Fairy’s Waltz
How many of you remember the Strawberry Shortcake characters? The adorable lead character was created for greeting cards and eventually became a franchise with ornaments, toys, television specials, coloring books, and so much more. What captivated me about the...
Silence is Golden
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” – Plato I will claim to be neither wise nor foolish. My silence is because I have been very busy developing some new things to share! First, we have several new...
Cat-egorical
Sometimes, fabric really does speak to me. Northcott’s “Cat Tales” Collection were some of these fabrics. The large repeating Library Cat Shelves fabric needed its own space to shine, like a cat sprawling on a sunlit patch of carpet. So large blocks...
Flying High
Tomorrow, 11/11 is Veteran’s Day or Armistice Day. It commemorates the end of World War I – the Great War. In the US, tomorrow will also mark the 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery. One hundred years ago, an unknown...
Peppermint Parfait
by lsmith | Nov 6, 2021 | Pieced Quilts, Quilting Tips, Shop
The Christmas holiday has some familiar smell for me: gingerbread, almond, chocolate, and peppermint. Peppermint is probably one of the ones I most strongly relate to Christmas. They remind me of the peppermint candies my grandmother would set out. My mouth starts to...