What a beautiful way to frame a fabric panel! I was inspired by the triangle print in one of the fabrics and echoed it in the quilting. The textured effect adds a modern touch that perfectly complements the design.

This cheerful quilt began with bright fabrics arranged in a curved log cabin design. Swirls and bubble quilting add joyful movement—pure happiness in every stitch.

When this quilt arrived with its pieced daisy blocks and daisy print backing, I knew the quilting had to be daisy-inspired too. Best of all, this cheerful quilt is headed to a little girl named Daisy—how perfect is that?

Beautiful autumn fabrics shine in framed blocks, surrounded by perfectly coordinated prints. I quilted graceful maple leaves in shimmering gold thread and finished it just in time for fall.

The colors in this quilt aren’t quite summer, yet not quite fall—right in that in-between season where the light starts to soften. Dog Days of Summer felt like the perfect name. I matched the coral thread to the fabric and quilted aspen leaves throughout. The pieced back gives it a completely different vibe—reversible and full of personality!.

Sometimes I don’t see the quilt for the blocks until I look through the camera lens.”
As I work, I’m so focused on the small details—one section, one seam, one motif—that I forget how all those pieces come together. The grand reveal always comes when I hang the quilt on the design wall and step back. This one took my breath away—the weave pattern emerges like magic when you see it from a distance. Truly spectacular!

Oh, my Stars! Soft coral thread beautifully complements the salmon tones in this quilt. The playful stars and curls quilting design softens the boxy piecing on the front and dances across the plaid print on the back, bringing movement and charm to the entire piece.

I couldn’t be happier with the color palette I received for this little Friendship Mystery Quilt. At first, I planned to custom quilt it, but in the end I chose a swirling feather design. The flowing curves beautifully complement both the front and the back—absolutely delightful!

This quilt began with four friends and a stack of 3-yard bundles, each tucked into its own bag. We picked, swapped, and traded until everyone had their bundle of choice. When the quilt top was complete, my sweet friend wasn’t quite happy with how the lighter fabrics looked. That’s when I stepped in—using the boldest, thickest teal thread, I stitched life and energy into every section. The transformation was incredible, and when she saw it, her disappointment turned into pure joy.

Stunning colors against a black background make this quilt truly striking. Swirling paisley quilting in soft gray thread adds texture without taking away from the bold piecing. And for a hidden delight, I used a bright variegated thread in the bobbin—giving the quilt back a surprise pop of color.

Looking at this wall hanging is like peering through a cabin window into the forest beyond. I used woodgrain quilting on the frame to mimic rustic timbers, straight-line quilting on the windowpanes for a clean, structured effect, and outline quilting in the aspen grove to add depth and movement. The layering of textures turned a flat, two-dimensional piece into a three-dimensional scene full of life. I couldn’t be more thrilled with the finished result!

Created with soft colors and heart-themed quilting, this quilt was designed for my client’s granddaughter. The happiest moment was seeing her radiant smile in a photo with her new quilt—a priceless reminder of why I love what I do.

Pieced blocks and uplifting Psalm verses give this lap quilt both beauty and comfort. The heart-filled quilting design carries a special message—the recipient is surrounded by love with every stitch.

Inspired by the woodland-themed background fabric, I selected a quilting pattern filled with charming forest animals. The result is absolutely delightful—playful details that bring the whole quilt to life

The harmony of neutral nine-patch blocks and structured geometric quilting creates a quilt that feels both grounded and sophisticated—a perfect balance of classic and contemporary.

The bold use of black and white fabrics makes the colorful blocks absolutely pop! I chose a brightly colored variegated thread and stitched a simple design, letting the fabrics take center stage and shine.

Giant plaid blocks pair beautifully with the texture of pine cone quilting. The natural, woodsy design makes this quilt a perfect fit for a masculine style, classic, rugged and timeless.

This haunted house panel practically jumped out at me from across the quilt show vendor hall! It was such fun to pull the kit together with orange sashing, a moonlit backing, and those mischievous goblin blocks. I even had enough leftovers to whip up a matching pillowcase. Now the big question… is it too early to snuggle under my Creepy Halloween quilt?

Tucked inside a bag of donated fabric treasures, my girlfriend discovered an appliqué witch’s hat and a strip of pieced pumpkins. With a little imagination (and a lot of stitching magic), they came together to create this charming Halloween wall hanging. The quilting design was inspired by the whimsical print on the backing fabric, pulling the whole piece together into one spooktacular project!

This quilt is so large it nearly outgrew the design wall! Playful bubbles and swirling motifs soften the linear blocks, while adding movement and dimension to the borders and backing—perfectly finishing a bed quilt destined to take center stage.

Whimsical hand appliqué set the stage for delicate outline and echo quilting. Dense background stitching brings the floral motifs to life, adding texture and depth. A classic crosshatch in the sashing ties everything together, completing the custom design. It’s going to look fantastic as a wall hanging.

