Design of different shapes and colors of snowflakes depicting sizes of flakes and intensity of colors.

The complexity of the geese flying in different directions caught my eye. I wanted to catch the feeling of geese in our skies at different times of year.

I seldom buy a kit but the fabric design and colors (love navy and pink) was so perfect I had to have it. 🙂 It was fun to make and I love using pink for the backing.

I machine embroidered the designs on all the blocks. I wanted a quilt that showed the beauty of autumn.

I made this quilt to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the USA. I found the fabric for most of the quilt in scrap bags at a thrift store. Some were marked with names of stars. I found it was a pattern by Fons & Porter. I found the pattern!

This is the first panel quilt I have sewn. I loved the panel as it has two of my favorite things in life. A cat and a bicycle.

While in Australia I was able to visit Kathy Doughty's quilt store, Material Obsession, in Sydney., Australia. I purchased the pattern and original Aboriginal prints there.

I worked on this quilt while caring for my mother during the final months of her life. A painting of marsh grass by northwest artist Richard Gilkey gave me my initial inspiration.

During an extremely stressful time in my life the Cloud Dancer Pantone Quilt challenge was announced. The challenge was to use 90% white and off white and 10% color. It was a perfect match for the type of quilt I needed to make during that time.

This Kona color of the year quilt celebrates the 10 years of learning, growing, and community I have enjoyed being a member of the Inland Northwest Modern Quilt Guild.