I was teaching art in a middle school in Warrenton VA during my first few  years as a quilter. 
So it probably makes sense that my art background and love of fibers always spurred me to want to experiment and try to discover the big "wonder what if we do this…? 
 I began to experiment with Art Quilting, dyeing fabrics, painting fabrics…etc.
I also went with a co-worker to John C. Campbell Craft school
https://www.folkschool.org
camp and took a class with http://www.bernierowell.com
I enjoyed trying her techniques of painting with latex paints on fabric and canvas. 
I also took an Art Class from a local quilt store (now closed). 
I began dyeing some of my own fabrics. 
I continued having fun while learning to use my sewing machine.

So my third quilt was actually the reason I decided to try quilting. My youngest child had been saving t-shirts from his sports and such for years in hopes that I would someday create a memory quilt for him using the various t-shirts.
So I made the decision to just go for it,  to make the t-shirt quilt I had been challenged to create.
By now though I also was hooked on quilting, I wanted to learn as much as I could, I was no longer scared to death of my little sewing machine my mom had given me, in fact the hubby was encouraging me to purchase a new larger machine to accommodate my new found fiber medium.
Again this quilt was long armed by someone other then me. Joyce a fellow guild member did a wonderful job of long arm quilting this quilt. 
The recipient and owner of quilt is my son Brian.

So after I created my "glow in the dark" turning twenty quilt I decided that I would take my hubby to our local quilt store at the time…
and choose a coordinated set of fabric for my next real quilt. ;-) So my 2nd quilt was a lap quilt for my hubby. As you can see it is nicely coordinated but I learned quickly that I actually liked creating glow in the dark quilts more. At this time I was making my quilt tops only then sending them away to be long arm quilted.

Around the same time period that I was attempting to learn how to quilt I had two nieces that were expecting their first babies. 
So I thought to myself how difficult could it be to make baby quilts??? and at the same time there was a TV show that was popular think it was called "The Nanny"?? Well the show had made "Time Out" chairs popular so what better then to create baby quilts with a matching time out chair?
My first two sets were given to Christy for Riley and Carrie for Mya.