I made this Quilt for my little cousin to be.. Enjoyed making it.

I made this quilt mostly from left over batiks.  It is going to be auctioned off at a Chamber of Commerce function.  I love all the bright colors.

A quilt for my dear sister in-law.

This Garza quilt is a memory for a young woman whose Mom passed away.  I have never used as many techniques in one project before, but this came out really neat.  The family couldn't make up their mind what they wanted, so I did them all: applique, piecing, embroidery and photos.  In the center is a cloth copy of the letter her Mom wrote to the family just before passing.  I tell all my clients that when the memories are overwhelming, just wrap them around you.  The Young Woman does and finds it to be comforting and healing.

Peggy.

Here's are two queen size quilts I made for my bed and my sister-in law's bed incorporating designs from my new embroidery machine.  I love bright colors and flowers, so my quilt is a combination of these things.  My sister-in-law wanted blues in her quilt.

Sharon.

I started this "Mystery" quilt about 4 years ago. The directions had some wrong measurements. It has taken me all this time and the help of my daughter to get this finished. My daughter machine quilted it. I displayed it at our quilt show in Sun City last week.

Vicki.

I wanted to send you a photo of one of the TWO (matching) quilts that my mother made for my newborn twins Aidan and Ethan!  The pattern came from: Mar/Apr, 2006 issue of Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

I know she worked incredibly hard on these to get them to us on time and sent them with my brother when he visited us from NJ (we live in San Francisco) as my mother has a hard time mailing her works of art for fear that they’ll get damaged or lost.  She’s a very proud quilter!!! 

My parents probably won’t meet our twins until some time later this year when we venture east, but we will have hours and hours of love to look at in these quilts!  We plan on hanging one on a wall in the nursery and will come up with another creative way to showcase the other.  We hope these heirlooms will be in our family for a VERY long time!

Sandy.

Peter is 52 years old.  He works here on base at Fort Lewis, as a civilian contractor mechanic, working on large military equipment.  Peter raised two children by himself, 1 boy and 1 girl, for 11 years.  During this time he bought a sewing machine for his daughter, and that is the beginning of his creating adventures.  Watching Kaye Wood and others every Saturday morning, he learned quickly.  4 years ago, Peter and I meet (both of his children had been gone for about 1 year by then).  We continue to create together every spare moment that he is home.  We attend our monthly quilting guild, Puyallup Valley Quilters.  2 years ago, we bought a gammill.  I have been working for 1-1/2 years, just putting all of Peter’s pre-made quilt tops together (Great training for me).  I am very close to opening my own business as a gammill quilter.  Then we hope to bring Peter home so we can create full time. 

This quilt I made for my daughter's MomsForMarines picnic she holds every year for families of a Marine either going to boot camp or deployed.  It gives the parents a chance to ask questions or chat with other families that are going through the same stress factors as themselves.  The quilt was raffled off and a 17 yr old boy won it and was thrilled.