Ring Around the Rosy
One of my favorite quilts in my new book, Hand Me Down Quilts, is the one titled “Ring Around the Rosy”. I have made it many times in a variety of fabric styles as a baby quilt. Hope you will consider it for your next …
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Hand Me Down Quilts
I am so pleased to share that with my daughter’s expertise I have the final proof done for my quilt book titled “Hand Me Down Quilts”. I hope it will be available by mid-October. It is not a how-to quilt book but has 14 patterns …
Reiman Gardens Quilt Show
I have jumped in to a new endeavor in the quilting world. I have to part with some of the fabric and linens that I love to dye. I will never be able to use it all myself so now to consider how to package …
Another Funky Bouquet
Another Funky Bouquet Every once in a while, especially after having done a lot of precision sewing, I crave the freedom to simply create without a plan. And this is what results! The lace tablecloth was a throwaway, had some tears and probably some stains …
New pattern available
Gingerbread Friends is my newest pattern now available at Hickory Stick Quilt Shop. Get yours and use your favorite winter wonderland fabrics or make it scrappy using leftovers from winter/Christmas past.
The Penny Dreadfuls!!
As part of my decluttering goal I was reviewing my stack of vintage magazines from the early 1900’s. There was such informative value in them that it became very time consuming. I had to read the ads as well as the articles. I …
three, TWO, one
Needless to say I am proud of having my quilt selected for the cover of Quick and Easy Quilts, June/ July issue. It became real when I saw my name in print. I wish my quilting grandmother “could see me now”.
THREE, two, one
Great quilting!! Wait til you see the whole quilt, Quick and Easy Quilts, June/July issue.
Spring Tulips
Tulip Bouquet I was sidetracked on finishing this project because of another project that had a publication deadline. So here it is a week later, completed except for the beading I want to do. Of course, the beads I want to use are not available …
February/March Inspiration
What a difference a week makes! Living in south Texas during the winter makes one reasonably think of mild temps and sunny days. By now we all know there was a major deviation from that assumption. We were one of the lucky ones who never …