We’re past Hump Day already, and I don’t feel like I’ve done one single productive thing yet this week. Fortunately, I was at my guild’s spring retreat last weekend at Sew Sweet Quilt Shop’s fabulous retreat center, where I did move a few projects forward with some uninterrupted sewing time. We got to watch the […]
9 Comments. Continue Reading...Popping in today with some links for you, and a few updates on what’s been going on around here! I’ve only completed three small (easy) projects this year. I need to up my game. My year has gotten off to a rough start! One of those three things was this Crochet Spa Washcloth that I […]
16 Comments. Continue Reading...Not that a raging inferno is ever something you expect to happen . . . But sadly, it sometimes does. One of the guilds I belong to, the Hands of Friendship Quilt Guild in Kirksville, Missouri, was recently asked to put together an exhibit of quilts for the Kirksville Arts Center — quilts with a […]
20 Comments. Continue Reading...It’s always a wonderful evening when you get to look at and talk about quilts, right? I spent yesterday evening at the Macon County Historical Society Museum in Macon, Missouri, presenting a program about The Life of Hazel Ilene. I showed all the quilts from my book “A Simple Life: Quilts Inspired by the ’50s”, and […]
15 Comments. Continue Reading...Time for an update from around here, huh? I’ve been busy! I feel like I’ve been in a whirlwind, actually. I can hardly believe summer is almost over. We’ve been working hard on the studio remodel. By we, I mean me and my dear, dear friend, Cindy — I would not be near as far […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...There’s been a lot going on around here lately! Oh, wait — there’s always a lot going on around here. I know, I say that every time, don’t I? I spent most of the month of May traveling, and let me tell you right now how exhausting that is — at least for me. And […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...It’s business as usual around here . . . I guess I should say BUSY-ness as usual . . . it gets kinda hectic sometimes. But I think Spring is finally trying to get here. I say trying, because last Saturday it was 85 degrees, and then it snowed on Monday. It just can’t make […]
No 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...• The time change for Daylight Savings Time kicked my butt. It’s been more than two weeks, and I still haven’t recovered from losing that hour. • Spring is taking its time getting here. We had another snowstorm last weekend. Thankfully, yesterday finished melting it all off. What a beautiful day we had! Today it’s […]
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