Summit Square - Started in Celine's class using mostly Moda "Butternut and Blue" fabrics. I loved the results.

Sweet Retreat - This is done in the fabrics used by the designer and I loved the soft floral colors of pink and white.

Holly Coffee and Cream - Gave this to daughter Holly on her 40th birthday. Echoed shades are all done in holly print fabrics of red, green, and beige.

Cracked Pot - Court house steps surrounded by large buldings and then roof border.

Center Ice - This is a pieced ice rink with machne appliqued (girl) hockey player in the center. I made it larger to fit my granddaughter's twin bed and gave it to her for Christmas

Catherine on the Moors - This is from a series based on characters from historical fiction. This work is my vision of Catherine from "Wuthering Heights" at night on the moors with the wind blowing in her hair. Her cape has added dimension and this is embellished with crystals, ribbons, and feathers.

Sea Turtle

Indian Summer - I made this quilt in a workshop taught by Jan Krentz.

Options - I used methods from Susan K Cleveland's book Marvelous Miters and Carol Doak's Mariner's compass books.

Frond Fantasia - This was my first attempt at raw edge applique.

Loving Mother - This quilt was made from an original drawing by the late batik artist, Marlene McGoffin. It was entered and accepted in the "100 Quilts for 100 Years" competition held by the Arizona Historical Society. It hangs for one year in the Historical Society in Tucson and then will travel around the state for another year.

Pineapple Pizzazz - This quilt was made from a kit of batiks from Sew Batik. It is a king size quilt, measuring 107 X 120. It has 56 separate pineapple blocks plus 2 borders. It has appoximately 26 different batiks in the quilt.

Returning To My Path - Painted on Material using a variety of mediums, inks, stains and markers and crayons, then fabric applique on top and heavy embellishments with beads etc. I completed this quilt in 2011, however it began the year of my divorce while reminiscing over pictures. Returning to my path as a title was significant because I was doing alot of soul searching after starting over after leaving a 34 year marriage to my high school sweethear due to worsening domestic violence. I started over spiritually as well as returning to my journey of myself and this seemed appropriate. As often happens, the actually painting consumed me and it was one of those things where I didn't even eat or anything. The finishing of the quilt took a while. I was even afraid to quilt it because I was so happy with it. I couldn't even believe I had painted it on fabric. Now that I have added the quilting it took on even more dimension, so I am really happy with it. Even though I lost the place I loved so much, I will now always have it with me and in my heart forever!

Rust - This was a theme for my "Challenge" group: Rust. U rusted the fabrics myself in packages with vinegar (bad smell!). I used a lot of freemotion quilting and foil-on.

Paper Piecing Sampler - This quilt piece was made as a sample for a class to teach students how to paper piece. It starts with simple blocks and moves on to more complicated ones.

Sunbonnet Sues from 1938 - My maternal grandmother made this quilt for me right after I was born. It was my inspiration to become a quilter, but I didn't start until after her death so she never knew I quilted. It has faded and has some scorch marks on it because my mom warmed it over the open oven door and brought it up to wrap me in to bring me downstairs in the winter months. We only had a heater in the kitchen and the house got cold in winter. The quilt is all hand made--pieced, appliqued, embroidered and quilted. It was finished for Christmas 1938.

Mike's Maltese Cross - This quilt was made of scraps from making polyester knit clothing plus two discarded pair of polyester slacks. When my son was a senior at Randolph-Macon Academy (VA) he had a private room with a damaged wall. He admired this quilt block design when he saw me using it in another quilt and called it a Maltese Cross. I then made him the quilt to cover his wall and he later took it to Randolph-Macon College where he used it as a utility quilt at concerts, parades, etc. to sit on and kept it in his car. When he suffered a fatal auto accident, bystanders took the quilt from the back seat and covered him with it. Years later my younger son had it in his car when someone broke in and stole it along with his CD's and hiking boots. We advertised in the local newspapers, but never saw it again. My younger son felt like he lost his brother all over again. This quilt was featured on the cover of "Quilt World Omnibook" for Fall 1981.