Do Your Homework

Do Your Homework

by | Dec 5, 2022 | Quilting Tips

Do you read your recipes before your start making a new dish? If you do, do you read just the ingredient list just to make sure you have what you need? Or do you read it through to ensure you have the right tools or have enough time? If you don’t read them in...
Picking the Project

Picking the Project

by | Dec 5, 2022 | Quilting Tips

Quilt shops, the internet, and our imaginations are full of beautiful projects. With all of these beautiful choices, how do you pick the right one?? The one that you can finish and doesn’t get added to the growing pile of UFOs? There are a few factors that will...
EQ8 Christmas Inspiration

EQ8 Christmas Inspiration

by | Dec 4, 2022 | Designs

I am a little late participating in the EQ8 Spotlight for the Goose Frame! Something about the holidays and finishing the year on time… My first step was to combine a Maltese Cross with the Goose Frame. This new Goose Maltese was partnered with a Pineapple...
Gearing Up

Gearing Up

by | Dec 3, 2022 | Quilting Tips

Just like in cooking, you want to make sure you have all of the ingredients before you get started. And just like in cooking, you want to know your tools are ready for use. Here are a few tips for tool success. 1.Pressing If you use star or fusible, your iron may need...
Making Space

Making Space

by | Dec 3, 2022 | General Quilting

Some of us are lucky and have dedicated space for our quilting. Others need to share their space with others. Those dedicated or shared spaces may be large or small. Regardless, of the size or type of space, it needs to be functional! It needs to have as much...

Making Time

by | Dec 2, 2022 | General Quilting

As much as the holidays are a time of joy, they can also be stressful. This is especially true when we are separated from ones we love. During times of stress, self-care is important, which includes starting or maintaining healthy habits. Believe it or not, quilting...
Quilting Basics

Quilting Basics

by | Dec 1, 2022 | General Quilting

Preparation, Celebration and Gifts December is synonymous with preparation and celebration. Those celebrations may culminate in Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or the New Year. Regardless of your culture or beliefs, it is a time when we deal with a change in significant...
Blueberry Lattice

Blueberry Lattice

by | Oct 19, 2022 | Shop

My mother is a pie maven. Every holiday, she made an oven full of delicious pies. Her crust is always perfect, and she never uses a recipe. Try as I may, I just can’t duplicate her pie magic. Mom has mastered pumpkin, apple, mincemeat, cherry, blackberry,...
Woodcut Blossoms

Woodcut Blossoms

by | Sep 9, 2022 | Blog Hop

I so happy to be part of the Woodcut Blossom’s Blog Hop! Heidi Pridemore has gathered several excellent designers to participate and bring you some fun blocks with new batiks! My contribution to this lovely opportunity is the Honeysuckle block. It is a 12-inch...
Santa’s Tree Lot

Santa’s Tree Lot

by | Aug 18, 2022 | Quilting Tips

I just finished piecing Santa’s Tree Lot! If I plan it right, I might get it quilted in time for the holidays. Because there were corrections to the pattern, I strongly encourage people to either view my pattern correction page or email me to get a current...