This quilt was all about techniques. I wanted to try my hand at paper piecing. With a new nephew on the way and a fun pattern I found in the Nov. 2003 The Quilter Magazine, I had a great opportunity to try a new process. It went together fairly easily, but I am not in [...]

Package Pillows
I submitted this idea to HGTV’s Carol Duvall Holiday workshop and was selected to appear as one of the Guest presenters. They are quick and easy to make and look great under the tree, on the mantle or on the table top. Any material can be used, but embossed velvet is especially elegant.
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After seeing similar pillows in a product catalog I decided I could make them myself.
A little bit of velvet, some rubber stamps and some ribbon combine together to make a fun pillow for the sofa or under the tree.
I submitted this idea to the Carol Duvall Holiday workshop and was selected to appear as one [...]

I made this quilt for Bill’s manager to celebrate the team boat trips. It incorporates photo printed cotton fabric photos and hand-dyed flannels in a raw edge quilt design. I really love how quickly these raw edge quilts come together.
There are 27 photos and 21 different colors of blue and green fabric.

Bill and I had a great time in Hollywood.
On Sunday we arrived at the studio at 1:00 so that I could deliver my finished samples to my producer for Monday’s show taping. My producer was very nice and wonderfully enthusiastic about my projects. I then joined Bill outside in the 90+ degree tent to converse [...]