Un Petit Peu de Nouveau - My first miniature quilt. It was so much fun to make that I may do another one. It didn't use up very much of my stash, though.

Simple Yet Elegant - This was one of the very first hand appliqued, hand quilted quilts that I made.

Smooth Morning - These placemats were an entry in Pamlico River Quilters Guild's 2010 Quilt Show. The theme was "Going Green" so I recycled Seattle's Best Coffee Bags into placements. The napkins are made from the same fabric as the placement binding. No awards were given in the "recycled" category, but a photo of my placemats did appear in our local newspaper publicizing the quilt show.

Happy Pineapples - Changed the pattern a bit to make it square. USed fabric from stash. Tried to arrange fabric in blocks so that it looked like a gradual transition from one color to the next. Made as a Christmas gift for my sister and her family

A Carousel Menagerie

From here to there - I made this quilt as a challenge to produce an exciting traditional quilt

Rescued - Three small pictures were alterred by removing collars, bows and blue shiny or red eyes. The pictures of the rescued dogs were printed on white cotton fabric. Three layers of trapunto were used for the nose, muzzle and then the remaining quilts. Thread painting was used to accentuate the fur. A background of printed poems (public domain) in black with white script describing dogs was ironed on Peltex. A padded frame on Peltex was placed over the backing. The small pictures can be lifted to read the poems. On the back of the framed quilt is information about nine dogs that luckily found their way to the these special people. The three dogs shown are: the top one, Jackie, was adoped from a shelter, the middle dog, Ruthie, was given away after one night home and the bottom one, Josie, was found abandoned in some weeds. God smiles on those who care for animals.

TOPSY TWOSY - THIS PATTERN MAKES TWO QUILTS. THE SECOND SMALLER QUILT IS MADE FROM SCRAPS OF THE FIRST QUILT.

Cats for Mom - My mom loves cats, and when I saw these cute batik cat squares I knew I had to make her something out of them. Turned out to be a wall hanging!

Ember Red and Evergreens - There is no pattern for it as I am making it up as I go. Most of the fabrics are Red Ember and Evergreens, by Jo Morton, for Andover. Kim Ramsey quilted it for me.

Hegman Lake Pictograph - These pictographs are on a rock formation along side of Hegman Lake, in the Boundary Water's Canoe Area of Ely, Minnesota

Rob in Iceland - I took this picture of my husband when we were in Iceland many years ago. I liked the photo, so I made a quilt out of it.

Scripture Quilt - Printed fabric blocks from Block Party Studios printed with various verses from Psalms combined with pieced star blocks. Made for my DMIL after her cancer diagnosis.

I'm Also Famous For MY Pancakes - I joined a small, local art guild. At a meeting, they passed out maple syrup bucket lids and told us to decorate them. I can't paint, so I quilted a cover for it!

Yurt Quilt - Flannel quilt batted with wool. It's a wonderfully warm quilt!

Gingerbread Joy - This was a block of the month project from my local quilt shop, Creative Crafters. Sue Garman hand appliqued her. This top was machine appliqued. It's not quilted at this time but is going to be professionally quilted by Debby Brown. A wonderful long arm quilter and Handiquilter representative.

Festival of Trees