My Latest Adventure

The first fabrics were added to the shop (online). These beautiful Hoffman Watercolor fabrics are the basis for the Justice Quilt. I love the Watercolor fabrics because they have such depth to them. Next week, we will be filming the first segments for the quilt tutorials. I can’t wait to see this one finished! Meanwhile, […]

Yesterday, I finished cleaning out a closet that had all of the projects and papers from when my kids were in elementary and middle school. Given one of them has graduated from college, it was a good time to purge. I couldn’t part with all of it and kept items from each grade. So their […]

Social justice has been headlining the news lately. The latest wave started in Minnesota and spread across the globe. This was the inspiration for the Block of the Month – Justice. This Block of the Month tells the story or at least I hope it does through traditional blocks with a modern spin. The latest […]

Over the past month, I have feverishly been working on a quilt. Yes, it is possible to work in haste and be creative – granted it is more stressful. However, it does keep one from hemming and hawing too much about design choices. When you are on a deadline, you just have to keep making […]

One of my most vivid memories of my Grandma McMurray’s house is her quilt rack, which always had a quilt stretched across it and several chairs surrounding it. She would host quilting bees at her house in front of the Franklin Stove. The rest of the house was overflowing with antiques and other crazy stuff. […]

Yesterday, I received some unwanted assistance with my quilting. Many of my readers know that our youngest is a 10 month old Newfoundland puppy. He is a typical toddler – full of energy and demanding of attention. This makes hand needlework a bit challenging at times. It is easy when he is sleeping (75% of […]

I am so excited! I just received the fabrics for my first official Block of the Month (BOM) pattern – Justice! Next week, I will start filming the instructional videos that will accompany each block. Think of it as kind of a quilt along. Videos will be available to each person who purchases the pattern. […]

For the past three weeks, I have been stretching my creativity for a quilt challenge – Diana, Cherrywood Challenge 2020. For the challenge, you must use the four chosen Cherrywood fabrics provided (you can also use 4 Cherrywood coordinating fabrics for up to 30% of the challenge). As you can see the theme is PINK […]

I have been a ‘traditional’ quilter since 1995 when I took my first class. We lived in Aiken, SC, at the time and so I attended the NC Quilt Symposium for several years and loved being exposed to all the wonderful quilters that came there to teach. Fast forward to August 2016 when we were […]