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I think I’m in my Chatty Cathy phase. But to spare you, I have whittled this down from what I originally wrote to save you from eye rolls and thinking, “What is wrong with this girl?”

The last couple of weeks have been busy. A good part of that time was spent with friends, and two of those times were spent at quilt shops and fabric stores. At one of those quilt shops, I ran into a favorite customer of the quilt shop I used to co-own, and had a wonderful time catching up with her. But I have ...

We hosted a baby shower for our Pastor's wife here at the house on Saturday. It was a glorious occasion, well-attended and the Mom-to-be was showered indeed! Their little one will be warm, cozy and well dressed for the foreseeable future!Naturally, I was especially touched to see her receive three handmade quilts! A beautiful string quilt that is meant to serve as a play mat for tummy-time and

We hosted a baby shower for our Pastor's wife here at the house on Saturday. It was a glorious occasion, well-attended and the Mom-to-be was showered indeed! Their little one will be warm, cozy and well dressed for the foreseeable future!Naturally, I was especially touched to see her receive three handmade quilts! A beautiful string quilt that is meant to serve as a play mat for tummy-time and

One of the bittersweet milestones of grandparenting is realizing that little ones eventually outgrow the baby quilts that once seemed so enormous. When our youngest granddaughters reached that stage, I knew it was time to create something new—quilts they could … Continue reading →

...and the babies just keep coming (thank goodness).

I added this photo because it's amazing how it looks inside my studio vs outside.

Constantly.

We returned from Nashville a week ago Sunday and we’re happy to be home, but…in our absence, weeds went wild, some of our garden veggies tanked, the beautiful cedar tree in our front yard died, and then there’s this:

Christine and I spent most of a week at her cottage and did lots of sewing, chatting, watching movies and eating good food!  It was a bit buggy outside so we were mostly inside.  Christine has lots of bird feeders which she kept well stocked all week so there were lots of birds and other critters to see out the window. 

I did most of the hand ...

Here we are at the cusp of summer and progress is being made. 

Either last Wednesday or Thursday I picked four cucumbers; Hubs found another lurker. We picked the first one a few days earlier, immediately ate it, and declared it to be the best cucumber we ...

The heat and humidity are here, flowers are blooming, veggies are growing, and I can’t get enough sewing time. 

..and progress was made.

Antelope Canyon will be a flimsy soon-ish...the ...

Download this free pattern for a book panel quilt for children. It is a cool way to use the panel if you do not want to make a book.

Noah and Friends Book Quilt – click here to download the pattern.

I designed this quilt for the Noah and Friends collection by Lindsey Sagar for Blank Quilting. It measures 44″ x 53″ and the blocks finish at 8″.

The fun thing about making a quilt using a book panel is that it will surely be enjoyed a lot longer than just the book. As children outgrow the story, they will probably ...

 Good Morning Quilters!

Things are moving very slowly here.  The instructions for my new project, a replica of Jane Austen’s coverlet,  call for starching all the fabrics before cutting anything out,  How far did I get on this project?  I bought the starch………so there is no news on this project.   I bought two kinds, Best Press and a brand that the local quilt store recommended.  I will let you know which one I like the best.

A new project:  I am making a baby quilt for a close friend’s baby shower.  She is having her first baby ...

 Yes... Christine and I were at quilting retreats two weekends in a row! I had a second set of projects lined up to take to our annual Spring Oxford Guild retreat before the Camp Kintail retreat.  The truth is that I could go on even more retreats and still come up with projects to work on.  Christine is in the same boat!

I finished up my chain link blocks for the vice president's challenge--I have decided to set them on point but have not decided if I want to add sashing or not before sewing them together.  I will ...

 Christine and I spent last weekend at Camp Kintail at the crafter's retreat.  Others were making paper crafts, scrapbooks, knitting and painting. Four participants were quilting.   It's always fun to see what everyone is making. The food and snacks were plentiful and tasty too. 

My first project was an open wide zipper pouch that I had started at home. This one may just stay here for me to use.  This project was a good place to use the large scale print that I loved but would not be good to cut up into smaller pieces 

The other two are baby quilts to add to my selection for parents and grandparents to choose from.  In the center is a quilt made from a pile of blocks using leftovers from another quilt and a large print.  It is 32" x 34.5", perfect for tummy time for a baby.  On the right is ...

It's supposed to reach 60 degrees today and then snow predicted both weekend days.