Hi! First of all, a big cat-cuddling welcome to our new subscribers! 🐱 Hundreds of you joined from the Fast n Easy Quilters Paradise Summit, where you learned to make my Patriotic Mini Quilt. It's been wonderful to see your versions! If you haven't shared yours to the Facebook group, please do! If you somehow missed the event, you can still attend the Encore today (Sunday) and Monday, with all 29 videos open for viewing. Grab a ticket here and join in the fun! Last week I shared a quilt I...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hi! Yesterday I attended my nephew's First Communion. It was lovely to see my family as we don't often get together much. The First Communion reminded me of other important events in one's life--graduations, weddings, anniversaries, the birth of a baby and the loss of a loved one. As quilters, we often mark these events by making a quilt. Here's the quilt I made for my daughter. I was a new quilter and this was not a beginner's quilt so it took me years to finish it. But I did--piecing,...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Hi! I was in a store the other day and saw a display of seed packets. I don't have much time to garden, but I do want to plant an herb garden near the kitchen this year. Amongst the seed packets I found several salad offerings and the next thing I knew, they were in my cart. I've grown lettuces in the spring before but it's been decades. For some reason, I wanted to do it again. So I'm planting mesclun, arugula, and a lettuce mix. I'll let you know if anything grows, and if I can beat the...
6 months ago • 1 min read
I have a trunk show in the current issue of Love of Quilting, and some of the quilts in my show were featured because of the magazine's theme--borders and rows. I've gotten a lot of inquiries about four of the quilts in the magazine--quilts I call my Sister quilts. The pattern isn't mine--I made the quilts back when I was still learning quilting and before I started my business. The pattern was a BOM from my guild. When I saw the quilt I knew I wanted to participate, and make one for each of...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Hi! I'm coming to you late this week because this past weekend was my birthday weekend. My daughter visited and we did so many fun things! One thing we did was go to a cooking class at Sur La Table. The class was called Chef's Table and we learned how to cook scallops correctly, make risotto and dress a fennel salad. We also made small chocolate soufflés! The caramel sauce was made for us by the sous chef because of time constraints. There were so many classes to choose from that it was hard...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read