An Irish Blessing for Quilters

An Irish Blessing for Quilters

May your spools and bobbins be full, May your stash be colorful and plenty, May your scissors and needles be sharp, May your seams be even and true, And may your quilts be filled with the love in your hearts.   Laureen...
Solidarity Sunflower for World Central Kitchen

Solidarity Sunflower for World Central Kitchen

When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, I designed the Solidarity Sunflower as a way to pull myself from the news. Now, it has become a way to give back. I made the pattern available for free so that we could help flood the world with a show of support for the...
Garden Steps

Garden Steps

Every so often, you find a project that has you step outside your comfort zone. When you take that step, you grow as an artist and a person. Garden Steps has been one of those projects for me from beginning to end. At the start, Northcott had just signed an agreement...
Monday Morning

Monday Morning

Like most of you, Monday morning is the start of a new work week for me. Granted my work week and weekends tend to blend together as I work from home and my hobby is also my profession. During the week, I am designing, writing instructions, and testing pieces. On the...
Solidarity Sunflower for World Central Kitchen

Solidarity Sunflower

Like so many others, I found myself glued to the news this weekend, looking for anything positive. The range of my emotions ran from anger and disgust to sadness and helplessness. There were glimpses of hope, pride and encouragement sprinkled in there as well. One...
CHA-TINK!

CHA-TINK!

Last week, I was feverishly trying to finish a quilt before a magazine deadline. As many of you can appreciate, when you are on a tight deadline, things that never seem to be a problem, become a problem. Even the good things can work against you. First, I was very...