Stash Buster Series 1 - A fun way to shrink a stash with this Jackie Robinson pattern.

Pacific Spirit Path 1 - I started with a photograph of a nearby park and translated it into fabric using a technique by Katie Pasquini Masopust.

Tumbling Blocks - This quilt was started when I took a class to learn how to make it. It was done through a strip piecing method called Not Your Grandmother's Tumbling Blocks by Marci Baker. It took an awful lot of cutting and creating the strips but it sure helped with getting the edges square on the blocks. I didn't realize I picked such a large project!

Magical Canyon - My impression of the Grand Canyon, the most magical place on earth.

Cavern in Cross Section - A cross section of Carlsbad Caverns surrounded by the desert in bloom.

Desert in Bloom - A road trip through the southwestern U.S. when the desert flowers were in bloom.

Teacups for Jeanne - After taking a class to learn paper piecing, using the above book, I took off on the one cup we learned, got the book and made this quilt. I used fat quarters. The patterns were also reduced to 75% of the originals in the book. It is all cotton fabrics. I think I used the wrong material for batting - fiberfill - because it was rather thick and difficult to quilt.

This Quilter's Color Palette - Every square is from my stash and is different. Squares were chosen from a paper bag and were not rearranged. It's a fun process.

Pineapple Welcome - adapted pattern to make a table runner

October Days - Linda taught a class for my quilt group, Piecemakers, in Oct. 2005 using her pattern.

October Nights

Christmas Nights

Thrift Store Quilt - This is a quilt that I saw hanging on a wall in my favorite store - the thrift shop. I took it home with me for $7.00. Someone did a lot of hand work with this quilt. They tried tea dying it but it just made it look dirty and shabby. I gave it a thorough wash and then starched it. It came out very nicely. Whoever made it did not put batting in it and originally I thought I'd take it apart, put in batting and then quilt it. But actually now I like it as it is.

Sunflower and Red Birds - hand appliqued, machine quilted, bead embellishment

My Geisha - I made two of this patteren faceing I have not finshed one

Magic Mirror Butterflies - I love the magic mirroring technique that Bethany Reynolds uses for the wings.

Dawn's Pansy Quilt - I saw this pattern in Quick & Easy Quilting June 1998. I added Pansy bouquets from Elsa's Designs in the blank blocks & outer corners and a scrappy inner border

On the Stage - Pattern cut out with news paper Used flannel to make it