by lsmith | Nov 16, 2020 | Quilting Tips
A few weeks ago, I volunteered to write a blog about quilt projects and rework as part of the UFOvember initiative organized by The Geeky Bobbin. The effort is designed to help quilters and crafters minimize the UFOs (Unfinished Objects) in their possession. Use...
by lsmith | Nov 13, 2020 | Designs, Quilting Tips
Checkerboard Each month I participate in the EQ8 Block Spotlight, which challenges me to use a new block from their collection. The more unusual blocks are easy to make eye catching, because they already are interesting! The true challenge is making something splendid...
by lsmith | Nov 12, 2020 | Designs, Shop
This week I was so excited to receive my stash of Everyday Heroes fabric from Timeless Treasures. It is one of the perks of being a designer. You get enough fabric to make the quilt you design. It is always nice to see the fabrics in the electronic files they share,...
by lsmith | Nov 11, 2020 | Quilting Tips
“In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw...
by lsmith | Nov 10, 2020 | Shop
Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day or so the saying goes. When my sister and I were young, St. Patrick’s Day was one of our favorite holidays. As Irish Dancers, we were very busy and loved every minute of it. Even now, I start clapping and find my feet...