I have to give credit to Michael for helping me pick out the browns for this quilt I made for a high school friend who is expecting her second child ("bunbun") in December.  I think I like the backing more than the front of this quilt - the wavy fabric is really fun!  

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When I saw this material, I just couldn't help myself. I call this quilt "starry night", and I think it turned out pretty well.  Some of the quilting wasn't so straight, but things can't be perfect, right?  :o)

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I just finished my most recent quilt project - a lap quilt for our cousin Elizabeth.  It's still getting washed as I type this post!  I'm excited to be able to deliver it in person next weekend. I asked Elizabeth what she would like - blue flowers.  She also preferred the secondary color to be white.  So I collected up...

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I was part of a Relay for Life team this summer.  In June, our team captain asked if I could make the banner for the team.  I had just received some free fabric from a friend's grandmother who had to downsize her fabric collection, so I dove into those fabrics and came out with this: In all, it took under...

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I knew that our friends, Sam and Chelsea Miller, were expecting their first, and when Sam let us know that he would be out to visit in a week and a half, I challenged myself to get a baby quilt made in time to give to him.  Yikes!  Without mom around for help, I thought it might not be...

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I had been trying to make a quilt for my brother-in-law, Todd, for years.  I knew that I wanted to make it mostly red or red and black and work with the UNM Lobo / dog theme, but I had really been struggling to find a pattern and fabric I liked.  I'm just not a red person, so I...

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After getting back into quilting, my mom came out for a week long visit and we worked together to make a quilt for my cousin Beas' first child.  I had a great time quilting with my mom, and I was amazed that we were able to make the quilt in a week!  Here's the log cabin quilt we made...

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