16th Quilt: Yvonne's Baby Quilt: This quilt is about 40 inches square. Designed in EQ5 -- took about 3 weeks (evenings and weekends) total from start to finish. Biggest challenge was finding fabrics that were pretty and cheerful without being too feminine, as the baby this is for is a boy. I used a great panel called "hungry animal alphabet" for the fussy-cut centers of each block. [view2]
	15th Quilt: Heritage Quilt: This quilt is about 8.5 feet square and took about 2 years to complete. Designed in EQ5 and EQ6, with quite a bit of work in Photoshop as well. I designed and created it intending to enter it in competitions -- but I'm so tired of the giant blank spot on my livingroom wall that I might just hang it and forget it! This photo was taken BEFORE the quilting was done. I'll add more photos when I get it back from the quilter in January.
	14th Quilt: Joyce's Shadow Garden: I designed this quilt using EQ5 and have entered it into the Electric Quilt design competition. I don't expect to win, just thought it would be fun to enter. The fabrics weren't what I'd planned (this is how I learned my lesson about ordering samples first when buying fabric online!)--but it's ok. The quilting was done by Janet Murdock (Hillsboro, Oregon). She does INCREDIBLE quilting work! I am giving this quilt to my son... the dark colors make this a good "guy" quilt... [view2]   [view3]
	11th - 13th Quilts: Soft Baby Quilts: I discovered an amazing fabric called Minkee--an incredibly soft plush that is ideal for babies. It's very stretchy and I don't have a serger, so I used a very simple pattern. There was abundant lint all over my sewing room -- but the finished product was worth it. (Yes only two are pictured here... I forgot to photograph one of them before giving it away!)
	7th - 10th Quilts (lap): Joyce's Flowered Trellis #1, #2, #3, and #4: This series of four flower quilts were made using the paper piecing technique. I used the Carol Doak "Fifty Fabulous Stars" book as the starting point for these patterns. These quilts took seventeen months to complete (well actually -- so far I still haven't completed the last one!). The quilts are named in honor of my mother, Joyce Mattson, who, if she were alive today, would be shocked to learn that I followed in her footsteps to become a quilter. [quilt 1]     [quilt 2]     [quilt 3]
	6th Quilt (queen): Moonglow: When I first decided to try quilting, I bought this kit and then put it away for that "someday" when I was skilled enough to do it. This is an awesome quilt! It was designed by Jinny Beyers. I put a lot of effort into fancy-quilting it... I wish this showed up better in the pictures. [view2]     [view3]	5th Quilt (lap): Laura's Quilt: This is one of the lap-size quilt tops that were found in my mom's apartment when she died. I added the border and quilted it to give to Laura, my stepdaughter and Mom's only granddaughter. [view2]
	4th Quilt (crib): Baby Quilt for Douglas: With two weeks to go, I made this quilt for a former co-worker's baby shower. To match the dragonfly fabrics, each of the main squares has a dragonfly quilted on it.	3rd Quilt (queen): Jen's Quilt: Although I'm still quilting this one, I count it as #3 because I finished the quilt top a month or so before I went on to the next project. This is from the "Nickel Quilts" book. It is Queen-size: with the border it's about 120" square. Whew!! (I'm quilting it by machine.) When finished, this will be given to my good friend Jen. [view2]   [view3]
	2nd Quilt (lap): Block Sampler: For this quilt I used fabrics from the extensive stash I inherited from my mom. Using a beginner's book, I started learning the basics of block-making. The finished quilt is currently on my wall.	1st Quilt (lap): Patchwork Test for Pop: This was my first learning quilt -- I found a bag of squares my mom had already cut out and I figured this would be a great way to learn how to even use the sewing machine. I gave the finished lap-quilt to my father-in-law. (In this pic I hadn't yet finished the binding.)

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