Summer Cottage - Made this in a class with Cindy Losekamp. Fused and stitched using modified stitches built in the sewing machine. Great class.

Tea Time - I fused the applique pieces and thread painted the flowers.

Cameo - It is an art quilt with a large 3-D face made of recycled paper. There are various real cameos and paper ones attached to the surface. "Cameo" is written on a tea bag and attached with mat medium. Several inchies make up the fringe, some also adorned with cameos.

Ny Providencegulingblomma (Yellow Rose) - The quilt incorporates the yellow rose and seal of Bishop Hill, IL as well as the Swedish maiden in traditional dress and a handpainted Kurbits style border (completed for the 2007 Bishop Hill challenge).

Bethan's Quilt - A small baby quilt for my niece's new baby. It started with my daughter picking out a set of 2" strips. Then I had to figure out what to do with them.

Tiramisu - My couch quilt.

25th Wedding Anniversary Fantasy - Crazy quilt commemorating my twenty fifth wedding anniversary. The back is in the pattern of fans with various lace borders. The edge is a burgundy ruffle sandwiched with 20 yards of antique lace.

In Memory of Lillian Snyder - The center panel of the quilt was painted and the grapes added by reverse applique. Additional grapes, cheese and wine were placed around this panel as Lillian was an Icarian in Nauvoo, IL. and those were their products. The cork fabric and the Drunkard's Path squares have been included to keep with the theme. Lillian was not a drunkard, but she was essential in keeping the Icarian's history in newsletters that she produced.

Emerald Coast - We live in Michigan, but spent two winters in Panama City Beach Florida. When I saw this pattern in the magazine, I knew I had to make it. Since we were unable to go South this winter, this was my therapy quilt adopted from the original pattern to remind me of the beautiful blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Center medallion is paper pieced.

Applique Delights - Adopted applique blocks from Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins book. This project was a "traveling" project worked on while away from my machine by hand. The applique blocks are echo quilted and I used hot piping around the binding.

Nature Bouquet of Friendship - This was a round robin quilt, which I started with a fused McKenna Ryan pattern. Seven of my quilt buds each added their own original designs to complete the top. I finished the quilt by repeating the ribbon like applique around the outside and finishing with free motion quilting.

Circles around Batiks - The center of the quilt is made from pre-cut curved pieces by John Flynn. I bordered the center using a free motion feather pattern.

Dresden Plate - Dresden Plate done in 30's prints. Extensive machine trapunto feather wreaths. Plates also have trapunto.

Alice From the Palace - Translated from a photo of my Mother. Living with Dementia the last years of her life, she insisted everything around her be the color of blue. I took a class from Pam Holland who helped me tremendously in selecting fabrics and designing the image.

Nihon Kasa o Raiu,Japanese Umbrellas in Thundersto - Japanese umbrellas scatter across the orange ombre and cherry blossom "sky" in a driving rain storm. Crystal raindrops accent the down pour. Several actual Japanese fabrics were used in the umbrellas.

Christmas Pickle - Paper Pieced blocks surrounded by pinwheels.

My first quilt - My first quilt. Sampler quilt course taken in Red Deer AB teacher Vivian Gregory. Machine pieced and machine quilted. I hand quilted the pillow topper to match.

New York Beauty - After framing the NY blocks with a black and white checkerboard pattern, I used a reverse triangle to border the quilt. I attached hot piping along with the border