There is a very fine line between hobby and mental illness!

Blessed are the "piece" makers for they shall be comforted.

When life gives you scraps, make quilts!

"Quilters are those strange people who like to cut big pieces of material up into little pieces and sew them back together to make big pieces!" - a (male) friend

"One woman quilts and begins to gather a sense of wholeness from the fragments of her life. Another quilts to help mend the world's brokenness. Still another woman takes up her needle to hand a legacy of warmth and love to her children--a legacy that will continue into the next 

generation and the next."  - Alice Kalso, "Life Stories Told in Stitches," Virtue Magazine, March/April, 1991, p. 46

My first baby quilt for my first granddaughter, Lanisa. The squares are cross-stitched on checked gingham.

My second baby quilt for my second granddaughter, Dezi-Rae. Cross-stitch on gingham.

My third baby quilt for my third granddaughter Erika. Cross-stitch on gingham, alternated with eyelet squares and trimmed with eyelet lace.

"Rainbow Pinwheels" baby quilt for BJ, my second grandson.

"Peach Blossoms" baby quilt for Alanna

"Building Blocks" baby quilt for Micah

My first hand-pieced quilt, made after taking a class in English paper piecing from an English woman in Singapore. I have used this technique in all my quilts since.

"Furlough Trips Around the World" quilt for my oldest son, Bruce (Bob).

"Double Irish Chain" wedding quilt for my middle son, David.

"Quilt of Many Colors" for youngest son, Paul.

"Lanisa's Flower Garden" quilt for her 16th birthday.

"Diamonds for Dezi" quilt for Dezi-Rae's 16th birthday.

"Paths Around Gabrielle's Gardens" quilt for Gabrielle's 16th birthday.

"A Little Green for Erika's Blues" quilt for Erika's 16th birthday

"Grandmother's Fans" quilt for Liesl's 22nd birthday

"Fireworks" quilt for Bob's Aunt Delle, who was born on July 4, 1900

"Japanese Girls" wall-hanging for Lanisa

"Four Friendly Froggies" lap quilt for Erika

"Mediterranean Sun" - a gift for Robin Vandermolen after we stayed in his Paris and Nice homes.

"Rainbow Stars" wall hanging for our house.

"Same Song, Second Verse" lap quilt for our house.

"Fiesta!" wall hanging - a retirement gift for former boss, Cindy Tutsch.

"Jacob's Ladder to the Stars" lap quilt in our house.

"Flowerfields" lap quilt for our house.

"Eight Natural Remedies" wall hanging - gift to Weimar Institute

Purple series: "Twisted Ribbons,"

"Intertwined Links,"

and "Hot Purple Stars."

Decorating with quilts at our home in Snohomish, Washington.