Going on at The National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky, right now, is an exhibit of Kansas City Star Quilts, curated by my good friend, Edie McGinnis. Having worked for the Kansas City Star for many years, and being responsible for them starting up their quilting book division, Edie is an expert on the Kansas […]
10 Comments. Continue Reading...Yesterday My Cowboy and I took a day trip to Springfield, MO, so that I could see the Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Show. He went off and did his own thing while I was at the show. I asked him if he wanted to come in, and he said: “Nope. I have to look at that […]
12 Comments. Continue Reading...That’s all the time you have left to get to Winterset, Iowa, and see Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s Retrospective exhibit: “Playing with Purpose”. It’s at the Iowa Quilt Museum in Winterset, Iowa, right now, and it’s a wonderful exhibit. I really wanted to go see it while it was hanging because I quilted several of her […]
6 Comments. Continue Reading...It may seem like I’m always at one quilting retreat or another, and while it IS true that I go to several every year, it’s the only way I can make really good focused progress on projects of my own, because altho I work from my home studio, and quilt all day long every day, […]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...I spent last Thursday and Friday at the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival, and let me just say right here at the start that it was the most fun I’ve had at a quilt show in a long time! I went with my friends Linda, Norma, and Janet, and I don’t know about them, but […]
8 Comments. Continue Reading...Oh, wait . . . it’s me that’s been missing lately, right? Life has been a blur! I started traveling on April 20th, and I finally landed at home again (other than for unpacking and repacking purposes) on the evening of May 22nd. On one of my stops by the ranch to drop some things […]
9 Comments. Continue Reading...The Annual Arrow Rock Quilt Camp is coming up in May, and this will be my fourth year teaching there. It’s one of my favorite weeks of the year — beautiful setting, spring weather, relaxing atmosphere, great food, good friends, and lots and lots of quilting! What’s not to like? I seem to have become […]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...I recently visited California for two weeks to spend time with my daughters, and while I was out there, I made plans to go visit Cotton and Chocolate Quilt Company in Thousand Oaks. Cotton and Chocolate was voted one of the Top Ten Quilt Shops in American Patchwork and Quilting’s Quilt Sampler magazine, and after […]
7 Comments. Continue Reading...International Quilt Market is later this week in Salt Lake City. It’s the twice-yearly trade show for the quilting industry, where industry professionals and quilt shop owners can go to promote their new stuff or see all the new stuff they want for their shops or businesses. We’ll get to see all the newest fabric […]
7 Comments. Continue Reading...I’m doing a book signing for “A Simple Life” tomorrow (May 15th) at Quilt 4U in Columbia, Missouri. I’ll be showing all the quilts from the book, and the shop will have copies of the book for sale, and I’ll be there to sign them for you! It starts at 1:30, and if you’re a member of […]
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