Winter Penguins - My youngest son chose this pattern with the thought that each penguin represented the children in our family. My children chose the colors for the penguin that represents them.

Andrew's Animals - Single panel center with pieced border.

Stars for My Friend - Quilt done in reds and blacks and presented to my best friend.

Roll Tide - I changed this design to add the houndstooth fabric to honor Bear Bryant for my friends, Steve & Cindy.

Blueberry Parfait - I adapted Annette Ornelas' "Ivy Twist" pattern printed by Timeless Treasures into a small size to fit on a specific wall in my house. It is done in blues and teal. It is a scrap quilt and I even used different colored quilting thread to use up some less-than-full spools.

Ladies of the Sea- Work in progress*********

New Worlds Kalidescope - As a new widow, all things in my world have spun me around in a new direction - each direction a kalidescope of my previous life.

Chrysanthemum - A kit I purchased, my first, in blacks with oranges and yellows maily to put on the frame with the mid arm and practise! It's hanging in the main hall awaiting binding in the photo.

Summer Storm Out to Sea - Graded tonal quilt using batik fabric. The colours reminded my husband of a thunderstorm on the horizon with the sea to the bottom.

Autumn Pumpkinheads - This is hand painted with fused applique, thread painted details on a quilted background.

Opulent Ornaments - Paula showed us how to make beautiful ornaments with her kaleidoscopic fabric that are fun to make and more fun to embellish! They turn out gorgeous!

Guatemalan Quilt - An applique block serves as the centerpiece with various blocks and strip piecing surrounding it to build a beautiful quilt.

Dreams Debris I, II & III - Dreams Debris represents our dreams, those that materialise and bear fruit while others are never realised. Some take form, others wash up in empty places.

Table Runner

Bag

Table Runner

My Star - This wall hanging is an adaptation of a pattern I found while surfing free quilt patterns on the Internet several years ago. Unfortunately, I have lost the specific information related to it. The star is sewn using a template to cut the specific pieces, and then pieced together in sections. I was so pleased with the results that when I took it to a long arm quilter, she enhanced it with some special quilting techniques. This piece hangs in seasonal display in our home.

Desafinando - sewed the patchwork of my life every day. One day a story will come out. Desafinando born to tell a story. It was created to talk about Tropicalia. It shows the musical movement and color of movimento.Ele shows the freedom and the game of discipline and censorship in our country in those years of lead. Irreverrência, metaphors, fears and courage. Desafina Desafinado Tom Jobim, Bossa Nova Desafinado. It won the competition in Rio de Janeiro. The National Festival of Patchwork Quilt and Lawn, 2008, the biggest in the country, received a trial of a American Master, the second best innovation.The 2009 was competing in the Festival of Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, and won the best Quilt. Patchwork is the art of quilt together, are of life, whether of art. Patchwork is the art of bringing people together. Get your retail. Get your life. Whether in cloth, is on paper. Build your story. So desafinando, life touches us all.