The Forgotten Road - This quilt is dedicated to my mother, Mary, who is losing her battle with Alzheimer’s disease. The random color placement of the YBR blocks represents the chaos her mind had become. The stars are the pinpoints of light when she recalls an old memory. The original paisley floral designs seek to add beauty to her remaining days. Piecing design is my original enhancement of Carpenter Stars motifs, pieced into the borders and the center medallion on a field of YBR blocks.

Feeling Groovy - This quilt is a study in opposites. At first glance the theme is apparent in the contrast of the bright multicolored batik flowers floatinf on the black and white background. Looking deeper, the fabrics that make up the black and white squares are mostly printed with circular shapes. Graphic straight line crosshatching contrasts with my original quilting design of swirling motifs and gentle arcs of the flower veins. Trapunto, embroidered button flower centers and hot fix crystals create dimension to bring the eye out and the green hoops create movement to draw the viewer’s focus back in. My inspiration comes from the late 60’s graphic style, like the scene transitions in the movies of that era. A modern interpretation of retro 60’s graphic art rendered in fabric.

Star Spangled Baskets - I made this quilt in a guild workshop with Alex Anderson and it remains one of my favorite quilts. Alex was so helpful in guiding my fabric selection for this Red White and Blue quilt, and not letting my fabric choices become kitschy.