It’s coming to Maples Repertory Theater this fall! Quilters, The Musical. And along with the musical, the theater is hosting all sorts of other quilting events throughout the musical’s 17-day run, including a quilt show at their event center. Check this out! The first weekend of the musical, Jenny Doan of Missouri Star Quilt Company […]
3 Comments. Continue Reading...I’ve been chipping away at lots of projects, and a few of them finally got to the completed stage this week. I feel like I’ve been sewing in slow motion, so to have a few things done and off my plate feels pretty good! I finished this flower pillow that I started a couple years […]
7 Comments. Continue Reading...It’s been a busy, busy year so far! I’ve had deadlines, and I’ve been working on a variety of different things — that helps keep me from getting bored, and it keeps everything moving along. Sometimes things have to happen even faster, so then I let things get back in a mess, because deadlines are […]
10 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 […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...