Sew Sweet Quilt Shop in Brunswick, MO, recently built on . . . they built a lodging and event center attached to the quilt shop . . . and it is fabulous! Upstairs, 10 sleeping rooms, each with a private bath, can house up to 22 people overnight. And downstairs is their new classroom, plus […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Last week I had the honor of presenting a trunk show to the Stitch by Stitch Quilt Guild in Marshall, MO. What a fun bunch of gals! We got together for dinner before the meeting, and I think more than half of them showed up for that! We had some good laughs. When we got […]
10 Comments. Continue Reading...I told you a while back about Arrow Rock Quilt Camp, and that I would be teaching there this year. Well, I’m finally revealing the project that I will be teaching . . . We’re doing a class on the needle-turn method of hand applique, and we’ll be making the center portion of this table […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...So how’s it going? Several of you are already months ahead of the game. No problems with February’s meager goal, huh? Even I am doing better than I expected. I made 62 more blocks this month! And . . . I’m going to my Scrapbuster’s Club meeting tonight, where I expect to make some more, […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Today I have a new tutorial up on Riley Blake’s Cutting Corners College. It uses the new line, Roundup!, by Samantha Walker for Riley Blake. So many cute prints in lots of colors! My quilt is called Rollin’ Along, since it’s based on the traditional Broken Wheel block. I really had fun making this quilt. […]
8 Comments. Continue Reading...I take my sketchbook with me almost everywhere. It comes in very handy when I get stuck waiting somewhere. Somewhere like a hospital waiting room, for example. It was on one such occasion that I ended up staring at the carpeting in said waiting room until the weave pattern became so apparent that I sketched […]
10 Comments. Continue Reading...I thought you might get a kick outta these real questions I asked My Cowboy, and the real answers I got in reply . . . Me: “There’s Polish sausage, and Italian sausage . . . so what’s the word for Irish sausage?” Him: “Potato.” Me: “Did you mean she couldn’t understand what you were […]
4 Comments. Continue Reading...It’s been fifteen years since I launched my little company. I can’t believe how much it’s grown! Having an online presence certainly turns you global in a hurry. And it’s been a fun ride so far, with even more great things happening for us in the future. I hope you all come along for the […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Well, that went fast, didn’t it? I don’t know about you, but I’m off to a better start than last year. I got more than 20 blocks finished! This will help in case I run into a dry spell later on in the year . . . I made 14 more of these tiny HSTs. […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...I’ve got another recipe for you today. Two in a row! I’ve been cooking more lately, for whatever reason. Partly just so I can keep the oven on so it’s a bit warmer in here! I like stuff that’s easy to fix, and this one is. They’re called Hobo Sacks, and here’s what you need […]
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