March 30th
…..in Illini Country!
I just spent three fabulous, creativity-packed days with the ladies of the Illini Country Stitchers Guild! We had the best time; it was an amazing trip from beginning to end and the ladies treated me like royalty. I loved getting to know many of them on a more personal level — learning about their lives, [...]
March 23rd
Is there anyone out there who doesn’t just love the new line of Blush by basicgrey/Moda? I can’t imagine. I think the entire line of prints is simply luscious. I’ve been working on a new quilt using these wonderful, yummy, scrumptious strips from a Jelly Roll plus a little additional yardage. Have you ever thought [...]
March 16th
A little bit of this
So, what’s new with you out there in quilting blogland? I’ll bet you’ve all been as busy as I have been lately. With Spring just around the corner, my guess is that you all have cabin fever and are ready for brighter, warmer days. For me, the days seem to have flown by [...]
March 11th
Sigh.
Oops
Ok, really BIG sigh……..
Gosh, I hate to have to tell you this, but there’s an itty-bitty error on the Chain Saw pattern of Jelly Roll Quilts & More. A typo. An oversight. A blip. An errata minimus. I don’t know how many pairs of proof-reading eyes missed it in the final editing stage of the [...]
March 10th
My friend Pat, who writes a really fun and interesting blog herself (check it out here) wrote this morning to tell me she saw a lovely blog posting about my Easy Star and Geese Ruler featured on Red Pepper Quilts. If you have a minute, scurry on over to her post and check out her dynamic [...]
March 5th
……to the One Million Pillowcases Challenge!
When I heard about an opportunity to donate 5 pillowcases to the One Million Pillowcase Challenge through the local quilt guild, something made me decide to enlist my family to help. Over dinner one night last week, I pitched the idea to Kent and the boys, and right away, they decided to [...]
March 1st
Thank you all so much for leaving such clever and funny comments for our fun little kitty photo caption contest! The boys and I got such a kick out of reading them; the boys must have asked me a dozen times a day if more comments had been left on the blog, and they had [...]