Pearl of the Dragon - I saw a photo of a dragon in a book years ago and saved it. I finally decided to enlarge it to incorporate it into a king size quilt I was making for my bed. The quilt also uses the "Strips and Curves" technique developed by Louisa Smith. The designs around the perimeter are Japanese family crests I adapted for applique.

Orange Crush - The center of the design is from Carol Doak's book, Easy Stash Quilts. Our guild had an ostrich challenge and I made many selected changes to the original design. I especially like the unusual outside border but my quilter was not so crazy about the number of small flying geese.

Kaleidoscope "Rainbow over Manhattan". Dedicated to my teacher Jinny Beyer. There are many lessons and works of Jinny Beyer became the inspiration for this work. 4104 pieces, 166 fabrics

Lollypop Trees - Quilt was donated to 2013 Quilt for a Cause auction supporting women's cancers. Sold at auction 3/13

Equality - This is my latest pattern - and I'm so pleased how it turned out. It was posted on Facebook and went viral! Patterns are now available in Minnesota at Old Alley Quilt Shop in Sherburn, Firefly Quilt Shop and River City Quilts in Mankato; and in Iowa at Red-Roxie Quilt Company in Decorah and The Wooden Thimble in Estherville.

Blue Stars - Traditional feather star blocks set in original setting. Machine quilted on a APQS George.

Surprisingly Cool - I have always admired Jacqueline's paper piece designs and had an opportunity to take a class from her. I selected the color wave as these are my favorite colors.

Country Life - Country Life quilt combines stitcheries with many different patchwork designs. All in all, this quilt depicts a country life.

Shape Shifter - A traditional New York Beauty turned on point. Sawtooth edging enhanced by felt balls.

Dogwoods In May - I lived in New Jersey and had a beautiful dogwood tree outside my living room window. In 1996 I wrote a poem about my dogwoods. I now live in Costa Rica and treasure my memory of this time and tree. This quilt was inspired by my memories. The flowers are individually hand painted. Someflowers are 3 dimensional, most were created and backed with additional batting before being appliqued. A line from the poem is hand embroidered. The entire piece is machine quilted...my first attempt at machine quilting...and oh the lessons learned. The finished quilt will be a gift to a dear and treasured friend.

Outta the Loop - Pattern is "Elements of Nature" by Jacqueline de Jonge. Enlarging, changing, and adding to the pattern resulted in an awesome quilt with a lot of open space for beautiful quilting.

Purple Passion - My entry to Alliance to American Quilts contest 2011 features the alliance between bugs and flowers.

Tangerine Dream - This quilt is my entry to the 2011 New Quilts From an Old Favorite contest sponsored by the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY. The block this year is the Orange Peel.

Cosmic Plum - Finalist in the NQM/AQS 2011 New Quilts from Old Favorites contest 'Orange Peel'

BUTTERFLIES in the PINEAPPLE GARDEN - BAYOU PIERRE QUILTERS 2008 RAFFLE QUILT- Six women with a 40+age span meet weekly to quilt in an Old Country Store (closed) we raffle & donate the proceeds annually to a different charity. This year the DIABETES FOUNDATION OF MS is benefiting from our raffle. Interested in purchasing tickets (book of 5 tickets/$10)CONTACT JEANIE AT 601-421-5599 or email to BayouPierreQuilts@yahoo.com (webpage to come soon!) Quilt will hang in the Mississippi Museum of Art as part of a Special Exhibit from MS:Cultural Crossroads until September 8, 2008. See link at www.msdiabetes.org

Patriotic Pineapple - Pattern wasn't published but block layouts were highlighted in optional settings along with original quilt by Allison Lockwood. I changed the border and colors

Off to Babylon or How I Spend My Summer Vacation, - Based on the book of Daniel, this original design is heavily embellished, machine and hand pieced and quilted. The center is a tea towel.

Believe in music - I started this quilt 1 of feb 2009 and finished it 6 of march 2013. I have made some changes, adding different stars and some embellisment. This was made as a gift to a musician, to say thank you for his music, which has helped me overcome some personly obstacles, and some times words just is´nt enough. The Quilt is made totally with my own handdyed fabric.