Yesterday's Flowers - I have a real love for vintage quilt tops - I like to find them anywhere and quilt them on my longarm. Isn't it great finishing something and as you are working through it trying to imagine the person who put so much of themself into a quilt top - this quilt top is hand appliqued, machine pieced together. I quilted it partially traditional (crosshatch) and partially modern with feathers. It won a 3rd place ribbon at my local quilt show - Red River quilters. Judges saw a wavy border....

Jen's Starry Batik - My daughters love purple and wild colors!! I made this really large for her king size bed combining my love of traditional star quilts and batiks and her love for anything purple. She uses it every night on her bed.

Jessie's Purple Batik Beauty - My daughters both LOVE purple. When Jessica bought her first house (the month she graduated from college), she wanted her own quilt on her own big bed. She likes the funkiness of batiks and she (and her dog Belle) snuggle under it every night.

White on White - Curling Feathers - This is my first wholecloth and I made up the pattern. Hopefully, I came away with some good experience and wisdom to make the next one more exciting. White sateen, cut away trapunto, heavy quilting for the fill work..... With some advice from fellow Louisiana-quilter, Gayle Wallace, I changed the middle fill from a boring stipple to pebbles before entering it in our local quilt show. It won first place. My first, first place ribbon. I didn't quilt smiling for two days!!

Apple Cinnamon

Country Wedding Quilt - A cozy cabin appears in the center and there are concentric rings radiating out to the edges with appliqued animals such as a mother bear and cubs, deer, a flowing stream with a canoe and leaping trout, and naturally a bald eagle in flight. Various piecing patterns include, bears paw, logcabins and courthouse steps. Columbine vines and oak tree branches with acorns circle the outer border.

Circle of Bluhms - This wholecloth method has been taught by Irena, Bluhm of Little Elm, Texas. I was a member of her first class of students in 2006. At the end of the class, she gave us this original pattern and gave us permission to use it, change it up, but keep in touch. I changed it only slight - the center. First step is to stitch the design in green thread, then heavy fill-in quilting is completed in white. After the quilt has been washed, blocked, steamed and bound, it is embellished with color and a fabric medium to seal the color. It has won a second place at the Professional Long Arm Guild Quilt Show in 2006 (guild founded by Linda V. Taylor) and a first place at my local quilt show - Red River Quilters, Shreveport, LA.

Tumbling Ribbons - The threadplay ribbons go in and out through the holes in the blocks. At each bend in each ribbon I changed the color of the thread

The Cosmos of My Mind - Based on Ricky's harmonic convergence and Libby Lehman's thread play and satin stitching techniques. Won Best in Color and Design and 1st in Small Innovative at 2006 CQC show

Nana's Apron Strings - approx 24" x 26" wallhanging of 4 aprons. Fusible applique, my grandmothers buttons, old faded rickrack for strings. Sleeve on back. Quilted in red thread.

S. Virginia's Cross Quilt - This is my 4th cross quilt! It is beautifully displayed in her home and the others' are displayed at my church or my home, our school's chapel and another auntie's home.

Mom and Dad's 50th Anniversary Quilt - I loved making this quilt with the Quiltsmart interfacing! It turned out beautiful and nobody knows my secret that this is a very easy way to make a DRW!

Bluegrass - My first original art quilt. I used strip piecing with split and insert strips. Embellished with Schwarvoski crystals.

Karin's First Sampler - This was my first quilt. It is made up of 12 blocks, some were hand pieced and some pieced by machine. I hand quilted it and I still love this quilt.

Amanda's Dream - I used Tea dyed muslin and scraps from my stash - my niece Amanda saw it and had to have it!

80th Birthday/Signature quilt Backing - This is the backing of my Dad's 80th Birthday quilt which he likes to use as the right side.

80th Birthday/Signature quilt - King size and all done in Batiks. The backing is a signature quilt signed by guests at my Dad's 80th birthday. He uses the back of he quilt as the top side. He loves seeing the names of family & friends.

Mayan Medley - This was my first try at making a quilt without using a pattern. I let the fabric guide me and tried to stay out of the way of the beautiful Guatamalan cotton.