It's Finished My Baltimore Album Quilt - Starting in 1993 I took a series of Baltimore Album Quilt, working on them on and off. Finished top around 1999. Always waiting to hand quilt it. Finally decided to have it machine quilted in 2004. I am very pleased with it, and it is finished.Patterns are from Elly Sienkiewicz book "Baltimore Album and Beyond"

Xmas stocking for Raina - Using velvets, satin, brocade and misc. fabrics to make a rectangle. I then cut out the stocking shape. The velvet on the back has cats and paw prints embossed into it. Her mother also received a crazy quilt stocking.

THE GREEN THING - From a class by Mary Jane Best I used 8 fat quarters in fall colors, and a "Pontinelle" Black/Green fabric. Fussy cutting it to get the light color for the center block and the darkest color of the fabric for the outside blocks.

Wolf over Okinawa - My son loved this wall hanging. So I modified the flying geese to continue around the top and bottom to increase the size. He has slept with this quilt every night since the day I finished it.

close up of POND SCUM - Close up of 4 blocks. Can you see the 2 frogs?

Pond Scum - We have a pond on my mother's property here in Kirtland, NM. When my nephew used to come visit he loved to be out in the pond. YUK. One day when he was with me at Santa Fe Quilting in Santa Fe he found this batik that he just loved. He called it Pond Scum. He just couldn't understand why we wouldn't make him a shirt out of the material. He would wear it when he was in the pond. I got this idea to make him a quilt and call it Pond Scum. I picked out the "scummiest" greens I could find and I even over-dyed some fabric. There are frogs and parts of frogs appliqued on the quilt. The frogs are indigenous to Kirtland. The backing is the orginal Pond Scum batik! We all now live in Kirtland, the pond is still "scummy" and even now that Jonathan is 17 years old he still loves the pond! There is a picture of backing in MY PHOTOS.

Christmas Puppy Show Off - I was fortunate to have seen this fabric while it was still on paper. The puppies were so cute that I just had to find a way to show them off. I played around with the squares until I found a solution as a quilt block. The result is too cute for words and does a decent job of showing off the puppies.

"Done With Mirrors" - I led a workshop for quilters who had attended Ricky's Seminar in Sarasota. I made this piece as a sample.

Benton County, Oregon - I created this postcard for an on-line quilt challenge, as a representation of life in Benton County, Oregon. I used digital photographs of the courthouse to draw my building pattern, and raw-edge applique for the postcard pieces. I added the building details with free-motion stitching. I created the trees separately using thread-painting, and stitched them to the card. I created the postcard back by printing on fabric for the information about the postcard front, and stitching the lines for addressing and the postage stamp. Binding is a single layer.

Mount Rainier - Raw-edge applique postcard or Mount Rainier, Washington. I began with a digital photograph and created a pattern on my computer by drawing the features I wanted to include. Embellishments include free-motion stitching to create the details of the mountain, trees and fields in the valley. I created the postcard back by printing on fabric for the information about the postcard front, and stitching the lines for addressing and the postage stamp.

Spider Mums - Cindy Walter was a guest at San Juan Quilters Guild. I was trying to make zinnas but realized I had "pointy" petals so I switched to Spider Mums. This was a fun class and I want to do some more. Just need to get with it! www.sjqg.org

Living with Three Sisters - Three Sisters are mountains in the Cascade Range in Oregon. I took photos of the mountains and house, then used my computer to draw on top of the photos to get the items and details I wanted to include in my quilt. I used piecing and raw-edge applique, and embellished with thread-painting trees done both separately and on the top. The mountains are thread-painted. The antlers are 3-dimensional and are hung upside down because that's the way the home owner has them displayed.

Lisa's Life - Made for Mother's 90th birthday with signature blocks (4 children/5 grandsons) a quilter's dream number. 4 picture blocks (ages 5, 13, 25, 31) and a song completed the celebration.

Never Corny - Using a purchased panel, I designed this birthday quilt using fruit and vegetable fabrics and several variations of half-square triangle blocks. My husband is the cook and I do quilt.

Blue Star - I made two of these quilts in honor of my son before he left for Iraq. I gave one to his wife and kept one for myself. He is home safe.

Geisha Secrets Revealed - This quilt was made as part of the APNQ Traveling Exhibit titled Telling Secrets....I based my design on one of my favorite books, "Memoirs of a Geisha"...I handquilted her with silk threads...Sold at APNQ Auction 2004