I have been absent from the blog for a while now. Visiting and caring for my mom has taken up a good bit of my free time over the last two years and she relinquished her battle to her Lord and Savior last Friday, February 12, 2016. I rarely post about my personal life, so please indulge… Read More
I am so excited to share with you something that I have been working on for a while and give you an opportunity to win a FREE entry to the retreat. Join me and a bunch of talented teachers for a year of classes, activities, interaction and fun. Make friends around the world ~ without… Read More
Well, I didn’t bring back any ribbons, but I brought back tons of inspiration and I had a fun and busy time. Here is a pic of me and Linda with our quilt, Ad Libbing. I don’t think I have blogged about this quilt before. It was juried into QuiltCon (one of over 1300 applications)… Read More
In the interest of full disclosure, this is a sponsored post from Craftsy. However, I just wanted to let you know about the great summer sale going on right now. The sale runs today August 8 until Monday, August 11 (11:59 pm). You can save up to 50% on ALL of Craftsy’s 400+ classes. I… Read More
I’m making progress on the MQG (Modern Quilt Guild) Michael Miller Fabric Challenge Quilt. As the deadline approaches (July 25) it is time to start quilting this quilt and bring it to life. Even though I wanted a larger quilt, I had to stop making blocks so I could finish the top. I made twenty… Read More
Last year I waited too late to make Christmas gifts. My mom fell and broke her hip and all my last-minute plans were thwarted. This year I am starting early. Additionally, the Gainesville Modern Quilt Guild is considering a craft show fundraiser, so I shared some of these gift ideas with them at our last meeting.… Read More
Gainesville Modern Quilters have reserved the classroom at JoAnn’s Fabrics for a Sew Day on Sunday, July 27th from 10 am to 6 pm. All members are welcome. The purpose of the Sew Day is for us to spend the day with guild members to share our love of quilting, for experienced quilters to mentor the new quilters and… Read More
It never ceases to amaze me how pattern is created from simple geometric shapes. I have recently been playing with hexagon shapes, but now I am playing around with the parallelogram shape. Before I ever got the Accuquilt die cutting systems, I made this design for the MQG Robert Kaufman Challenge. I didn’t even realize that I was making parallelograms, as I… Read More
It’s time to get started on the Modern Quilt Guild Michael Miller Challenge and after passing on a few designs, I settled on a parallelogram shape. I cut a bunch of shapes with an Accuquilt Go! die and started throwing them up on the design wall. I decided that the larger prints did not appeal… Read More
Quilt Guild of the Villages: This week Linda Hungerford (Flourishing Palms) and I descended upon Quilt Guild of the Villages, The Villages, Florida for a lecture and trunk show Tuesday night and two modern quilt block workshops on Wednesday. This quilt guild has over 900 traditional quilters as members. We really enjoyed speaking about our love… Read More