40” x 53” $50.00

Made in 1975 as an early trail and error sampler. The traditional blocks are 10” . A great beginner quilt.

42” x 57” Now in the Georgia Bonesteel Collection at the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, NE.

Here, I explored every which way for the Drunkard’s Path block in blue and red checkered cotton fabric.

Made in 1975.

88” x 88”

Featured on page 8 of Lap Quilting book. Made in 1981. The dark versus light mitered blocks create crosses in a subtle manner.

71” 89”

The classic VIP floral print frame blue cotton fabrics for the sampler blocks. Page 0 of Lap Quilting book.

72” x 89”

Featured on page 112 of Lap Quilting book. This quilt is hand quilted using brown thread and two layers of batting. Very warm and cozy.

52”x 87”

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Red and green cotton fabrics and muslin sashing extend outward to scalloped borders. Made in 1979.

Page 60 of Lap Quilting book.

78” x 86”

Made in 1980 as an early experiment of offset sampler blocks. Some fading due to black fabrics.

40” x 53”

An early entry into the Appalachian State College exhibit in 1975 winning a ribbon. Sampler blocks were new to the quilt world then.

60” x 76” $ 100.00

Four blocks named Another Star, form the central area for this wall hanging framed in a patchwork bright paisley border. Pages 21 and 37 i More Lap Quilting book.

73” x 90”

Page 52 and 53 of More Lap Quilting picture this quilt along with directions. I made this quilt a second time as a wedding present for son, Jon and his wife. The circular area explores the flexicurve method.

77” x 91”

Sampler blocks along with antique squares are set on point in four staggered rows. Toile accents are on the border and the pieced backing. Hand quilted and seen on page 24 of More Lap Quilting.

79” x 88”

Eight rows of diagonal calico bricks are set between pink wide sashing. This is an antique quilt, circa about 1940-1950 in good condition. Hand quilted with a 12” block adapted from the full quilt.

Page 93 from More Lap Quilting.

82” x 100”

Geometric shapes based on a 3” square form 9” vertical bands. Made in 1984 and one of the first quilts I made with dropped feed dogs enabling me to machine write sayings on each panel. Page 3 of More Lap Quilting book.

84” x 110”

The NC Lily pattern becomes String Along Lily with each diamond flower string pieced in shades of red. It is lap quilted in diagonal rows page 63 of the book, More Lap Quilting.

34” x 34” $150.00

Various bands of patchwork radiate from a central LeMoyne star block-all in just muslin. Hand quilted in navy thread with a navy backing all in cotton fabric. New Ideas book.

83” x 83” quilt 27” x 84” sham

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Four enlarged original cotton boll blocks designs with boll weevils in the corners. There is an exploding cotton swag border. The sham is a pillow cover up.

42” x 53”

Strip picture piecing or interrupted rectangles make a cat playing a fiddle with musical notes stitched in the background and a chevron type border.

77” x 95”

Now in the Georgia Bonesteel Quilt Collection at the International Quilt Museum, Lincoln, NE

Proud to say this quilt is at the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, NE as part of their Georgia Bonesteel Collection.

Multiple airplanes border blocks dedicated to the professional teachers that fly everywhere. Pages

72-74 of New Ideas for Lap Quilting give the details.

81” x 111”

With the original gray blackboard in mind the alphabet blocks are machine stitched in place.

Hand quilted by Bonesteel with help in piecework by Barbara Swinea, Shirley Klennon, Mary Boyce and Alice Wortman.

34” x 34”

The Bargello method takes on a more modern style with machine quilting in the background.

48” 48”

Many shapes of the spool design are represented in shades of rust, brown and beige. A border print and touch of blue make up the border. Page 55 of New Ideas book.

39” x 39”

Page 136 of Easy Does It Quilts features this original design of chattering people. Yackety Yack is machine written on the border. Some light fading with the darker fabric.

82” x 94”

This quilt is now an opportunity quilt with the funds going to the WNC Quilt Guild scholarship fund.

Go to their web site for more information:

www.WesternNCQuilters.org

Elongated red, navy and white strips form hexagons with woven plaid checks linking the rows together. Novelty hen fabric becomes the border.

Pages 64-69 of Easy Does It Quilts book.

84” x 102”

Inspired by an iron fence men’s neckties become the rising sun in various blocks. Hand quilted with more tie ends accenting the border.

83” x 107”

Displayed at the Appalachian Regional Commission in Washington DC from June 8 until June,2020.

Shown on page 158 in Georgia’s Gallery for the Easy Does It Quilts book. Many motifs from Holland pay homage to a wonderful visit to that country.

90” x 100”

Four shelves of the stacking dolls adorn this large cupboard. A fun quilt to make with many memories of stacking dolls with my Grandmother.

38” x 50”

A smaller version of the Calico Crossover quilt that is featured on the cover of Easy Does It Quilts book, pages 42-45. This quilt has a southwestern color adaptation.

75” x 93”

From the Spinning Spools continuity program from Oxmoor House this quilt features many of the blocks given out month by month. Segments of flying geese patchwork tie it all together in these bright cotton fabrics. Machine quilted on my BERNINA.

49” wide x 30” high

A face off between two parrots as they sit on a branch. A larger picture can be sent upon request.

77” x 93”

Make this quilt from instructions in bool:

Patchwork Potpourri (order from Amazon)

A colorful array of coffee pots, all with different handles, cover this cotton quilt with more coffee pots in the printed sashing border. From pages 28-29 of Patchwork Potpourri.

Medium Size (12-14)

Donation to The Nebraska Quilt Museum

A special, unique coat featuring panels of the updated Bow Tie block shown on pages 99-105 of Patchwork Potpourri book.

18” x 24

Original horse and rider design from Charlotte Warr Andersen with my wildflower paper pieced border.

It is shown on page 66 of Patchwork Potpourri with instructions for only the wildflowers. From a class at the Nine Quarter Circle Ranch.

22” x 25”

A piece and re-piece method for mountain ranges in cotton earth colors. Machine pieces and quilted in 1996. Featured on pages 104-115 of Patchwork

Potpourri book.

72” x 90”

Shades of aqua, blue and mint with sea shells and wave motif are lap quilted with white wave like borders. Cover quilt for Lap Quilting Lives on pages

101-105.

48” x 60”

A hand lap quilted throw in Christmas colors with the unique stitching together that creates a reversible quilt.

78” x 93”

A colorful heart appliqué quilt with a wavy lap quilted constructed backing. All machine sewn on my BERNINA.

Inspired by an inlaid floor Genevieve Grundy translated this design to a southwestern type cotton quilt. Complete with matching top sheet and pillow case.