Lynn Roddy Brown

I am a sixth generation Texan who has always loved to sew. In the early 1970s, I began tearing pictures of quilts from magazines and did some patchwork with templates, but it was not until 1989 when I lived in Rochester, New York, that I began to quilt seriously.

For the past twelve years, I have been a member of a bee that trades blocks for scrap quilts. I love scrap quilts because they give me the opportunity to use many different fabrics. I have had three of my quilts hug in the IQA juried show in Houston, two of which are scrap quilts.

I currently live in Houston, Texas, with my husband, an economics professor at Rice University. My husband and I have also lived in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. We have three mostly grown children (Kim, Wes, and Nancy), one wonderful son-in-law (Craig), and two cherished grandchildren (Lillian and Eli). I have been a seventh-grade science teacher and a computer programmer. Some of my other hobbies include genealogy and Western swing dancing with my husband.

I received a kidney transplant in January of 2002, for which I am truly grateful.