My Ruffled Roses - It took me a while to complete, but love the results. Started in January 2011 and completed the piecing in January 2013. Spent 56 hours quilting it, but loved every minute of the process.

Bloomin' Sunshine

Mother's Day Bouquet - The center panel is hand embroidery. The surrounding fabrics are woven with loops on the ends. After weaving folded fabrics I stitched them down on backing.

Flower Baskets - After watching a Vimeo video I tried the baskets, carried on and made 12 blocks enjoying using scraps to fill with flowers, some demonstrated by Eleanor Burns . I used this quilt to try out machine quilting on my new sewing machine I treated to myself this year. I am not good at machine quilting(am learning) I hand quilted the flower blocks. I thought machine quilting would not pain my arthritis hands like hand quilting -no luck both are painful to me- . I hand applique both by hand and by machine. Confess I prefer hand sewing!!!

Love to hate you - There is a lot of Y-seems in this block and I really hated it, but at the same time loved seewing it and to see it grow. There for the name " Love to hate you"

Stars Around the World Close Up 2 - Another view of the quilting designs used.

Stars Around the World Close Up - Stars Around the World Close Up shows the quilting done using my A1 Longarm with Intelliquilter.

As Times Goes By - I bought this linen piece on Etsy for $5. Although in great structural shape, it was very grimy from being handled all those years ago and never washed. A couple of washings in restoration soap helped immensely. I attended Cindy's "Linen Ladies" workshop at the 2013 Road to California and she was most helpful in getting me started on this piece. My aim was to honor the woman who almost-but-not-quiet finished the amazing embroidery. If I could show it to her I hope she would be happy with the result. Finishing this piece really meant a lot to me. I am just happy it wasn't thrown away, so it could be displayed as it should be.

Sea of Life - Inspired by the seahorse bead and memories of our time in Malaysia.

Touch of Red practice quilt - I watched Sharon Schamber's first video on Tuesday while on vacation and made this quilt and an sister one on black fabric for a quilt show in Yeovil next weekend in 3 days using my Bernina 830. Goddess of the last minute, of course) Thank you Sharon for sharing and TQS for hosting the video series.

Log Cabin in the Forest - The log cabin block and large piece of forest fabric came together as an uncommon baby quilt for a dear friend who is decorating her baby's room with an outdoor theme.

Celia's Modern #1 - Original design by my niece as a gift for her Mom for Christmas 2012.

Garden of Pomegranates - I experimented with several techniques on this quilt...sashiko stitching, trapunto, hand embroidery…and learned many valuable lessons. Hand dyed solids on a plain background.

An Unexpected Pleasure - Created from several small blocks from a local workshop that had been marinating in the UFO box for a few years. The applique fans & scrolls brought it all together.