In 2004 I appeared on a Carol Duvall Christmas special and presented my package pillows. These are pillows that I created in the shape of packages that I put under my Christmas tree each year. I usually make them out of scraps of fabric that I have lying around. Basic instructions for the pillows can [...]

A friend a mine in southern California put out a call for quilts. Her house was spared in last months fires, but many of her neighbors homes were not. I took the leftovers from Mom’s quilt and made another lap size quilt. When I was done, I still had 12 blocks left over. I decided [...]

My mom came to visit this week. She is a new quilter. This summer when I visited her, I helped her pick out fabrics for 2 quilts. We picked out a simple pattern  for her to be able to complete them on her own.
She decided that she would rather work on them together. So she [...]

Today I completed my first commission. It was for 2 flannel rag edge quilts using my hand-dyed flannel and photos of the cheerleaders. I am very please with how the quilts turned out. I hope the recipients are as happy with them as I am. I pushed to get them done so that dh could [...]

Last week I had decided to start paring down my class supplies. I haven’t taught classes in a couple of years and I am not using my duplicates. This created some free space to help organize what is left.
Back in March I started a spring cleaning project on the Studio. I am happy to say [...]

This week was a fabric dyeing week. I looked over the samples that I made last week and decided which of the samples I likes best for my current quilt project. I dyed 6 yellows and 6 greens. I thought I would like shades of a single color, but I determined that using several shades [...]

My new Accucut came in. I haven’t gotten my custom die, but I did get some others. I played around with a new quilt design that I have had in my head that just happened to use the same size units as the ones that came with my starter kit. I am hoping that [...]

Timing is everything. Turns out that Accucut is having a sale on their die cut machines and you can use them to cut fabric. I called around to the local quilt stores to see if anyone had one. What luck. One local store had one. I cut some strips of flannel and headed over to [...]

I have been in discussions with a co-worker of my husband. She saw a flannel photo quilt throw that I had created for someone else and I have spent the last couple of weeks narrowing down what she was looking for. She would like 2 quilts for the cheer leading squad to give their coaches [...]

I spent the last few weeks on vacation. As is typical of most vacations there is never enough suitcase space. So, my carry-on became a checked bag, but I still needed a carry-on.
Three days before my departure I started making the Professional Tote. It has lots of compartments and pockets. Just what I love. I [...]