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  • Good Heart Quilters • Quilt Retreat 2016

    The 5th Annual Good Heart Quilters Retreat began last Friday morning (7/8/16).  For those of you who don’t know yet about this small quilting group I participate in, The Good Heart Quilters began meeting about…

  • Hallowe’en 1904 QAL–Step Six • Final Post

    First up, some business to take care of. I recently had a post about creativity/uniqueness/Uppercase/Collaboration, where I had a giveaway with two Uppercase magazines and a charm pack of Uppercase Fabric.  So many of…

  • Class with Gwen Marston in San Luis Obispo

    NOTE: If you are looking for the Uppercase Magazine and fabric giveaway, it’s *here.* Last weekend I had a chance to take a class from Gwen Marston, who is retiring this year.  I have…

  • Uppercase Fabrics, Kevin Umana, and Creativity Breakout

    This post is the story of two creatives, well, maybe three.  One is an artist living and working in Los Angeles.  That’s Kevin Umaña, up there. Another is Janine Vangool, a graphic artist and…

  • Oh Christmas Tree QAL • STEP 6 and Giveaway

    Today is Step 6 of our Oh Christmas Tree Quilt-a-Long (#ohchristmastreeqal), following a pattern by Wendy of FlyingFishKits and which was published in Simply Moderne issue #3, by QuiltMania. As always, we have an assist from Wendy of  Wendy’s…

  • Chuck Nohara Blocks This Far

    Well, I’ve finished three of the four June blocks. (a truly hideous nighttime photo) The last block won’t be finished until July, because I lost my mind and chose something that is insanely complicated.…

  • Quilts from Quilt Market 2016 • part 2

    The following quilts were exhibited in the center of Quilt Market this year, in a special exhibit.  They are the prize winners from Houston, and the area around them was always calm and quiet,…

  • A Look at the Quilts at Quilt Market 2016

    First, I need to report on the giveaway held in the last post–all your comments were terrific! and seemed to be a healthy range from “just the kids” to “adults have a great time,…

  • Hallowe’en 1904 QAL–Step Five • Giveaway

    ATTENTION!!  THE LAST TWELVE REMAINING PATTERNS OF HALLOWE’EN-1904 IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT PRIMITIVE GATHERINGS ONLINE.   ONCE THEY ARE GONE. . . THEY ARE GONE!!! Okay, see…

  • Patriotic Home Sweet Home

    Had a little fun yesterday, prepping up for the class I’m teaching this morning.   I decided I needed a mini patriotic Home Sweet Home mini quilt to show for a class sample. Finished…

  • May’s Blocks (and some of June)

    Because my husband is busy this afternoon recovering from our trip (see below), I used an online generator to pick a winner today for the felt, and it’s Elizabeth (what a great name, eh?)…

  • Oh Christmas Tree QAL–STEP 5

    Today is Step 5 of our Oh Christmas Tree Quilt-a-Long (#ohchristmastreeqal), following a pattern by Wendy of FlyingFishKits and which was published in Simply Moderne issue #3, by QuiltMania. As always, we have an assist from Wendy of  Wendy’s…

  • Quilt Market • Salt Lake City (3)

    This quilt is called Over and Down Under, and is simply lovely.  I want to make twenty.  But this was a typical sort of sight and I’m afraid a typical sort of reaction from…

  • Quilt Market: Salt Lake City (2) • Giveaway

    First off, congratulations to Dorothy, who won the giveaway.  I’ll be in touch with you, Dorothy, to get your mailing info and get that off to you next week. Thank you to all who…

  • Quilt Market May 2016 • Day One • Giveaway

    Yes! folks.  That is me standing under the sign, nervous and excited as all get out. Yeah, I know it’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it.  And there’s a little bit of…

  • Starry Compass Rose

    Starry Compass Rose Quilt # 156 I’d like to tell you the background about how I went to Quilt Market.  I was contacted by Paintbrush Studios in November of 2015 to see if I…

  • Beauty All Around

    Beauty All Around Quilt # 162 Before I start on my market wrap-up posts (although Sherri of A Quilting Life has a nice array of photos of her Moda contemporaries), I wanted to show you…

  • Summer 2016 Goals

    To introduce my newest goal, I need to talk about my new pattern covers.  I made them in a new software I’m trying to learn, Affinity Photo, fearful that any day my upgrades on…

  • Not $ewing in Geneva

    I know what you are thinking: what? more traveling?  Well, my husband Dave is a scientist who studies genetic toxicology and was asked by the World Health Organization to come and work on a…

  • Hallowe’en 1904 QAL–Step Four

    It’s the WONKY STARS step! If you are appliquéing your stars onto your smaller background blocks, go for it and we’ll see you next month.  For the rest of you, even those not making…

  • Spectrum: A Colorwheel Quilt

    Spectrum: A Colorwheel Quilt Quilt No. 153 You’ve seen this beauty before, as I’ve been working on it steadily since last summer.  Since this summer is about to arrive, I thought I should finish…

  • Riverside Sawtooth, a finished quilt top

    Riverside Sawtooth, the name I’ve given for this original block of mine, has been finished — or at least the top has. It is a compilation of bee blocks from the Mid-Century Bee, as well…

  • Oh Christmas Tree QAL –STEP 4

    Today is Step 4 of our Oh Christmas Tree Quilt-a-Long (#ohchristmastreeqal), following a pattern by Wendy of FlyingFishKits and which was published in Simply Moderne issue #3, by QuiltMania. As always, we have an…

  • Good Friday: Four-in-Art Challenge • May 2016

    Good Friday Quilt No. 164, May 2016 #2 in the Color Series: Music This quilt was inspired by time spent in Antonio Gaudi’s magnificent creation of La Sagrada Familia, a basilica in Barcelona, Spain.  We visited…

  • Downtime Sewing • Odds ‘n’ Ends

    Or as my friend used to say, “Time flies whether you are having fun or not.” So what have I been doing? Blocks for our Spelling Bee for Carla, who has just opening a…

  • New Quilting Machine

    So here’s a short story:  This all started two years ago when I test drove a Bernina FancyPants Machine during one of my Road to California classes.  That thing could do everything but cook…

  • Hallowe’en 1904 QAL–Step Three

    Welcome again to the Hallowe’en 1904 Quilt-A-Long. As a refresher, we are making this quilt, a pattern from Blackbird Designs.  I must admit it took me a while to re-orient myself to what-the-heck-I-am-doing in…