Jack in the Pulpit - Everyday I walk in the little woods near my home with my dog George. In the late spring Jack in the Pulpits appear. I make a game of looking for them in their hiding places on my walks.

No Name - This quilt got away from me in size. So I've been a little imtimidated to start the quilting on my little home machine. Im getting a new Janome in April, so I think it will probably wait until then. But I was very pleased with the outcome. Another new favorite! Since I'm a new quilter, I'm still learnig, and the biggest thing I learned with this quilt was that going a little slower and paying a little more attention to my 1/4" gives MUCH better seam results. I was excited every time I sewed a new row together and the seams still lined up. I didn't have any plans for this quilt when it was started and was asked what I was going to do with it, and I said I'd probably give it to my boyfriend's mother. But now that the top is done, it's the best one I've done so far and I don't want to give it away. Maybe that's why I'm putting off quilting it.

Antique Quilt - I was hired by a friend to hand quilt this quilt. It was made by her husband's Great-Grandma. She hand pieced it at age 90 in July 1941. I quilted it using a traditional 1/4 inch in on all those print fabrics. I did a heart design in the background fabric.

Quilt for Phoenix - Little Phoenix looks so pretty on these colors. Phoenix is 3 years old. Her brother Dakota lives with us also. She is a Blue Merle Shetland Sheepdog "Sheltie". The two of them are the loves of my life.

backyard majesty - I love Nancy's patterns, probably because she lives in my area of NYS where we have lots of bluebirds. It was fun including piecing, applique, and free motion quilting.

Colliding Galaxies - The design of the fabric looked like a spinning galaxy to me, inspiring my design.

Peppy and the other cat - I did this wall quilt for my husband who loves black cats and birds. Our pet, Peppy, loves to watch the cat in the quilt

Sports YBR - I made this quilt for Anthony, my cousin Kim's little boy. He is really into sports, all sports.

Envolée de moineaux - Une mise en abyme de cercles et de carrés dans une harmonie de rouge et de vert.

Saturday Sampler Quilt 2009 - This was a pattern that we recieved after our Saturday Sampler Block club was complete. So I don't know who designed the pattern. I also really didn't purchase it since it came with our club.

Dakota's Quilt - I made this quilt for one of my furry kids. Dakota is a 3 year old Shetland Sheep Dog, with Blue Merle coloring. That fabric is Moda, it is Native American prints. I chose the pattern so he and his sister Phoenix would have quilt patterns the same. Hers is different in color. And yes they are brother and sister, litter mates. The quilt was easy to make. It is machine pieced and hand quilted. I will never part with this quilt.

The Cow Pony - Inspired by my husband's love for his roping horse, Dancer. Dancer loved cattle, which is known as being cowy. My husband referred to him as Cow Pony. You can view a slideshow of the making of the Cow Pony Quilt: http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/2010/01/cow-pony-slideshow.html LuAnn in Oregon http://luannkessi.blogspot.com/ kessi@pioneer.net

Beach Babies - I had 2 babies, only 10 months apart! The first an exciting and God-blessed adoption, then a surprise pregnancy. (Somebody up there knew these kids needed to be here together!) So it's no wonder I had babies on the brain! Each of the "Redwork" squares was worked in blue thread from a booklet of old style line drawings while I sat, big as a house with one child, while watching the other play on the floor next to me.

Garden Compass - This quilt came from a class I took in Seattle's In the Beginning quilt shop. It was taught by the author, M'liss Rae Hawley. This is not my usual choice of color/fabric tones and this was my first foray into paper piecing, so it was a real growing experience for me all around. Loved the class, loved the shop, and love the end result!

My Little Mermaid - This is a crib size blanket made for my daughter. She has always been a girly-girl and swims like a fish - what better way to combine both than a sparkly pink and purple mermaid quilt. Machine quilted (free-hand) around the quilt, in the plain purple border, are the lyrics to the old time song "By the Beautiful Sea". By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea, You and Me, You and Me, Oh, How Happy We'll Be.

Sophia

Mixed Up But Not Crazy - I bought a kit of batik fabrics along with Laurie J. Shifrin's Batiks and Beyond book to create this wall quilt as a gift to my daughter Denisa. She choose the quilt as her favorite from the book.

On the Pond - This quilt was made for my father, Albert DeMonaco. He loved frogs and ponds. He passed-away the year following completion of this quilt.