Fall Favorites

Fall Favorites

Fall brings some of my favorite things – cool nights, colorful foliage, the smell and taste of hot apple pie, and the sound of geese flying south. I tried to capture some of these in Fall Favorites. The 56-inch square quilt features the Apple Pie block and the...

Queen of the Prairie

Dear Stella is releasing a new fabric collection called “Poppy Prairie” in October. The collection has sweet images of farms, chickens, tractors and, of course, poppies! Queen of the Prairie is designed for this fabric line to work with the fun, farmhouse...
Never FOrget – Progress

Never FOrget – Progress

Never Forget has been a labor of love. The design was inspired a year ago. Next, I need to figure out how to assemble it in the easiest way possible. That took some noodling and some research. The methods finally gelled and I started putting it together a month...
Never Forget Published

Never Forget Published

Tomorrow is the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Most of remember exactly where we were when we learned of the event. Many of us were glued to our television sets or radios as it unfolded. I had just landed in St. Louis where I was working for the day…. I...

Dropbox Disaster

When I quilt, I frequently take pictures or video of the steps, which can be shared in my classes, quilt alongs or patterns. The easiest way for me to do this is to take them on my phone, upload them to Dropbox and access then from my computer. This has worked well...
Never Forget Published

Quilt Along – Never Forget

Never Forget – small quilt This week we are starting the Never Forget Quilt Along on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/307885230451937). We are still accepting new members for this free event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and remember those...
Never Forget Published

Never Forget Quilt Along

I am very excited to make this quilt along available on Facebook. It is a special group for the Never Forget Quilt and is open for free membership already. Membership will be open during the Quilt Along, but close for new members as soon as all instructions have been...
Flying Geese Frustration

Flying Geese Frustration

There are numerous instructions on the internet for making flying geese, but not many about using them in a quilt. This came to mind over the weekend as I was making flying geese blocks, sewing them together and cursing as the strip of geese didn’t turn out as I...
Never Forget

Never Forget

A year ago, I designed Never Forget in honor of those who died on 9/11. The quilt blocks include Washington’s Own, Pennsylvania Crossroads and New York Beauty – the sites where the terrorists struck. The stars on the large quilt number 64, which are the...
Autumn Breeze

Autumn Breeze

Autumn brings the changing colors of the leaves on trees. Some of the most spectacular are the maple trees in the mountains of New England and the mid-Atlantic where I grew up. As the leaves fall from the tress they dance in the air as the crisp breezes wrap around...