isaac's star - this is my son's baby quilt. made a little larger than traditon because I wanted him to be able to use it forever. I chose the colors becasue red and black were his favorite colors at the time.

ty's carpenter star - made this in a workshop learning how to make the star with half-square triangles.

ufo around the world - made this quilt from re cuting some strips I purchased as a ufo at quild fund raiser.

butterflies - made it to teach a class for lqs in louisiana. wanted to show how to use the pattern for more than a round wall hanging.

batik star swap - traditonal stars with horizontal sashing, all batiks,

Architexture - This is from a workshop by Carol Taylor sponsored by the Kingwood Area Quilt Guild. Upholstery fabrics are first fused onto a backing. Yarn was then couched over the edges of each rectangle and to quilt the sandwich in a circular pattern.

Sentimental Ts

"Catty" - My first quilt. I'm embarrassed to show it here, but this is the quilt that started my love of quilting. :) I've learned a lot since this quilt.

Three Mothers, A Dozen Hankies - Corners of handkerchiefs from my mother, my mother-in-law and myself form the baskets. Machine pieced, hand appliqued basket handles, machine quilted. First quilt on which I used Ricky Tims' machine binding with piping technique.

I have the blues and I'm happy about it! - blue and white quilt top made from blocks from a swap on about.com. Arranged with blues around outside and whites arranged in the inside.

Hannah's Quilt - Made two in different colors for new twin niece (Hannah) and nephew (Cameron). Cameron's has blue shades replacing the pink, but otherwise they are the same.

Samantha's Ladder - Made, using fabrics inherited from my grandmother, for my niece Samantha. While I don't particularly care for the colors or the blended fabrics, it's the memories and sense of heritage that made me keep the fabrics and use them. All my kids, nieces and nephews get a crib quilt and then a quilt for their bed. As everyone is growing up now, I'll soon be making wedding quilts. This is a tradition I inherited from my grandmother.

Stepping Stones - A gift to help decorate their new office...all in greens and browns.

Reed Between the Lines - This was my entry into the 2006 Hoffman Challenge. (My fourth attempt at entering, and the first time I finished by the deadline...) Won Best First Time Entry in the pieced division. The challenge fabric was the purple bamboo-looking thing, which was definitely a challenge for me. I really like the "challenge" process; it's a great opportunity to stretch and develop, creativity-wise.