Polka Dot Stars - I love to hand piece, especially stars. These are 6 inch hand pieced stars. I had a floral fabric picked out for the border and it just didn't look right. I ended up with the large pink polka dot and setting squares and the border (the floral ended up as the backing). The quilt is machine quilted with spirals in the setting blocks.

Washington DC - Original pictorial applique patterns of Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Capitol Building, Great Seal of the US, Tidal Basin with CHerry BLossoms, Smithsonian Castle, White House, Pentagon, and Kennedy Center. Featured at AQS QUilt Show 2004

"Southwest Sunrise" - Sunrise photographs my son, ( JerryMac Lochala), took at a mission close to Houston. I printed them onto fabric and enhanced the fabric pictures with quilting and fabric frames. Lots of Fun!

Touched by Ricky (Tims that is) - Ricky came to our guild, Capitol City Quilt Guild, Lansing, MI in September of 2004. I took the convergence class as well as the Kool Kaleidescope class. In the convergence class, Ricky toured the room reviewing fabric choices and when he came to my stack, selected the piece of Electric Rainbow fabric and began to tell me how wonderful it would look if I did ....... obviously he could see a finished quilt. i don't have that visualization talent. He was absolutely correct. It turned out to be wonderful and I do love it.

Calendar Blocks for Mom - This is the first month and the base of a calendar I am making for my mother. I called it the gift that keeps on giving because she receives a new calendar block each month. It's not only fun for her to receive, but it's fun for me to do since its a small 10 1/2" block that I can usually complete in an afternoon. I don't usually use bright colors but it was fun to use these them. I saved the fabrics and try to use the some in each month's block. I try to use the black & white check in each and every one.

Krentz Hunter star - Jan Krentz did a lecture and workshops for our guild, Capitol City Quilt Guild in Lansing, Michigan. I took the Hunter Star class and this quilt was the result. She is an excellent teacher. The quilt was gifted to my sister-in-law as a "Wear-Me-Out Quilt" She had been diagnosed with a serious medical problem. The quilt must have worked, as she has made significant improvement.

Four Seasons - Cross stitch panels finished as a small quilted wall hanging.

Christmas Whirls - Stars all made from the same stripey fabric.

Grandma's Baskets - This is the second TAB quilt . We changed the suggested indigo blue and white fabric to 30's fabrics. Joan has been quilting longer and had some older 30's fabrics, so the scrappy effect with old and new is great.

Twinkling Stars - My friend, Joan, and I make quilts together, trading blocks. We call our quilts, TAB quilts (Trade A Block). This was our first quilt we made together--TAB 1.

Around the block with Sunbonnet Sue - I used Christmas collection of fabrics with addition fabrics to make a 12 block lap size quilt. On the focus blocks I machine embroidered Sunbonnet Sue redwork from designsbyjuju.com with a matching burgandy thread. I quilted it using meandering with gold emboidery thread which brought out the gold in the quilt. It really turned out pretty. I did not prewash the fabrics except for the embroidered focus blocks. I washed the quilt after quilting it which gave it an antique look. I gave it to my mom for both her 71st birthday. I think she likes it pretty good. She is an avid quilter also, as was her mom. Both of my sisters are also quilters. And by the way so was my dad's mother, Grandma Lucy. I guess you could say it's a family tradition. Oh yeah, my daughter has made a quilt too.

Neptune's Realm - It was fun to see these 3 fabrics turn into something unexpected.

Autumn in Vermont - Fabrics were bought in Vermont, and this is the first full size quilt I made.

My very first quilt - This was my first quilt. I made it in my beginner quilt class at The Quilt Shop in Boone, NC. We used Alex's book for the three projects we did in class. I still have my book and use it every time I quilt. There's some great stuff in that little book!

My 2nd quilt - This was the second quilt I made in my beginner quilt class. The picture doesn't show the color well but it's dark purple and green.

Fort Worth Quilt Guild President's Quilt - President quilt for my tenure as the Fort Worth Quilt Guild's President 2006-2007. Quilt was signed by the guild members. Me on the right - New president on the left.

Angela You Did it! - I made this quilt for my DD graduation from High School. All the lettering and small pictures are machine embroiled and photo using photo cloth printed from computer. Construction is using the interfacing foundation method. I still have not quilted it, trying to figure out the best way to quilt around the photos and still look good and not hit and miss areas.

Fish Quilt - I don't know when I started this but I finished it spring '07.