Purple Mystery - This was a mystery quilt from Jackie's 2007 Quilt Retreat in Angel Fire New Mexico. We had a GREAT time!

Sarah's Wedding quilt - Sarah's favorite color is purple, and she loves the Rocky Mountains

Quaking Convergence - This design was inspired by one appearing in Ricky Timms' "Convergence Quilts." This convergence quilt uses four fabrics representing aspen tree trunks, aspen tree leaves, the sky and other green vegetation. These fabrics are repeated in the setting at opposite corners from the placement in the convergence. I used the leaf fabric to applique aspen leaves of different sizes as if they are falling from a tree. The leaves are appliqued with a variable width satin stitch using a brown and tan shaded thread; the leaf veins were quilted using the same brown thread. All the machine quilting was done with a gold-colored thread in spiral and feather motifs. More images of this quilt are available at http://quiltsbyjoyce.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/quaking-convergence/

Petroglyph Convergence - I wanted to try Ricky Tims’ technique called “convergence quilts”, so I started with a hand paint look batik and a gradient print. The result was not entirely satisfying, so I started adding borders with fat quarters from my stash. The first fabric added had native American petroglyph images in it. This inspired me to draw some of those images and applique the shapes along one of the convergence lines, thus the hand, the bear and the goat. One thing led to another, and I added a “lightning bolt” motif along the sides and traditional Navajo-looking blocks along the top and bottom. As long as I was in an experimental mood, I decided to use metallic gold thread to quilt the sun and lightning bolt motifs in several areas. See more detailed images at http://quiltsbyjoyce.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/petroglyph-convergence/ .

Quilted Pleasures - I used my quilting software to create this verision of the Irish Chain. The software came in handy when I did the border. I have floating 9 patches evenly spaced. I hand quilted down the centers of the colored sqares and machine embroidered in the plain white blocks, and stippled by machine on the border.

Kylie's Fall - One of a series of 4 quilts representing the seasons in Wisconsin. Made for a former exchange student's wedding.

Kylie's Summer - There are no mountains in Wisconsin, but I thought the tents, campfire and lake looked like Wisconsin in the summer. This is part of a 4-quilt series made as a wedding gift for a former exchange student's wedding.

Hunter's Star Pointed Table Runner - Made this runner in a class, Rapid Fire Hunter's Star Technique, using the Petite Star Template. I had the Pansy fabric and wanted to use it in something special.

Boy Scouts of America State of Grace - Robert Kaufman Boy Scout of America fabric pieced using the State of Grace pattern and embellished /quilted in the hoop using Bernina 830 for Oceanside Troop 752 Scoutmaster.

Mosquito in My Bed - The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative had a quote: "If you think you're too small to be effective, you've never been in bed with a mosquito". This is my concept of what that quote means. I designed the picture on Microsoft Digital Imaging and then printed it on 100 % cotton. Trapunto was used for the bed and a taffeta shade was put at the top of the window. The window had no batting just a layer of stabilizer. A symbolic chinese fan was placed on the wall. The quote is on the top of the wall.

Bacteria Quilt - I was making this pink quilt for my daughter. However she did not like one of the border fabrics becsue it looked like yucky bacteria to her. I liked the fabric and refused to remove it. So the quilt got the name Bacteria from her comment.

"Grandma's Kitchen" - Aprons, aprons, aprons – a necessity in “Grandma’s Kitchen. What fun to get out thirties fabrics...my first attempt at machine appliqué – and onto the fun embellishment using many old pieces of tatting and lace. It took two days to sew on all the tiny buttons.

"Little Blue Star" - Taking a class from Judy Niemeyer and buying her pattern "Briar Patch", I started rearranging all the pieces (not following the pattern directions). After the blocks were complete I decided to make a medallion quilt and designed the center mariner's compass and thus..."The Little Blue Star".

Simply Red - I created 544 corners in doing the drunkard path blocks.. hand stitched 40 yards of green bias around all the blocks and corners. I filled the blocks with folded cutwork (filled with batting and hand appliqued) The handwork was endless but totally enjoyable.

"The Great Escape" - The agony of cutting up so many cranes was rewarded by doing applique and hand embroidery around a trio of cranes to again put life back into the quilt.

"One Stitch At A Time" - Using two strands of floss, back stitching "one stitch at a time," provided me with many happy hours of stitching. After finishing the blocks I found a setting I liked in Sharon Craig's book "Ultimate Half Log Cabin" ...and did many hours of piecing using red and cream fabrics.

"Latte Obsession" - In deciding the only way I would learn the capabilities of my new embroidery machine was to tackle a large project I chose the latte quilt. My actually completing this quilt with the additional quilting and adding over 4000 crystals had become an obvious but enjoyable “Latte Obsession.”

Stars for a New Day - Loved this pattern from the moment I saw it. Sue's instructions were precise and easy to follow. I loved the challenge of coordinating colors and precision piecing. I ended up making a brown quilt! How did that happen. As they say, the quilt spoke to me and told me what colors to use.