I am always amazed at how many people ask about my sleeve pleat. It is one of my pet peeves that sleeves be wide enough on the backs of our quilted pieces to allow them to be hung with ease and not create a bulge at the top of the quilt when they are hung.…
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It’s Good to be Green
Larkin Van Horn curated a show entitled ” It’s Good to Be Green” This is a close up of the my quilt “It’s Good to Be Green” that is part of this fantastic exhibit. You can check it all out on Terry Grant’s blog.
Winter Forest
I have been on the road so much in the last 3 weeks, I don’t know if I blogged this new quilt. It is entitled “Winter Forest” and is about 35″ x 25″. The background behind the trees is silk and the rest is a yard of cotton graded from lime to violet. It has…
Ramona Bayma took my SUN DANCE class at the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show and this is the quilt top she made from class. It is wonderful and she used the great Maderia 30 wt thread to quilt it with. Way to go Ramona!!
Franklin TN
Doesn’t this just look so great, rocking chairs on the porch. At the Franklin TN Quilt guild I taught machine quilting and a new class Dancing Trees. We had a great time. At lunch on the first day going outside to a warm sunny day was such a treat. And the view was spectacular. These…
Indiana HeritageQuilt Show
One of the my class’s at the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show in Bloomington IN last week was SunDance. Here are two of the variations that woman made using this design. This first one was by Yannaka and she used my background fabric and her own marbled fabrics with some batiks. One of the batiks had…
It’s Good To Be Green
It’s Good to Be Green An Invitational Exhibit at Latimer Quilt and Textile Center, Tillamook, Oregon will open on Tuesday March 4th. You can view some of the entries at the link above. I have a piece in this show entitled “It’s Good to Be Green”. check it out. It is cold and slightly snowy…
Indiana Heritage Quilt Show
I’m off to the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show. Let’s hope the weather stays nice as I am driving. If any one is down in that area I suggest you make time to come to the show and stop in my room and say hello.
The Racket
The Cardinals were making quite a racket this a.m when we went into the woods. It was before 7 and they made me stop and look. As I looked up a large bird flew off abit and landed on a branch about 50 feet away and stayed there looking at me. I thought at first…
Tagged
I’ve been tagged by Nana B and here are the rulesOk, I have been tagged to say 7 things about me that are not widely known. That’s hard for me cause I tell anybody anything they want to know. So here goes, first I am supposed to list the rules: THE RULES: 1. Once you…
Girl Friends Christmas
Why is it that girlfriends always have Christmas late? Here it is Valentine’s Day and we are celebrating Christmas!! My friend Betty has the most fabulous Cabana where we meet for good food, fun, lots of wine and lots of talk. The four of us have been meeting since the kids were babies. The oldest…
Finn’s Fabrics
Finn’s Fabrics in Barrington IL is going out of business. Everything is 70% off. This store was always a treasure trove of fabulous fabrics. If a bit over priced you could still get the most gorgeous fabrics, wools, silks etc, plus trims and buttons. It was always a place I went to find the unusual.…