Fun and delightful to quilt, beautiful to behold.

I chose a leafy all-over design to compliment the applique work—such a perfect fit for this quilt.

When I was asked to do a water design, I was thrilled to discover this one called Kahuna. With its light and flowing movement, it makes this quilt perfect for a beachside picnic.

I’ve been having so much fun quilting with this fabric line! The pop of color in the sashing really makes each block shine. Ole!”

I love the enthusiasm of new quilters. After making a quilt for her grandson and roommate for college, she immediately set to making one for her nephew. The wavey quilting adds movement with out distracting from the star burst pattern. Spectacular.

This beautiful quilt was created as a gift for a daughter and her new husband. It came to me from one of my former beginner quilting students—and what a stunning piece of work it is! The love and care stitched into every piece make it truly special.

This beautiful hand applique quilt is exquisite. Hours of detailed outline quilting combined with a background filler is the base for reverse echo quilting. Stunning!

Can you believe that this quilt was made from a hot air balloon panel fabric. Incredible! I think the loopy quilting flight pattern of the balloon!

Bright happy greens and yellows zig zag their way up this quilt. Beautiful vine quilting brings out the print of one of the fabrics. What a fantastic quilt to donate!

I have been having so much fun quilting this New Mexico themed fabric. It’s fabulous for baby quilts especially from someone living in the southwest. Viva New Mexico!

This quilt has Southwest and New Mexico all over it. I used a quilting design with zia symbols, geckos and kokopelli in a light turquoise thread. The alphabet blocks are unique to New Mexico! Ole!

Reversible quilts are so much fun! Notice how the dragonflies cross over seamlessly from back to front! Spectacular!

An old quilt top that had been unfinished for year gets a new lease on life with quilting and binding. My client is thrilled to be able to gift it to her son as part of a family heritage.

Easy blocks with a pieced sashing gives the illusion of complicated piecing. Shining stars and falling leaf quilting pattern blend well. Stunning!

This was a king size project in every sense; from a throw size pattern that had to be redesigned, to buying the fabrics, piecing and finally custom quilting. I couldn’t be more pleased with the final quilt. Hard to take it to be shipped to the East coast.

Pretty little panel quilt. I added a quilt pattern that matched the stars printed on the fabric. The result is out of this world.

Blocks and straight lines just needed circles and bubbles in the quilting. I am always thrilled when the quilting design looks just a fabulous on the backing fabric. Win-win!

Little pops of mint green break up the end to end black and white strips. The wavy quilting add just the right texture for a fabulous finished quilt.

The turning twenty pattern is a great layout for coordinating fabrics and uses fat quarters to the greatest advantage. Flowers and paisley quilting pulls it all together.

Fun quilt featuring all the national parks of the United States. Great for the traveler in your family!

Vintage hankies are now collected in this beautiful quilt. Butterfly quilting inspired by the border adds the perfect texture. This will be treasured for years to come.

How much fun it must have been to collect these fabrics. Maybe I am gravitating toward a little more purple in my life. The feather and curl quilting design with variegated thread is perfect against the blocky layout. Spectacular!

Wonderful spooky quilt made as a surprise for the cotton anniversary. The light airy stitching looks good on front or back!

Adorable cats, trees and presents are all wrapped up and ready for Christmas. It’s never too early to get your Christmas quilts finished.

This grandmother was so excited to make a coordinating quilt for her grandson’s first roommate in college. Proof positive that quilters want to blanket the world in love.

Each quilt brings a new challenge. This quilt was out of square so the quickest solution was to remove the borders, remeasure and reapply them. It turned out fabulous. I used a variegated thread on the back and now both sides are a delight to behold.

Petals are found in the name of the quilt pattern, the floral fabrics and the dogwood quilting design. Blooming Beautiful!

This is a found and finished quilt. The piecer picked up this project which only had a handful of finished blocks and took it to completion. I added quilting with gold thread and its ready to be bound and displayed!

Beautiful fabrics with a touch of Asian flair and a quilting pattern that looks like water ripples combine for a quilt that is tranquil and serene.

When soccer has been a life long passion, there are a lot of T shirts and memories. What a fantastic project!

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Pretty paisley quilting adds an elegant texture to this charming quilt. Exquisite!

When someone asked me if I wanted an old quilt top, I couldn’t resist. It was incomplete at the edges so I trimmed it square, quilted it and added a vintage flower print binding. What a great upcycling project!

What a fun quilt to custom! I did a water design in the blue circles and a fire design in the white circles, straight lines for the gray pieces and a combination of echoing and background quilting to finish the quilt. FABULOUS!

I love how this quilt is all about baseball, from the fabrics to the themed quilting. There is going to be a happy Yankee fan when this is gifted!

Color therapy! Bright and Cheerful! Turn it to the back side for soothing swirls and tranquil blues. Amazing!

A truly reversible quilt with animals on one side and twin birds on the other. Even the color scheme is different. Magnificent!

