Running Bunnies - The Bee's challenge was to make a quilt primarily using plaids. I had the border plaid which screamed "Spring!" So I made an Easter quilt. I tacked on the wooden carrots with silk ribbon "tops."

Little Houses - When I saw the Simply Quilts episode on liberated quilts by Gwen Marston, I knew that was for me. I took scraps from my scrap stash and began making little house blocks as a small lap quilt for my daughter. She chose purple hottie flames for the backing and binding and I appliqued hottie hearts between the blocks. Scraps were from skirts and dresses I made for her when she was little, including her first Easter dress and Christmas dress as well as some of my own dresses. Other fabrics include horse and John Deere fabrics for she's a country girl and Green Bay Packers fabric since she and her Daddy are cheeseheads.

Bunny Quilt

Okey Doke - I designed this quilt in Electric Quilt while watching a TV program in which one character kept saying "Okey Doke", hence the name of the quilt:-)) The pattern is available for purchase through Quiltbug.com

Tulips - I saw the tulip fabric and had to use it. It is fusible raw edge applique. The original was hanging in The Quilting Bug in Massapequa, NY.

Wedding Path - This quilt is a wedding quilt for Max and his bride Amanda. Since he is in law enforcement, the old joke of "black and white with a cherry on top" was on my mind when I started the quilt. This is the first quilt I designed entirely on EQ - great way to look at different colors, very easily. I had fun with the black and white fabrics since they have all sorts of things on them, chickens, vegetables, fish bones, paw prints, clocks...

Dogs Playing Poker - This quilt started out as a joke for my step daughter. Her significant other was bemoaning the fact that she had put up all kinds of pictures around their new house, but he wasn't allowed to hang his favorite art, "Dogs Playing Poker". I found the panel on e-Bay just before Christmas 2006 and designed a simple quilt around it in EQ5. I waited and waited and the panel didn't arrive. I had all the other material (all doggie themed) ready to go and still no panel. The seller had taken sick and was hospitalized before she could mail my fabric. Her family finally found all her orders and filled them as they could. I would have felt very small indeed complaining about their poor sick relative, so I gave Pete a raincheck on his Christmas present. Other quilts came along and poor Pete's quilt wasn't finished until just a week ago. I gave it to him last week, explaining the delay. He is delighted in spite of the nearly nine month wait. I think he's getting something simpler this year.....maybe an embroidered flannel shirt.

Phunky Feasant - My friend's boss kept asking for a pheasant quilt. It started as a joke but ended up okay. This would be my first "art" quilt and it hangs in his office. The size is estimate.

Peace of Your Heart Version #1 - Wall hanging featuring applique peace signs and heart using fusible web, alternated with pieced blocks. Peace & Love fabric for the borders. Inspired by a simple wish for peace in our own lives and around the world. Hand-quilted.

Indigo Trips around the World

Beat Army! - One of my favorite events in December (starting during my college years) is the annual Army Navy Football Game. The first game occurred in 1890, with Navy winning 24 - 0. With all the demands as a Midshipman (I am a USNA Class of 1990 graduate), there is nothing better than the competition with Army on the gridiron! One of the most meaningful parts of the event is knowing that although we are competitors during this game, shortly after, we will defend our Country as teammates. This quilt is a photo transfer of a Army Navy program from 1936 (long before women could be midshipmen). The back of the quilt (pics in my profile) include a copy of a game ticket from 1936 and a pic of me during my midshipman days. These games are always a FAVORITE part of December for me! God Bless all our Sailors, Soldiers, Marines and Airmen serving all over the world!

Drew's World - I made this for my 15-yr-old grandson, Drew. The back is the world map shown in my other photos. It was a blast to make!

Kelly's Trip - I made this for a friend of mine.

Fossil Fueled - this quilt was the result of a class with Barbara Olson at Asilomar this last Spring. We were encouraged to bring objects from the natural world (I chose some pieces from my son's fossil collection)sketch and photograph them in various arrangements, and then interpret these images in fabric. I fused the composition using 100% cotton batiks and hand dyed fabrics, added dimension and detail with colored pencils and paint, free motion quilted the quilt with silk threads and added beads for emphasis. I was honored to have this quilt chosen as a finalist in the IQA Judged Show - Quilts: A World of Beauty at Quilt Festival in Houston in 2010.

Camel Bliss - I consider this my signature piece. My two favorite creatures in the world are camels and dragonflies. As an anthropology major I came to really appreciate all the various cultures of the world which is represented by the distant pyramids and the fantastical column. My love of gardening is reflected in the red poppies in the foreground.

All Sports in the Whole World - I told Mike I was making a quilt with all the sports in the whole world for him.