Sparkle Heart - Sparkle Heart has been created using a range of Anna Griffin scrapbook papers but I have also created it using travel maps, wall paper, gift wrap, postage stamps, a watercolour painting, a glossy magazine advertisment and - surprise surprise - fabric. It is a quick and easy project. It measures about 5 inches/14cm square.

Bastille Day - Bastille Day was begun in an Abstracting Landscapes class by Kate Cox. I chose to abstract a cityscape instead, and used several pictures of French cities for inspiration. Many of the pictures contained laundry strung out across the street but I chose to picture small French flags instead.

Merit - I took my brother's service medals, enlarged them on a copy machine and then paper pieced them for the border. I placed them around an interpretation of the American flag flying in a blue sky. This quilt was created for his retirement from the National Guard.

America the Beautiful - Made as part of a class, completely from stash scraps of all types as a means to practice several piecing techniques. Also the first piece I ever tried free motion quilting without pattern markings.

Celebrate Americana - Changed out a purchased pattern, added baseball glove and quilt block, Reminds me of Summertime. Can't recall the pattern name as I worked on it different years.

Stray Cat Blues - Buggy Barn pattern with the cats done in blues and indigos and the flowers done in asian fabrics. I just like this one... the cats are fun and the whole vibe of the quilt is amusing to me. Picking out just the right buttons for each cat's eyes was SO much fun!

Blue Frost Autom Splendor - These are two table runners from a series, The Seasons. I only had these two table runners in one picture.

Flight Dreams - This 20x20" quilt is currently touring in Vapor Trails and Quilt Tails show honoring 100 years of naval aviation. It was made for my nephew, a navy aviator who took us to see the Blue Angels in Pensacola, FL.

Physics 101 - The original design was 52"x57 3/4" and as our grandson is almost 6 feet tall, I needed to make the quilt larger. Therefore, added a second set of "cubes." Twenty-seven different fabrics were used; 17 different blues (Geoffrey's favorite color).

Särkynyt suunnitelma (Plans gone wrong) - Third time on kaleidoscopes. This one I made after watching episode 403. I should have arranged fabrics a little bit differently. Now it looks to me like some blue-white dishes have been smashed to the floor. Name does not refer to plans gone wrong on this quilt, "särkynyt" means "broken". Maybe there will be kaleidoscope quilt number four, so I will get all perfect. (I should by the book...)

Green Giant Star - To test drive the first section of this year's TQS BOM I used the Minnesota State Challenge fabric. We were limited to adding only one color - mine was spring green, but being from Blue Earth MN it is known as Jolly Green Giant Green!

Patriotic Wall Quilt - Red-White-Blue Wall Hanging w/White Stars for a Patriotic Theme befitting a Military Household, with tabs and 1"x1" painted board for hanging.

The Vine and the Branches - My guild did a row by row project last year, and working outside the box as I often like to do, none of my rows are straight nor are they the originally intended patterns. My appliqued focal row is based on a photo I took of wild blueberries in the Minnesota Boundary Waters. I was also inspired by John 15:5, which helped make the whole piece cohesive. It's about 3' by 5'.

Summertime Fun - This is my Show & Tell submission for the Kool Kaleidoscope contest. I had so much fun making it -- hence the name "Summertime Fun". The back of the quilt is just as amazing as the front. Look at the next picture and you will be amazed by the wonderful quilting by my good friend Tim Juhl. We are both equally delighted on how it turned out. Tim is a music teacher at our local high school and as you can see he really has a special gift when it comes to longarm quilting.

Lighthouse - I made this quilt for my brother. The family room is decorated in lighthouses, so I thought this would be appropriate for his sofa

Tulip Delight - Wall Quilt & / or Table Runner: Original Stencil Design

mulan rouge - I designed the center and corner appliques. Norah had a class at our guild. She showed us how to design our own motif if we did not like the one on the pattern. I also changed the background by using two tones of background, black and dark gray. This added even more depth. I used pinks from dark to light on one side and pinks from medium to light on the other side. It added even more depth.

Into The Light - The impetus of this quilt was a Batik exchange challenge. Once I started I decided to color wash the quilt. The finished product was a result of a 4 year journey of trading and collecting fabrics as well as countless hours of sewing time.