Red and Gold Northwinds - This was the first quilt I had quilted on a long-arm. I love using reds and golds. We have this quilt folded on the couch in the family room, and it gets used just about every day to cuddle under.

walmart finds - This pattern is so easy to make that I keep going back to it when I want to make a quick quilt as a gift.

Brightest Star - This was a challenge quilt done for a breast cancer silent auction. It was the first piece I ever entered in a challenge and the first piece I challenged myself with more machine quilting.

Joy - I always love to make Christmas projects. I found this pattern in a magazine and just had to try it.

Meghan' Diamonds - I wanted to make a quilt for my daughter. She wanted something with no flower fabric at all. I used purple and blue prints and batiks, and I think she loves it.

Heart of Roses - This was an Amish made quilt top that I had won at auction on Ebay. I had had it for over a year and waited until I felt comfortable enough quilting it on my longarm. I used machine trapunto and then quilted it for my inlaw's 60th anniversary. They loved it!

Spencer's Quilt - For Spencer, my nephew's son, for Christmas. Started with an ABC panel, cut it apart and rearranged, added sashings and extra blocks. I put my own letters on the back spelling For Spencer in large block letters.

Mariners Compass Medallion - I used the compass (paper pieced) from Elm Creek Quilts and some elements from other quilts from the book to come up with this layout. I need something to hang above my couch and it uses colors in my living room.

Flannel Scrappy Heart QOV - Always looking for something that would make a nice soft Quilt of Valor, so these flannel blocks worked out great.

Feminine Potential - The figure of the woman and babies are my first try at hand drawing and painting human figures. They are appliqued and pieced using commercial fabrics. The poppies are fussy cut from one of my favorite fabrics. It is unquilted because my vision for the quilting is currently ahead of my abilility.

Thinking Outside the Block - Really easy and fun to put together. Best selling pattern for our little company. Work well with just about anything you put in it. For more details visit our website: www.toadusew.com

Sarah's Quilt - My oldest daughter Sarh moved into her own bedroom away from her two other sisters!!! I made her this quilt to go with her new "Big Girl" decor.

Alivia - I made this for my nieces first birthday. I really practiced on freehand quilting...I did lots of bugs around the border. I also did embroidery using my new machine.

Words of Encouragement - My daughters have gone to school with a boy named Caleb and have had him in class the last three years. His Mom, Crystal, has been fighting cancer for all three of these years so we worked with the first grade class and made his mom a comfort quilt. She absolutely adores it and was very surprised by the class effort!!!

Curious Tango - This quilt is a portrait of my Boston Terrier puppy "Tango" chasing a dragonfly through a tree hole.

Mary's Secret Garden - Bought this as a kit at Amidon Quilt Shop in Poway, CA. It took me four years to complete. The quilting was done by hand and it is the first hand quilt I have ever done. The size is a double.

A Portrait of Us - This quilt is a rendition of the technique found in the article called "Stitch a Sketch" by Faye Anderson found in the Quilters Newsletter Magazine. It is a portrait of my husband and I.

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