Simon Says - This quilt was designed to hang in the foyer of the new school in which I am employed as a literacy coach. I based the tree design on a Leisure Arts cross stitch design and received written permission from both the designer and Leisure Arts to use the image in my quilt. The designs are appliqued and trapunto is used on the quilt. The lettering was done by printing the words on printable fabric and cuting and fusing each letter to the background. I used an adaptation of Karen McTavish's filler technique for the background quilting. I'm quite proud of this quilt.

Woosy - I got really interested in op art and spent a lot of time looking a art from that period. I decided to try doing a quilt that would mimic some of the art. I used a really cheap black and white stripe to make the checks and sewed the vertical seams closer together and then farther apart to get the wavy illusion. I didn't know if I had achieved my aim until I finished the piecing and stepped back from the design wall to have a look. The border is a great retro print that sets it off. Everyone hates it but me. I used a pantograph to quilt it at first, but then I had to go back and stitch in the ditch to get the right effect.

Rebecca's Garden - This was my first landscape quilt. I made it for my mother-in-law for Christmas the first year after we had lost my father-in-law. The background is a commercial batik and the flowers and foliage are messy and fussy cut from commercial fabrics. This project was a joy to put together and a joy to give. I quilted it on my domestic machine and decided I wanted the Mega Quilter. I am going to do more landscape quilts this summer.

Where there is love - I wanted to experiment with both trapunto and some of the techniques Colleen Wise discusses in her book Casting Shadows so I designed this small quilt. I cut both a mask and a stencil and used oil pastels to create the shadows. The trapunto was done in the traditional way on my Mega Quilter and Inspiraframe. The project was fun, but my vision always exceeds my expertise.

Sunflowers - All the fabric used in making the flowers was hand dyed by me. Each petal and leaf was then sewn on using a thread painting technique.

Wish Upon a Star - Created for my daughter's high school graduation in 2001.

The Hoppity Hippities

Garden Apartment - This was a challenge thru a quilt shop that hosted a Thimbleberries Saturday with Lynette Jensen. We had to pick something out of 4 of her patterns and she had to guess which patterns they came from. It was fun!

My First Quilt - I took a one day quilt class at a shopping mall that turned into 2 days, at least for me! I'm a slow poke quilter. It became a real quilt in 2002 when I had it quilted by a long arm quilter.

Under the Microscope - Many of my own hand dyed fabrics were used to make this quilt for my husband's office.

Jasmyn's Quilt - Baby quilt for nephew's daughter, Jasmyn. Made from a cut apart baby panel. I added coordinating fabrics for sashing and rearranged. I have to add extra blocks.

Pinwheel Puzzel

Jacob's Quilt

Children's Delight

In full bloom

Blended Quilt

Halloween

Seasons