Pink

For my Older sister Brenda for Christmas. She loved pink......

For my twin

This one was for my twin sister and best friend.  It has Grandma Dahle's old fabric on the back.  I also did a few little fun iron pieces on the front!

Sisters are the BEST!

This was a very special gift from my sister Brenda. It was hand stitched with some machine sewing also. I love it. The backing is fabric from our grandma Dahle who we all adored and was an amazing quilter herself. When I wrapped my self up in it I could not help but to feel her love.

Sisters are the best! Thank you! Love you Bren.

Service

There is so much good to be done in this world.

Anne Frank once said "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

This was a great event. Fifty women from our Church helped make it all possible. We made and then assembled 53 bags for school kids and finished 9 quilts. (A huge Thank you to Todd's Aunt Sue for her help with the quilt assembly and pattern.)

Here are some links for more information

http://www.ldsphilanthropies.org/humanitarian-services/patterns/school-bag-2.pdf

lds.org

http://www.ldsphilanthropies.org/humanitarian-services/patterns/service-project-guidelines.pdf

A Cozy Christmas Quilt

A dear friend gave me some flannel scraps from a great quilt she made. I loved sewing the flannel pieces together. It was so soft! This was what I came up with. Thanks Michelle for the scraps. This is now our family Christmas quilt that may be out all year.  The kids love it.

Service

I was in charge of organizing a service project with a women's organization (Family of Women) that I recently was a part of. We completed 30+ fleece blankets for the Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. We sent a note with the blankets sending get well wishing in loving memory of our cousins child Ian Pearson who is now among the angels.

A Merry Christmas quilt.

Grandma turned 92 in November. She received this in the mail the day before Christmas. I wanted to make her something cozy and warm for the chilly winter in Idaho. More than that I wanted her to feel the love and appreciation I have for her. She has touched my life in so many ways. Some of my favorite memories of are that she slept outside with us in a tent, came to Alaska 1995 to visit me. She is a wonderful artist and has painted gorgeous paintings even in her eighties.

She has a great attitude and is such a love. Hope you enjoy some warm snuggles in your new blanket. Love ya so much Grandma.

This was a stack and slash patternish. (I continue to not be big on patterns.) I used a plush blanket for the back. The batting is a cotton/ poly blend for a little more fullness. This is cozy and gorgeous because you can see all the beautiful workman ship of the quilting that Carla does.
http://quiltstack.blogspot.com/

Bags for Books

This was a fun project that I did for my sons school. I made 9 book bags total. They were simple and quick to make!

For little Man Ian = We love you....

It is hard to loose loved ones and watch those we love loose those precious and dear to them. It has almost been 1 year since my cousins Jen and Justin lost there little boy at 6 months of age. His heart loved and touched many.

I wrote this to sort through my own emotions a year ago and the picture of the blanket that my sister and I donated to his hospital in SLC Utah.

November 2007 -Sadness perforates my soul and sleep is so far from possible. I have been walking around the house trying to gather material and supplies for donations to the hospital. I have realized that this is all a mad dash to mask the sadness and grief I feel for this family and sweet little Ian. Too, I want to somehow help find a way to deal with Jen and Justin's loss. Being a parent myself has only made this more real.

There is always more we can do to love and reach out, I hope they will feel that little angel Ian watching over them now.... They are amazing parents and have made us all look at our live and want to be more like them.

A Scrappy little baby quilt.

This was a fun little quilt. I used left over fabric from a bigger quilt. I just love the colors and decided to give it to my new little friend Eliza who I now share a birthday with.

Road to California quilt show!!

2008

Picture taken for Uncle Roy, the California boy.

Pictures I took for my Aunt's, Virgie and Ruth whom have passed on the legacy of quilting. Thanks for sharing your lives with us. These quilts are inspiring but not nearly as inspiring as you both are to me.Love you Both.

This was an amazing experience, I have never been to a Quilt Show before. Awsome to say the least.

A few from 2007

This was my sister Andrea's Quilt. I had my quilter Carla put words all around the borders. I did the fallowing words: delight full, lemon head, creative, compassionate, empathetic, tender, brave, happy,womb mate, mother, kind, pretty, pantyhose( crazy nick name from childhood), dependable, daughter, Annie, happy, twin sister. She loved it! I loved giving it to such a special person in my life. I am so lucky and blessed to have a twin sister!

This was one of the first quilts I assembled. Big strips, with a very masculine flair for the love of my life.