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The quilt below and it’s description might be triggering for some as it is about suicide. There are a couple of quilts from Quilt Festival that I’m sharing on their own, this one is one of them. I give you the trigger warning as this is a tough quilt to look at and suspect this… Continue reading Quilt Festival Quilts Part 1

On a completely unrelated note it was both a good hair day and wow do I have humidity hair. Humidity hair in Texas, it’s a thing. Bob Ruggiero asked me about it in this interview: I’m teaching at Quilt Festival in Salt Lake City. Follow this link to all classes, search for my name, and… Continue reading Quilt Festival Salt Lake City Here I Come

While I did work one day I spent most of last week (May 23 to 27) on vacation. We had special company visiting us. We visited a couple of quilt shops, more on those in another post, The Alamo, Magnolia, and The Texas Quilt Museum. There are three exhibits right now: The winners from Fall… Continue reading Vacation & The Texas Quilt Museum

Twist! A few years ago I hosted a quilted block of the month and now I’ve started with the thread of the week or month depending on what’s going in my immediate world. As you know I love thread, how it holds things together and how it dances over the surface of a quilt. Sometimes… Continue reading Thread of the Week

 Oh my gosh -- we had the BEST time on the Virtual Retreat! You have to LOVE technology!! I had to be absent for part of it as I played chauffeur, but I could connect in the car once I dropped my passengers off, and I got to chat while I drove home.

There are so many things that we can talk about -- why do we need to talk about such a controversial topic like COVID? I have no issues with discussing it or it being a topic of conversation. What drives me crazy is when it gets heated because people ...

I’m looking forward to teaching during Virtual Quilt Festival Dec. 3 to 5. This online event is presented by Quilts, Inc., the parent company of International Quilt Festival.

On Thursday, 12/3, I’m one of five presenters in Machine Quilting Forum I.

Focused forum of 20-minute back-to-back presentations from five top educators, including live Q&A and chat for a truly engaging experience. Download a compilation of handouts from each presenter, new ideas, and information on products and processes.

My portion is titled Christa’s Top Tips for Machine Quilting Success:

Learn to become better at quilting on ...

Yes, you read that right. You can get a chance to win a Moxie longarm quilting machine of your very own! Just by attending a quilt show. It’s a win-win!

Houston International Quilt Festival is going virtual this year (thanks 2020). The biggest, and one of the best quilt shows of the year will host a virtual on-line show, so that we can get our fix of quilt viewing and vendor shopping and learning in classes. You can get the details here.

Yes, you read that right. You can get a chance to win a Moxie longarm quilting machine of your very own! Just by attending a quilt show. It’s a win-win!

Houston International Quilt Festival is going virtual this year (thanks 2020). The biggest, and one of the best quilt shows of the year will host a virtual on-line show, so that we can get our fix of quilt viewing and vendor shopping and learning in classes. You can get the details here.

Long time no write and I have forgotten how to do this stuff. It is amazing how fast technology changes and figuring it out after an absence is like having to start from the beginning again. So here is what you need to know… The *OPTIONAL* border pattern will be... Continue reading »

Long time no write and I have forgotten how to do this stuff. It is amazing how fast technology changes and figuring it out after an absence is like having to start from the beginning again. So here is what you need to know… The *OPTIONAL* border pattern will be... Continue reading »

Amy of Amy's Creative Side is holding the Fabulous Blogger's Quilt Festival this week!! Modern Dresden by SewPsyched! Pattern is copyright protected.  I am entering Modern Dresden, my Quilt Con 2016 entry, into the Modern Quilts category. How do you think it will do???  She was washed at least 3 times before she went to Quilt Con, and I love her wrinkly texture.