Luminescent rainbow colors on a black background.

This quilt was made for my fourth grandson. I thought he needed something special because everything else would be hand-me-down. It was machine appliqued and machine quilted. 

Flying star quilt - modification of Lone Star. Hung in corner of guest room on point. 

an original design

This is a three demntional quilt with large ruched flowers that stand out. in the middle basket. one block has flowers made out of very old rick rack that I loved and didnt know what to do with it so I made flowers out of it. I used patterns from Ellies books as a  jumping off placeand then just did my own thing. This quilt won a blue ribbon at 2015 Oregon State Fair as peoples choice. . The quilt is made out of a bag of fabric I was given from a wedding alteration shop. So it has lots of satin and taffeta.  

This is a quilt made for a baby named “BB”.  It was made from the clothing of her Grandma, who passed away just before she was born.  The challenge of this quilt was the fabrics, they ranged from cotton, to T-shirt knit, to sweaters, to tapestry.  While I have never met these individuals, it was an emotional quilt to make.  BB was not able to meet her Grandma, but she will be “covered” in her love.  

2 color quilt  in royal blue and white with  wool mix batting. I think the pattern is flock of  geese  and I have always loved the pattern but didnt like working in little triangles so made a large panel in one corner and a strip for balance in the other corner. It was actually to practice  machine quilting and has a lot of negative space to practice in. Enjoyed the quilting immensely.  I have run a  very large light green feather through the middle of the quilt.  I didn't know what to name it, so sent an email around where I work with a picture of the quilt and ask for suggestions.  One of the guys in my team came up with Goose feathers because his mother used to say it when she was angry.  I thought that was the perfect name. At least my cat likes it. 

A throw or wall hanging for my sister... I used the winding ways pattern to practice curved piecing. 

This Quilt was kreated to be a wedding gift to my sister hwo got married for the first time, 8 of August 2015, at age 45.

I also documented the hole procedur and this one also came out so great it ended up in the Swedish Quilt magazine FatQuarter 4/2015

I made this Quilt with 3 pillowcases and documented the hole procedur. It came out so great it ended up as a pattern in Swedens only Quilt magazine FatQuarter.

This is a snow leopard art quilt. It's hand thread painted and the background is machine thread painting. This leopard has unusual green eyes so I chose green as the accent color. The log cabin blocks are paper pieced 2 3/4" and I couldn't get both sides to come out correctly (i'm geometrically impaired). So I experimented with and unusual border design and I like it very much. The center is sewn on canvas.

Made for a group exhibit in a Mancuso Brothers' show, the theme was "Inspired by the Masters." I chose Van Gogh's Starry Night as my inspiration. Mostly commercial fabrics, but I made the two swooshes and the stars/moon by stitching over threads and yarns between two pieces of Sulky Solvy. There are painted highlights on the rock formations.

This was inspired by the watercolor painting of Maui artist Sherri Reeve who gave me permission to interpret her painting for a bird themed quilt challenge for our guild.  I tried to stay true to her colors using mostly commercial batiks.  It reminds me of spending time up at Haleakala National Park hiking and photographing nenes, as well as other birds, vegetation, and the scenery of the beautiful park. It is part of the travelling exhibit called Feather Your Nest With Quilts by the Quilters' Sew-Ciety of Redding, Inc. which will be shown at several venues during 2016-2017.

This was made for a challenge with Circle of Friends  (theold HGTV quilting message board members) in 2014.

It was our ninth Scraps to Treasures Challenge.

Ruth B. McDowell is one of my very favorite quilters.  This quilt was made as a sample in Ruth's book, Piecing Workshop, which taught her methods of piecing, including piecing very small curves.  The instructions called for inserting a 2" square in the center of the quilt.  I happened to have a some alphabet prints that I pieced together to form the word "LEAF", and inserted into the quilt center.   I learned a lot making this quilt.  Thank you, Ruth. 

Recently the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show in Bloomington, IN, celebrated its 25th anniversary.  In honor of that, there was a special Silver Anniversary category for the judged quilts.  At least 50% of each entry had to be silver or gray.

I won 1st place with this quilt!  Its name is Abondance argentée (French for Silvery Abundance).  All of the solid silver is Radiance fabric.  I am very honored to have won this award in a category that celebrated this wonderful quilt show.

Favorite passages from books I have read and favorite quotes from various well-known people are written "between the lines" of my own magnified fingerprint. 

This quilt was made for my Husband's family reunion. It was raffled to earn money for the family cemetery. The photos are of my Husband's ancestors and homes and barns that meant allot to the family.