Nature Scenes

Proudly displayed at the National Quilt Museum Exhibit, 2017 During Easter week the trees in our neighborhood had burst into bloom.  I choose this one to make into a quilt.  I had been working the thread work details on some of my quilts. I decided...

2007 For many years we've driven up the Oregon Coast.  This time we decided to stop at all the little pull off areas.  This is one of the treasures we found.  It looked kind of mysterious to me and I decided to build it using...

Proudly displayed at the National Quilt Museum Exhibit, 2017 My husband Gary took a beautiful shot of this begonia and I decided it would be an interesting subject. Techniques: Paint on white fabric, heavy machine thread play, appliqué border, heavy quilting. All wall quilts have a...

Proudly displayed at the National Quilt Museum Exhibit, 2017 Inspired by a photo taken near Steamboat Springs, CO Technique: Painted Wholecloth, heavily quilted All wall quilts have a "sleeve" attached at the top back for easy hanging using a dowel, or curtain rod.

We're back in the forest again in Prairie Creek Park.  Walking in the woods is one of the things we do for fun. Techniques:  Paint on wholecloth, heavily quilted.

A forest scene inspired by a picture in Sequoia Park, Eureka, CA. This is a location that I visit frequenty and enjoy, oh, so much. Techniques: Commercial cotton prints combined in a collage form, Warm cotton batting,  and then heavily quilted with Superior threads. The edge treatment is binding...

Again I've painted a begonia for a quilt top.  They just intrigue me with their frilly pedals and edges tinged with color. Techniques: Paint on cotton fabric, thread painted and then heavily quilted.

Proudly displayed at the National Quilt Museum Exhibit, 2017 When I was 12 my family got a ski boat.  I loved to race it, and water ski - what wonderful family times we had.  Many of those times were on "Stone Lagoon".  So I had...

This quilt was inspired by a photo taken by my husband, Gary.  I've visited the duckpond in Sequoia Park, Eureka since I was a small child.  Many memories are stitched into this quilt. Proudly displayed at the National Quilt Museum Exhibit, 2017 Techniques: Mosaic picture piecing,...

This is my quilt from the Ominous Beauty group project.  I sure enjoyed doing it. The background is my Mosaic Picture Piecing technique, with overlays of grasses.  The mushroom is appliqued with extra stuffing and ruffles and beadwork to enhance. As always there is a...