Kay's Horse quilt

I designed and made this quilt for my neice Kay Willprecht. She loves horses and purple.
I don't have the horse pattern here to say whose patterns they are.

Stepping Stones

My Florida neighbor Gail Miller taught us how to make stepping stones. they add some glitz and color to our yard. I love glitz!

Cats

This is a strips and curves quilt using Louisa Smith's designs. I taught this at the Watson retreat.
It has Laurel Birch cats as the focus fabric. It won a Honorable Mention at the Peace River Quilter's Show in 2007. It was quilted by Diane Hirsch.

Calico log cabin

This is a log cabin made from calicos. I was making this for charity, but fell in love with it and can't part from it. I have a little quilting left to do on the border, the binding and I'm done. Too many unfinished projects!!!!!!!!!!!

Tshirt quilt

This is the tshirt quilt I designed and made for our neighbor Heather in Florida. It is a two sided quilt.

couple tablerunners

These are just a couple of tablerunners. The snowman is a cute pattern. The pink one was using a different pattern piece, and also the first time I tried McTavishing quilting.

Circles and Gears

Circles, gears and flowers - this was project from a class in Florida. I'm in the process of quilting this one. It's a fun quilt to do.

Magnolias

I made Magnolias in a class with Pamela Mostek in Florida. It is raw edge applique, and lots of beading. Glitz is what it's about. This is about 19" x 19"

Spikes

I entered the Brown Bag Challenge in Florida guild. In this challenge everyone puts 4 or more coordinating fat quarters in a brown bag with their name on the outside of the bag.

The person in charge of this, puts the fat quarters in different bags, and hands them out to someone other than the owner of the fabric. You have a year to make something with this fabric. At the big event, you present what you made to the owner of the fabric. You do not know whose fabric you have until then.

This is what I made, and it was for Susan Slaton, the President of guild at the time.

Lily wallhangings

Black and White Lilies, and Colorful Lilies - I made these two for the Peace River Quilter's Spring Challenge in I think 2008.

The challenge was to have I think 25 different textures on the quilt. I didn't win this one either, but I keep trying.

Flamingo Disco

Flamingo Disco - I made this quilt for the MN Quilt Show challenge many years ago. I was so close to first place, that quilt was right next to mine. Ha.

I designed this using Louisa Smith's book Strips and Curves.

African quilt

I made this quilt with the leftover blocks from a quilt I made for Jody and Todd. It received an Honorable Mention in the 2009 Peace River Quilter's Show.

Dumpster diving

You never know what you'll find driving around the neighborhood. The first chest was white with lots of little stickers on it. Two of the drawers needed fixing, DH did that. The handles are brass. I just love it.
The second chest was sitting all kity wampus just because the backing was broken. The drawers looked like new. All my DH had to do was put a new backing on this one.


DH stands for dear husband.

Watson mystery quilt

I made this quilt while we stayed in Reno, NV the winter of 2002 - 2003. I created a mystery of this pattern for the first Watson retreat.

Wapo Mystery

This was a mystery quilt at the Wapo Retreat several years ago. Allene Helegson and I are the only ones who made it.

It was quilted by someone at the quilt shop in Perham, MN.

Log cabin

I designed this log cabin quilt probably in 2004. It's been on a UFO pile for too long. I'm in the process of quilting it, and want to finish it. I love this quilt. I've always liked log cabins.

It is in FL waiting for me.

Copper Canyon

Copper Canyon - Spring 2009

I made this wallhanging for the Peace River Quilter's Spring Challenge. It is the first real contemporary quilt I've designed and made. The challenge had to have polka dots and circles on it.

This quilt has beading on it, angelina, eyelash yarn covered pipe cleaners, painted and shriveled (?) tyvek, free motion quilting, specialty yarn, decorative leaves. It was so much fun to make, and I remember wondering if I had enough stuff on it. When do you quit. I quit when it was due.

My son Jeff wanted this quilt, so he has it, and has had it framed.
By the way, I didn't win the challenge.