It’s been a while, friends, but I’m back and ready to get sewing again. My husband, Jim, and I recently returned from a very unexpected trip to India. We were invited to a wedding there, not only as guests, but…
Good Thing I Didn’t Give Up
The weakest area of my quilting game is machine quilting. Except for a handful of times, I have quilted all my quilts. That is thirty-plus years of steady practice and I’m still not good at it! I am still trying…
2024 Looking Forward
This is the time of year when many people set resolutions and select words of the year. Historically I haven’t done either of those, but this year I resolve to get rid of my flannel fabric and my word of…
2023 Looking Back
The last quarter of 2023 got away from me. After our trip to Ireland in late September, things just snowballed and my productivity fell. I was still working and quilting but never really got back into the groove. I am…
November Stash User Challenge
Each month I like to give a little stash user challenge to inspire you to make some progress on using your stash or finishing a UFO. For many of us, the days leading up to the November and December holidays…
October Challenge Update
Did you try something new in October? The challenge was to try a new technique, ruler, use a color palette that you don’t typically use, or anything else new to you. I tried making clamshells. One of my quilty friends…