Grandkids - I bought this cute pattern at Houston Quilt Show. The open edges of the windows allow you to insert pictures and change them if you want.

Amur the Tiger - I purchased this kit in Houston. Directions are very well written. Fusible raw edge applique. It was like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. I had lots of fun doing this quilt and am ready to try more! Used 100 wt polyester thread on top and Bottom Line in bobbin for machine quilting.

A Vase - The first applique class I ever took was with Sue Nickels. It was at GSQA in Baton Rouge. I think in 2005.

Grandma’s heart! - Used scrap material and drew a heart on freezer paper. Each heart was hand applique on a square and then the freezer paper removed from the back after the material was cut out. The material, that was cut out of the back of the heart was used to make a smaller heart quilt for a matching doll quilt using same technique. Each Granddaughter’s quilt was done a little differently, different borders, different sashes, etc. so they would be able to tell them apart. The third one I made I had an idea to put a pocket on the back so my Granddaughter could put her little hand in it . They use these quilts for everything! They are still in amazing condition. They sleep with them every night. They take them in the car in the winter for trips. They use them to make tents in the house, they put them on the floor to sit on for family meetings. They use them for naps every day! I tell them they have “ Grandmother’s Hearts with them wherever they go & whenever they sleep, Grandma’s heart is always with them! This is the last one I made. I am in the process of making the fourth one for my daughter’s fourth baby born last July.

Row by Row - Started in a class in 2004 never finished. I am adding on one more border and I will be putting the three layers together, I swear I am going to finish this quilt!! It was a mess, since it was my first big quilt, it started as a queen, it is now a king! I am trying to get all my UFO’s done now that I have retired! Making progress. . .new updated photo..

Eggs Benedict - This quilt was made from a kit purchased from Hawaii. I displayed it at our 'guild quilt show. This year I gave to my youngest sister in OR as a birthday gift.

Star Qult for Camping - I made this quilt for our trips camping. It is paper pieced and machine quilted using decorative stitching around the stars and stitched in the ditch.

Mason Jar with bugs - I chose bug fabric which took me four years to find all the fabric in many different States to make four quilts at once. This is a photograph of the first to be completed. All tops are completed for my Granddaughters as they love bugs! Now it looks like you can go on-line and get bug fabrics from one place!! Arg-g-g. These fabrics we got from SC, NC, GA, NV, & TN. We were very patient until we were able to get enough but the Granddaughters weren’t old enough anyway! I plan my quilts years ahead of time for them!! I will put different color backings on them so each Grandchild can tell them apart.

A Quilt for Mom - Yes, I made the Nebraska Rising Star. What was I thinking? My mother fell in love with the colors in this quilt. And it was fitting since she was living in Nebraska at the time I started it, yet had Louisiana Mardi Gras colors. It took 3 years off and on to complete the applique.

Sunshine and Shadows - Very simple quilt to make-Made one for each of my four Grandaughter’s to come home from the hospital but each one is a little different material and different back so they can tell them apart. Receiving blanket size. My daughter and all her Dr’s just loved them!! I made all of them with the 1930 reproduction fabrics and my mother use to look at the material and pick one by one out and say “I remember that fabric, I remember that one too!” It was kinda funny!! She was an excellent seamstress! This photo of while I was making it depicts the color better than the photo I have of it completed but this is the third of four I made. I’ll try to get a photo from my daughter of it completed and repost. Sorry.

Ryleigh's Garden - I made this quilt for Hattie's sister Ryleigh. I used the Oopsie Daisy flowers, then added some butterflies appliqued off center. These two granddaughters now have quilts that are similar but different.

The Snow Family - Cover of Quilt Magazine. My first fusible quilt. Very simple quilt as I was a beginner quilter & it went together quit easy. A lot of fun to make.

Upsy Daisy - I did a variation based on Darlene Zimmerman's design. It is now on my granddaughter's bed.

Spring Fling - Saw quilt in fabric store and loved the fabric in the quilt so much I bought the fabric & was given pattern design by the store owner to follow directions. First quilt I got fabric and directions to actually follow. But I had a couple of quilt classes by now and felt a little confident I could do this one. This is my favorite quilt.

You've Lost That Celtic Feeling - Sheryl Till designed this mystery quilt to look like a Celtic pattern when done. I did lots of free motion machine quilting as I am getting good at it. This quilt is currently on my bed.

My Hearts for You - Saw the quilt on the wall at the quilt store on Hilton Head Island, SC and fell in love with it. It was a simple heart on a piece of paper you copied after putting four pieces of fabric together, cut it out and then applique onto another four square pieces. It looked simple enough to me. Still hadn’t taken any quilt classes so I decided to pick out some fabric and try. I did it but didn’t do very much quilting on it but I had lots of fun!

Hawaiian Quilt - My first Hawaiian style applique. It was a guild challenge and it won Viewer's Choice. I got a jelly roll of hand dyed fabrics as the prize!

Floppy Flannel - I saw a quilt that was a square inside a square on a cover of a quilt magazine and thought I can do that. For some unknown reason I did not buy the magazine that had the pattern probably because since I had not taken any quilting classes yet I didn’t think I would be able to read or follow the directions anyway. My husband & I went to Joanne’s fabrics since the quilt was for him at work (he is a Fire Captain) and he saw a crate with flannel fabrics all put together & I said okay you’re the one that has to look at them, if this is what you want! This was the result and he says he loves it! I had no pattern, had no idea what I was doing just knew seams had to match, so that is what I did. Wasn’t too bad & he is still using it eight years later at the fire station! Machine quilted stitch in a ditch.