It's All A Whirl - Made this small quilt with leftover blocks from a larger quilt I made that has solid backgrounds. Made good use of my Day of the Dead fabric.

Green Around - This is how I used the little boxes of old fabric samples I had gotten from Keepsake Quilting several years before. Had fun arranging them, and then machine quilting and beading this one.

Alice's antique embroidery - My friend Alice asked me to arrange into a quilt these floral embroidered blocks that a friend of hers had gotten at a yard sale. When I finished the quilt Alice then gifted it back to her friend. In exchange Alice gave me some other blue worked antique embroidery blocks- thus my profile image!

Summer Amish - Started this after "Winter Amish" but finished it way before. I enjoyed practicing machine applique for the 1st time on this quilt. I learned that I am a much better machine-quilter than a hand-quilter. Also for the 1st time tried variegated thread for quilting.

Winter Amish - My first attempt at Amish wool quilting. Copy of quilt attributed to Norma J. Wangel circa 1920.

my favorite cup - this block was made for a large quilt. Quilt club members in Siberia, Russia make a block each to put it together into a collective quilt called "Siberian Woman's Favorite Cup"

Thanks, Debbie - This quilt was presented in gratitude to Debra Forsberg for her efforts with the North Dakota State Quilt Council. We asked members and guilds to submit blocks with a heart theme, which also showcased their favorite colors and/or techniques. The ribbons in the corners are from our annual show. The flying geese were an integral part of our logo.

The Eyes Have It! - Thread painted portrait of my Greyhound's eyes based on a cropped photo.

A Bit of Bella

India by way of Africa - lap size pieced Indian batik material & African batik material used, Elna home machine pieced & machine quilted originally for my 88 year old mother who died in 2007. I then face it to my sister who travels over seas a lot to include several trips to Africa. She loves it and takes great care of it.

Dancing Triangles - I designed this quilt using EQ to showcase my hand dyed fabrics

Black and White Line Study #2 - This was my first attempt with free form cutting (aka not using a ruler).

Etoiles et rouelles - Each of us has made this quilt since the beginning (cutting the fabrics, a block, the assembly and the hand quilting).

For my Valentine - It was a valentine swag swap. I placed all the things you could do or receive at that event.

birdie placemats - I want to use some swap fabrics and I mixed strips of different values to make a set of four placemats... unfortunately I took only 2.

stars in the dining room - I have tried this new technique and it was very funny to do. I have done only 2 sets of 4 star blocks differently surrounded...and gived them for Christmas gift to my daughters.

Batting Practice - I entered a 5 and only 5 contest by Ricky Tims. My cat is always playing with balls and this pose of her on the bed with her paws in the air looked like she was batting at something. I'm also a baseball nut. So it only made sense to me to combine both my like for my cat and baseball. The cat and balls are hand applique. The 1/4 square triangles were made using 1/4 ST paper. I wanted to try a curvey border and figured out how to cut and stitch the curves. Much of the quilt is stitch in the ditch with some free motion quilting in the larger areas. I met my goals of having fun, meeting a deadline and trying something new. Now to donate it to a cause or hang it on the wall in my home.

Poky little puppy and the patchwork quilt - Printed Little Golden Book fabric book by Quilting Treasures. "book" pages are aranged in a simple block quilt assembled using Cotton Theory method. The back of each block and sashing strip is a different fabric acquired as a fat quarter bundle at JoAnns (do not know fabric line). The inside cover "pages" will be embrodered with the baby's name, birthdate and weight.