Here is a collection of most of the quilts I’ve made. I don’t have a picture of the quilt I made my brother. Once a gift quilt is done, I often get so excited about giving it, I forget to take a picture first! For some of them I have a picture of the quilt in process, but not of it finished. And some of these are photos of photos. I love looking at these – and wondering if I’ll make some of these again someday…

The first quilt I ever made, with scraps from my mom’s scrap pile. I think I started this in the 5th or 6th grade, but didn’t finish it till after college!

Flush with energy and excitement from my first quilt, this was my second quilt, a Double Irish Chain for my sister.
The next year I made a big quilt for my brother too. It was a variation on stacked coins – four or five rows of tiny squares set on point, all in flannel. I’ll get a picture of that one someday!
After these two big quilts I set off on a series of baby quilts for friends.

This is an apple baby quilt I made for my boss’s first baby. The apples (made of hand-died fabric) are appliqued on.

A simple pinwheel quilt for a friend’s first baby. They were kind enough to send a photo since I had forgotten to take one!

This was an experiment with Celtic knot applique. The white squares are quilted with Celtic knot patterns. This was originally going to be a baby quilt, but I changed my mind and gave it to some other friends instead – seemed too fussy for a baby.

Card Trick quilt for a friend’s first baby. The standout fabric is elephants and I love how colorful and playful this one turned out.

Sailboat quilt for a friend’s first baby. Obviously forgot to take a picture when it was finished. I love, love, love this quilt! It was finished in 2006.
I had started grad school in the midst of working on the sailboat quilt, so it took me longer than quilts normally had. I finished it and didn’t start on another quilt for at least 2 years. Well, I did sort of start a Tumbling Blocks quilt for my sister, but I didn’t really pick it up and work on it till almost a year after grad school. This is the only paper-pieced and hand-sewn quilt I’ve ever done – or probably ever will do!
Tumbling Blocks quilt for my sister and her new baby to come.
After this things start to get a little fuzzy about the “correct” order. I started making more quilts again and sometimes had a few going at once!

This was a bit of an experiment: stacked coins in flannel. It’s soft and snuggly, but I’m not sure about the color. A bit bland compared to what I normally do. (it’s for sale too!)

I had a few of the pinwheel blocks left from the original baby quilt and enough to make just a couple more blocks. I put them together with a bunch of borders and got this lovely little baby quilt. (Up for sale!)

This was also a scrappy quilt, but I organized it to look like rainbow stripes. I love the bright colors.

This is a quilt I made for us. I think I started it in 2008 or 09, but it was finally finished (binding sewn on) in April 2013! (This picture is in 2010 after the top was done – the binding is a dark blue and looks amazing.)