A tisket a tasket, make charming little baskets! "Baskets with Flying Geese Border" is perfect for spring-time decorating or for year-round display.

All of the critters in "Barnyard" are happy to have a comfortable place to live, out of the cold, the wind, and the rain. You'll find that there's even a barn dance going on in one of the buildings. Enjoy collecting novelty prints to make your own version of this quilt.

I pieced "Apple Core" while traveling through Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas in a motor home with my husband and 2 dogs. I cut the pieces ahead of time and did the handwork on the road. I thoroughly enjoy the process of hand piecing. If you haven't tried it, here's your opportunity to add this relaxing activity to your days.

The official name of this quilt is "Bear's Paw," but I think of it as Bear's Claws. Can you find the paw that has a hangnail? I like to imagine the bear was running and stubbed his toe on a rack or tree root.

"Delectable Mountains" was inspired by a full-size quilt by Judy Knowles. Quilt historians believe this block's name came from John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, an allegory filled with beautiful descriptive language.

The block used in "Churn Dash or Monkey Wrench" conveniently has several titles according to Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. I tell women it's Churn Dash, and I tell men it's Monkey Wrench. I think you'll enjoy stitching and naming your version of this traditional design.

The white squares in "Jacob's Ladder" represent steps ascending from earth to heaven.

"Sailboats" tells a story for me. It was a beautiful sunny day and many families decided to go sailing on the lake. Each owner had personalized their own boat so that it didn't look like all the others. The poor geese were circling around their lake wondering what happened and if they would ever find a place to land.

I opted for traditional red centers in the blocks of my "Log Cabin" to signify a bright, cheery fire inside the hearth. Use your leftover scraps to construct the logs. Isn't it nice to turn leftovers into pretty quilts?

I made "Sunbonnet Sue" to display with my collection of cloth dolls. Each Sue is dressed differently as they model a variety of my scraps. You'll enjoy selecting favorite fabrics for your own version of this little quilt.

Aim for good contrast in each block when you select fabric for your version of this quilt. "Snail's Trail" produces swirls of bright colors for pleasant eye stimulation. It may look complicated, but it's not with easy foundation piecing.

"Tennessee Puzzle" was inspired by a full-sized quilt made by Jill Reber and Lynn Johnson. I used almost all light to medium fabrics except for the one black print that gives the quilt a little zip!

While working with 1930s prints, I thought some of the printed people might like to have a home of their own, and the result was "Housing Tract #1." You'll notice that the construction company built all the houses in the same size and style, but the owners managed to individualize them anyway.

"Dresden Plate" is a well-traveled quilt. I cut the pieces ahead of time and took them with me on several trips over a number of years. They spent a few weeks in Montana and Wyoming and an entire summer in Alaska. In order to mimic the flat appearance of vintage quilts, I divided a low-loft batting so that the piece I used was only one-third of the usual thickness.