Last month, I announced my newest pattern to members of the Cowgirl Club. Now that they’ve had first crack at it, I finally have it ready to be shown to the rest of the world! It’s called AmpersAnd . . . Back last winter, when it was so cold, I pulled out a bunch of […]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...This week is an easy one, but as usual, something I need to do my ownself. Change your rotary cutter blade(s) I don’t know why I wait so long! I do a LOT of cutting, and I even cut paper with mine occasionally, so they get dull fairly quickly. Once I change the blade, I […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...A free quilt block pattern. Our guild does a monthly block pattern among the members. Each month, someone presents a pattern, the members who desire to do so each make a block (or two), and the next month, the blocks are either raffled off or collected for a certain project. This month it was my […]
6 Comments. Continue Reading...It’s the 2014 Prairie Moon Ranch Cowboy Christmas Stocking! Woohoo! This year’s boot is called “Snow and Roses”: I wanted to make a white stocking, but then decided to add the red to liven it up, and it ended up more red than white! Snow and Roses features some very easy applique, and as usual, […]
4 Comments. Continue Reading...They’re here! — The Three Witches: This is the larger version of the smaller quilt I showed back in July HERE. Based on the three witches from Shakespeare’s play, “Macbeth”, this larger version features lots more embroidery with more coloring. It features each witch individually, and also the group together. Don’t they look conniving? There are […]
3 Comments. Continue Reading...Earlier this year, I was invited by Sew Sweet Quilt Shop to design the Block-of-the-Month quilt that they would use for their Saturday Sampler Club, which begins annually in September. I was thrilled and very honored that they asked me, and I set to work right away on my designs. They offer their Block-of-the-Month in […]
17 Comments. Continue Reading...Even though I’m at Quilt Market this weekend, I’m still blathering on about Quilt Camp. I’m here today to tell you about the project I taught. I taught 3 days of needle-turn hand applique, and this is the project we worked on: I designed this project especially for this year’s Quilt Camp, and now that […]
3 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...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...I have a new pattern out, and best of all . . . it’s FREE! It’s a pattern for a table runner that you can make from a candy pack and a bit of background fabric. (A candy pack is a packet of 40 pre-cut 2 1/2″ squares.) You can use your favorite method of […]
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