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Hello Friends, I hope you are staying well still!  As I write, the public schools in my state are closed through the rest of the year.  I wonder if that’s happening more and more.

Shelley (I just love her!), the owner of The Iowa Quilt Block Quilt Shop, asked me if I would do a quilt-along for kids who are out of school!  I never refuse a great idea!  So, of course!

I came up with my Quilting Klatsch Project #1 that are ...

Social distance. It’s a new phrase – and a new way of life – for most of us. But I think it’s a bit of a misnomer. Because even though we’re separated physically, we aren’t really alone! From video chats with grandkids to friendly greetings from across the street, there are a million ways to connect every day, and I’m sure grateful for that! 

One little girl spent hours decorating the sidewalk with chalk. She drew a hopscotch that stretched from one end of her house to the other. As the neighbors walk by, they can’t ...

I am proud to be one of the Aurifil 2020 Designers of the Month for March 2020.  Each month, a DOM designer will publish a block pattern inspired by the colors of Italy!     This post describes how I designed the block.  It also includes a link to a video tutorial showing how I actually pieced [ ...Continue Reading ]

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This fat quarter friendly pattern is the perfect weekend baby quilt to whip up! To make the Color Block Twist quilt, you need 4 solid fat quarters and 5 patterned fat quarters, plus 3/4 yard of outer border, and the Straight Out of Line ruler by Creative Grids. And wouldn’t you know it – that […]

Hello Friends, Happy National Napping Day!  Were you able to work in a nap today?

It’s the month of March — and it’s time to break out your green quilts!  If you haven’t picked up your Spring 2020 copy of Quilts and More, do so before they are taken off the shelves!  I actually have two quilts featured in this issue…. one on the cover called “Button Collection”, and it’s never too early/late to start a button collection!

The other one is called Sea Glass. This quilt is hanging in my parlor at the moment!

Both ...

The Irish Chain is one of my favorite classic quilts, but Jenny’s Irish Change is even better!

• This quilt was designed for pretty fabric. The 10-inch squares are left uncut, so favorite prints can really shine!

• This quilt is HUGE! At 101 inches square, it’s the perfect size for a queen bed! 

• This quilt is delightfully quick & easy! The secret? All those criss crossing “chains” are made with simple strip sets!

Last year, I had great fun designing some exclusive quilt patterns for Connecting Threads, and the first one is now out!

Party Pie is a 24″ mini quilt that uses a charm pack and a couple of fat quarters of background to create a fun checkered pattern with a sprinkling of pies… I mean, circles. Quartered circles.

For those outside Australia, party pies are a classic party food here in Australia. They are mini meat pies – beef and gravy baked inside flaky pastry, then usually smothered in tomato sauce. There’s no baking involved in making this mini quilt, though ...

Happy Leap Year, Friends!  Do you know of anyone who is born on Feb 29th?  I can’t say that I do.  I hope you have had a great February.  February practically flew by me.  But that only means one thing — we are closer to Spring!

I shared with you last week that I do so love house quilts!  In fact, I am on a personal quest to make as many house quilts as I can!  Here are a few in my own quilt collection, all designed by me!

A quilter who loves house quilts just as much was musing ...

Sweet Tooth Pattern Release

Yay, Sweet Tooth is now a full-color pattern with templates. It’s a quilt showcased in Island Batik’s Fall/Winter 2019 catalog  featuring Kathy Engle’s  fabric collection, Colorpop.

The collection and quilt made its debut at International Quilt Market last fall. The fabric is now available in quilts shops.

NOTE: As an Island Batik Pattern Designer, the fabric for Sweet Tooth was provided by Island Batik.

Are you ready to make your own Sweet Tooth quilt?  Check out Carolyn’s Sweet Tooth quilt. I love her color selection of bold solids and black.

The ...

Hello Friends,

I hope you have been well.  I am happy to back again to visit with you and chat about the joy of needle and thread.  Before I really get into sharing about what works for me in piecing quilt blocks, I want to share with pictures of my daughter’s current stitching project.  Gwen is stitching the Beatitudes by Little House Needleworks, and absolutely loves improvising on the design and adding her own touches (like stitching the climbing rose).

In case you missed it, Gwen is an Aurikid, who curates her own thread collections for Aurifil.  She has ...

Finally, I have another pattern out in the world! My Catty Corner quilt pattern is available as a pdf download over on my Etsy store now.

It feels like a lifetime ago now, but in early 2017 I travelled to Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) on an Ace Camp – what an adventure! Of course, given it was largely a textile trip, I came back with fabrics, specifically shweshwe. Originally shweshwe was only available in indigo – the patterns created with a method of acid discharge – but now it's available in all the colours of the rainbow.

Creative Grids has released a new Half Sixty Triangle ruler that is perfect for the ‘end of row’ setting triangles in my Fractured Triangles Pattern. The Half Sixty Triangle ruler is available at local quilt shops and online.  Click here to purchase online (affiliate link).   I’m also working on other patterns that use this [ ...Continue Reading ]

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Hello Friends, I hope you are well.  This week has flown by for me, and I can’t believe tomorrow is already Valentine’s Day!  And of course I hope you have a sweet day tomorrow.

While I am pulling back on my magazine feature work, you can still find me regularly featured in American Quilter magazine (the publication by AQS).  My Cicle Symphony Quilt is featured in the latest issue (March 2020).  I have had more than 300 quilts featured in various publications, and this styled shot is probably one of my all-time favorites!

And the quilt is done ...

 Prairie Petals Blog Hop

A new quilt, Prairie Petals, was first revealed at International Quilt Market last November.  Now there is a pattern! :-) The Prairie Petals pattern has full-color instructions and uses templates to create the 12-inch finished blocks. It’s a quick and easy pattern.

The large pieces in the block are great to showcase your favorite fabric. My Prairie Petals quilt was showcased at the Island Batik booth and features Prairie Skies fabric collection by designer Kathy Brett Engle. 

Wholesale orders for all my Island Batik inspired patterns, like Prairie Petals, a 66″ X 78″ quilt, may ...

Who doesn’t love a simple heart quilt? And if you ask me, a scrappy heart quilt is even better! This Log Cabin Heart Quilt is quick to stitch up with the help of the Curvy Log Cabin Trim Tool to get those fabulous curved-looking top blocks! All you need is the ruler, 3/4 yard of […]

Hello again, Friends!  Happy Day to you all!  Today, I am back today to share with you my first finish of the year!  My Parcels in the Post quilt is made with At Home fabrics from Moda Fabrics.

You may purchase the Parcels in the Post pattern HERE.

I had shared with you at the beginning of the year I have pulled back on my magazine work, and am working to bring my designs direcctly to you.  For every design that makes it to my pattern line, there are probably between 6 to 10 that don’t make the cut ...

Hello Friends!  Happy Monday, and Happy Week to you!  I hope you are well.

A nice weekend for me always involves a little bit a handwork.  Here is one that I am currently working on – using Aurifil cotton embroidery floss.  If you are curious about this project — check out my Instagram feed under handle ivory_spring!  It is a fun little stitch-along I am doing with famed quilt designer Susan Ache!

I am also very happy to show you the last gingerbread man block I made for my for-sale pattern You Can’t Catch Me!

Click HERE to purchase the pattern ...

Our Quilt along Cabin Fever... is underway and here are a couple of the first sampler blocks I did and I will post more as we go along. My block second block needs to be sewn togther yet.