Our first stop in Alaska was the city of Ketchican. There is an amazing park here called -Totem Bight State Historic Site. Here you can walk among awesome totem poles and see a Clan House (or Long House). I didn’t do this instead I went to the Totem Heritage Museum.…
I truly enjoyed my Alaskan quilting cruise with Deb Roberts and would highly recommend doing any of the Alaskan cruising. Quilting while you are at sea just makes the trip even more special. To make my trip even more fun I spent a few extra days in Seattle at either end of the trip. My…
I am off to cruise Alaska! We leave on Sunday from Seattle. This is a quilting cruise with Deb Roberts’ Tours and World of Quilts - Travel We will be going to Ketchikan, Skagway, Juneau and Victoria BC. I just noticed there are a lot of K’s in the names of the towns in Alaska.…
We are all set up and ready for business in our booth in Paducah KY at the AQS show and I had a wonderful visitor who’s name is Frieda! I never meet anyone with my name and if I do they rarely spell it the same way, but last night a Frieda came to shop!…
These two beauty’s are in Paducah with me on the FOR SALE wall. Cardinal was started this winter and I finally got around to finishing it this week. The same thing is true for Tiny SunDance I finally had a bit of time to get it finished. Cardinal measures 10″ x 8″, the teal background…
I encourage you to vote for Craftsy in this year’s Webby awards. Vote for my class machine quilting the home sweet home quilt on Craftsy by voting before April 23rd: http://pv.webbyawards.com/2015/online-film-video/video-channels-and-networks/how-to-diy-channel
I will be in our Booth #1224 at the AQS quilt show. Paducah KY here we come. Laura and I will again have our booth of hand dyed fabric, thread and original patterns and quilts. This year I also have LOTS of hand dyed cheesecloth and silk. Be sure and stop by and say hello.…
FINALLY after four months of malfunctioning my website is back functioning correctly. It has been a real pain in the patootee for both me and my web mistress. The first customer who orders anything on the website over $20 today will receive FREE - 1 yard of rainbow strip fabric as a hallelujah to rejoice…
I feel so lucky to have such a great art center, The Fine Line in St Charles, IL so close to me here in the suburbs of Chicago. I will be taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity to sign up for a discharge class with Bob Adams in June of this year. Harvest Moon Quit National 2005…
I noticed in Sunday’s ads that WonderUnder #805 is on sale this week at JoAnn Fabrics. It is 50% off. Most of my quilts are fused. I am a fuser. So I use a lot of this stuff. If you are a fuser or like to use fusible now is a good time to go…
Look at these yummy hand dyed cheesecloth Think of all the wonderful possibilities. I’ll have lots more at the booth in Paducah! See you there
I hope you are all planning to come to the quilt show in Paducah KY. The AQS show from April 21-25 will be a wonderful show and an exciting adventure as always. Laura and I will have our booth there #1224. We are in the main building with the large quilts in the back on…