It seems like eons ago that I pieced a couple of quilt tops for Amy Ellis for her new book. It’s excruciating to wait for all the work you’ve done to finally show up in print. But it’s all worth it in the end when you get to hold the fruits of your labor in […]
4 Comments. Continue Reading...They’ve posted the schedule! You don’t wanna miss this — it’s gonna be so much fun! What a line-up of classes! The Sew Sweet Annual July Event just gets better every year. It’s a 3-day quilting event they host at their shop and retreat center every year in July. This year’s teachers are: Amy Ellis, […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...And I’m throwing in a little News From the Ranch for good measure. I’ve been working hard on lots of fun stuff lately. Some of it I can’t show you just yet, but some of it I can, so I will! Last week I showed you a bunch of pieces I cut using a new little wedge […]
7 Comments. Continue Reading...It’s Spring! It arrived early this year. I hope this doesn’t mean a sweltering hot summer, because I want to be able to get outside! It’s getting to be riding weather, so My Cowboy made me saddle up a few days ago. I haven’t been wanting to ride as much because I don’t want to […]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...My friend, Edie McGinnis, has recently had her 18th (I think) quilting book published! This one is called Finders Keepers Quilts, and it’s chock full of reproductions based on a fantastic find of vintage quilts in an abandoned farmhouse in Iowa. You can read more about the quilts, and the story, and see more pictures, […]
6 Comments. Continue Reading...In today’s Kansas City Star Sunday paper, in the House & Home section, appears the final installment of the “Hazel’s Diary” quilt, this year’s 2015 Block of the Month quilt. Read more about it HERE. I’m kinda sad that it’s over. Even more sad that there will be no more Kansas City Star Block-of-the-Month quilts […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Some more news for you today. I’m shuffling! Are you? There’s a new Quilt-Along going on, sponsored by Moda, and it’s called the Moda Sampler Shuffle. It’s got the cutest blocks — 30 of them over 10 weeks, to be exact — all designed by Moda’s team of fabric designers. You can join in on […]
4 Comments. Continue Reading...As usual, things have been busy around here. There’s always some kind of work to be done on a farm, and it’s time to begin winterizing, so My Cowboy has lots of projects he’s itching to do. He gets really antsy because he wants them all done NOW, but his health requires him to pace […]
9 Comments. Continue Reading...This year’s Sew Sweet Saturday Sampler Club Block-of-the-Month is happening now! I’ve been working really hard on these three quilts and the pattern booklet for them, and tomorrow is the big day! Sew Sweet Quilt Shop is presenting these quilts as their annual Saturday Sampler Block-of-the-Month, and the first installment happens at tomorrow’s event at […]
7 Comments. Continue Reading...The eighth installment of “Hazel’s Diary” is now available. This month’s block is called “Domestic Bliss”: You can read more about it, and get the pattern HERE.
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