Stunning colors, fabulous gold thread and a paisley quilting design come together for a quilt that will make a spectacular gift. I am always thankful to be part of the creative process.

Terrific fabric features a dog print that is sure to please. Swirling heart quilting in a variegated thread brings color to the black background. Incredible!

Charming little baby quilt with a rainbow border inspired me to use a rainbow quilting pattern. I love the texture!

Fussy cut birds are creatively pieced. Add an aviary quilting design and this quilt soars.

A gift of fat quarters and the addition of gold fabrics make this personal quilt of mine shine. I love how the sea of stars quilting design shows well on both the front and the back. Do I really have to wait for autumn to use it?

When this was dropped off my clients husband said that he didn’t like it because it was too plain. That’s all I needed to choose a bright variegated thread for the quilting. Spectacular!

Great alphabet quilt featuring all that makes New Mexico unique. My quilting design included geckos, Kokopellis and Zia symbols. Magnificent!

Terrific use of Oriental Fabrics and Asian quilting design. I love the tilting pagodas.

This terrific grandmother makes a T shirt quilt for each graduating grandchild. This is number 4 in the series. Fantastic.

Some quilts are so large that one picture is not enough. Soft fabric hues and bold thread are a terrific combination to showcase this organic feather quilting design.

This quilt is for a grandson who overcame many obstacles to go to college. When I said he was a superstar, it was easy to pick a quilting design.

It’s always fun to work on a graduation gift. This salmon and blue quilt is for a granddaughter going to college in the fall. I love the texture of the quilting on both the front and the back!

Beautiful, vivid purple plus white multiplied by paisley quilting equals a spectacular quilt! How is that for Quilt Mathematics?

Clever placement of pieced quilting blocks make up this Quilters Christmas Tree. The quilting also features common block patterns. Delightful.

Applique and piecework gave me a fantastic place to let my custom quilting shine! I am thrilled with the finished quilt.

If you like space travel, then this is the perfect quilt! Full of outer space fabrics and a quilting design with starts and spacemen that is out of this world. Spectacular!

Soft and subdued colors on this southwest quilt make this eye catching and calming. The quilting design reminds me of the desert breeze. I can’t wait to make one of my own.

Fun and food filled quilt blocks plus a little piggy chef. I had the perfect quilting pattern full of veggies. Anyone hungry for lunch?

That orange fabric does look like flames! And on the back of the fabric the fire is coming from above and below. This quilt project is SMOKING!

Bright red, black and white are a bold color combination. Even better is that this quilt is reversible!

I see the dawn in this quilt rather than the edge of night but it is all a matter of perspective. Just the right side to hang on the wall.

What makes this quilt fantastic is the pops of orange stripes. To contrast the straight lines and right angles, I used a curvy quilting pattern compliments rather than competes. Fabulous!

Beautiful Bold Kaffe fabrics fill this quilt. I can see both triangles or hexagons, can you?

Bold and bright southwest designs make this a vibrant quilt! Incredible!

They say “Quilting makes the Quilt” and this project is no exception. The fern pattern in an autumn gold thread adds a whole new dimension to this quilt.

A quilting pattern with both cats and paw prints was the perfect choice for this quilt. If my customer loves cats this much, I only hope that Kitty gets to sleep on this quilt!

Finally my mystery quilt to complete the set. It took a long while to decide on a background color. I didn’t want black or white or gray. The whimsical floral print on my bundle looks perfect on this fairy lavender background. I was gifted the purple backing that is the same sateen flannel as the pink quilt. I used a subtle variegated thread on the front and a bolder variegated thread on the back and just look at the fairy flowers I quilted to match the fabric. What a fun journey full of love, laughter and memories.

Nothing subtle about this quilt. Red background and a yellow border changes the look of this same pattern. I am so glad to have bold and unique friendships.

When this friend received her fat quarter bundle she said to me, “you know me so well” and when she showed the bundle to her quilting mother in law, her response was “Debbie couldn’t have picked a better set of fabrics for you.” She chose to put hers on black background and chose a plumeria theme for the quilting. I used a variegated thread in the bobbin and the backing is in full bloom!

This quilt is part of a four quilt series on friendship. I had 4 fat quarter bundles that I wanted to use and get out of my stash. I decided to “organize” a mystery quilt for my quilting buddies. I asked one to find a pattern for a fat quarter bundle without knowing what the fabrics looked like. That kept the fabrics a mystery for her. Not knowing the pattern kept it a mystery for me. I chose a bundle to gift to three quilting friends, keeping one bundle for myself. Each person was responsible for choosing their own background fabric and backing.

This quilt is vibrant and energizing. She loved the contemporary prints of the fabrics. I quilted it with variegated thread in the bobbin and a butterfly pattern. The backing is a sateen like flannel which was a beautiful backdrop for the quilting. Just wait until you see the other mystery quilts over the next few days.