room at 2014 SewExpo

How Does My Garden Grow? - Quilt produced from following Ann Petersen's Beyond Basic Machine Quilting on Craftsy.

Fiesta - Quilt started in a class taught by Libby Lehman at 2012 Puyallup SewExpo. Finally finished it.

Hearts and Stars - Baby quilt made from the pattern that Ann Petersen uses in her Continuous Line Quilting class on Craftsy.

Flowering Desert - Compile this quilt, with inspiring me in the flowering desert of Chile, working background with application techniques and quilting, traditional embroidery, and a unique style to decorate with small florets.

unnamed - I draw graph paper designs and this quilt was made to one of my own drawings! This is still a work in progress. One more border and then trapunto and cool free motion quilting and embellishments will be added! This is my first larger quilt with the full design element completed! A major accomplishment! YAY!

Flying Geese - A pattern by Alex and fabric by Ricky results in a beautiful quilt. The binding is Ricky's piped technique that was demonstrated in a Super Seminar.