My Favorite Things

My Favorite Things

by | Jan 6, 2020 | Quilting Tips

My sister is such a thoughtful person. For my birthday, she sent me a box of quilting goodies. She is not a quilter, but looked online for a list of quilters favorite tools. She chose quite well! Here are four of my favority things from that box of goodies. That...
Windmills and Pinwheels

Windmills and Pinwheels

by | Jan 3, 2020 | Quilting Tips

Center Medallion finished last summer And this is how some unfinished objects – UFOs – get their start…..Early last summer, I started a National Quilting Circle Quilt Block Challenge called Windmills and Pinwheels. I was making great progress until...

Hard Works Pays off!

by | Dec 10, 2019 | Quilting Tips

For those of you who have read some of my earlier posts, you know that I have been taking classes to earn my APQS Longarm Quilting Certification. It was an intensive, informative, challenging and rewarding 14 week program. The lessons started with the basics of...
Quilting Gone to the Dogs

Quilting Gone to the Dogs

by | Nov 7, 2019 | Quilting Tips

Fergus, our Newfie is 38 lbs at 12 weeks old. Meet Fergus our 12 week old Newfoundland puppy (Newfie). At 12 weeks he is 38 lbs, so it is easy to understand why he is considered a giant breed. To keep both Fergus and the rest of the household calm, he needs a large...
Etsy Store is OPEN for Business

Etsy Store is OPEN for Business

by | Nov 5, 2019 | Quilting Tips

Celtic Medallion Quilt Pattern for Sale! I am so excited and pleased to announce that my Etsy store is now OPEN for business! This was a HUGE step for me. I am selling my patterns online now, which was my goal for 2019.The patterns are available digitally, so there is...
Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

by | Nov 4, 2019 | Quilting Tips

Forget-Me-Not Quilt – Copyright 2019 Tourmaline & Thyme Quilts So many of us have been touched by people suffering with Alzheimer’s. My hushand’s father died from complications associated with the disease. My father’s mother died of the...
Etsy Store is OPEN for Business

Celtic Medallion

by | Oct 15, 2019 | Designs

Celtic Medallion Quilt Northcott was celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Stonehenge Fabrics with a Block Party and a design challenge for a Traveling Stonehenge Quilt Display. This quilt was designed specifically for that challenge. Although it wasn’t chosen as...
Quick Pinwheel Strip Quilt

Quick Pinwheel Strip Quilt

by | Oct 12, 2019 | Pieced Quilts

Quilting is 75% planning and 25% improvising for me. Given most of my quilts are of my own design, I have the fun of figuring out how to cut and assemble the pieces. Generally, I have a good idea on how this should go. But every so often, my plans go awry, so I...
Recycled Quilt Kits

Recycled Quilt Kits

by | Oct 7, 2019 | Quilting Tips

Disappearing 4 Patch Ever buy a quilt kit and then decide you don’t like the pattern by the time you get around to making it? That was the case with this quilt. My son and I picked out the kit several years ago. A few months ago, I found the kit in the closet...
9/11 Tribute Quilt

9/11 Tribute Quilt

by | Sep 11, 2019 | Quilting Tips

Most of us over the age of 30 vividly remember the detail of their day on September 11, 2001. I was on a plane that safely landed at its destination. I flew to St. Louis, MO for a day to investigate a property and was supposed to fly back home the same day. Obviously,...