2 Meeting Street - While on a spring vacation in Charleston, SC, I took a photograph of a back porch of a wonderful and nostalgic bed and breakfast at 2 Meeting Street. The grounds and especially the azaleas were in magnificent bloom and I could already envision my next quilt as I snapped the picture. The quilt was hand appliquéd and except for the borders and backing, the fabric was hand-painted. The appliqué embroidery such as the flowerpots, foreground flowers and trees were achieved by free-motion machine embroidery. The quilt top was machine quilted.

Longing for the Past - Thread is the tie that binds this quilt together. Approximately 12,000 yards of thread, over 100 thread colors and close to 3 million stitches are intertwined throughout the thread painted designs. No embroidery cards were used. Hand painted fabric was used for the background and painted quilt bias binding created each individual board of siding on the house and church. Longing for the Past is a step back into a seemingly simpler moment in time.

Life in Holly Ridge - Approximately 50,000 yards of thread and 5 million stitches created the thread painted designs. No embroidery cards were used. The background fabric was hand painted and Tsukineko Inks were used to ink the doors and windows on the houses and bias sided stores. My grandchildren are the merchants in the town. It took approximately 1500 hours of frustration, a ton of trial and error and incredible fun and ultimately total joy to complete the quilt. Take a look around the town and step back in history a bit.

Puppy Dog Tales - Baby quilt for dog lover's first baby. Dogs in center on front, dogs on back.

Sians 21st Birthday Present

Blooming Nine Patch

Clematis on trellis - This clematis grows in a big pot with a trellis in front of our house. I took pictures with my camera and made several sketches. Out of the sketches I draw the pattern on totally stable. Size: 50 x 60 cm Material: Commercial cotton fabrics. Cotton- and rayonthread. Cotton batting. Sulky Totally stable. Techniques: Upside-down-appliqué. Freemotionembroidery. Freemotionquilting.

Lorenzo's quilt - I made this quilt for a new baby in our family.

Dad's 80th Birthday - Photos from the past mixed with present day photos highlight my Dad's life on his 80th birthday. His wife and children's names are quilted around the edges.

Here Kitty Kitty - Machine embroidered cat. Fused applique machine quilted with invisible thread. Machine and hand beaded. Machine quilted.

A Chicken's Sacrafice

I'm with Stupid - I just love giraffes

Hot July Nite - Red cotton sateen was used for the background, and Signature cotton varigated threads where used thoughout the piece. The quilt is freehand quilting using several different motifs. My ceiling fan was the inspiration for this quilt.

Gloria's quilt - My daughter,Gloria and I designed this small wall quilt from leftover triangles from other projects.

Comanche Sunset - Except for binding, this quilt is made from only one fabric named "Comanche Sunset" , hence the name of the quilt. I used fussy cutting for the squares to bring out the fabric many colors.

Hunt Club Cozy - I made this quilt for my husband to take to his hunt camp. However, we end up fighting over it on cool nights. I used 3M thinsulate batting and then fleece for the backing. This is one warm quilt. I also sewed on a belt so that when he can tear it away from me he can roll it up and belt it. Makes it easy to travel with. I think that I may add some pockets.

Ambitious Beginnings - This was the first Quilt that I made. This quilt was so big that I had to trim off some and used it to piece the back. Way bigger then our king size bed. It's a big joke now. I had to have it quilted because I just couldn't squeeze it into my machine. I love this quilt and use it and wash it over and over. I can see that some of my seams are pulling apart and my dog chewed a hole thru it but I will just love it more.

Baby Lamb - This was the second quilt I made. I created and designed it as I went.