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  • Qwilty Pleasures– Hand Applique Tips!

    My “FOREVER” project is a kit from Keepsake Quilting about 20 years ago– it was called “Baltimore Out of the Box” by Dinah Jeffries and I’m sure some of you old time quilters will recognize it! I am proud to… Continue reading

  • MQX Dotty Challenge

    Time is flying at its usual break neck speed– thank goodness Spring has finally decided to make an appearance!  It seems like just yesterday when I was trying to finish quilting “Dot Almighty” in between winter storm power outages… and… Continue reading

  • Embroidery with Metallic Threads

    When the folks at Superior Threads sent us a rainbow of metallic and asked if we’d like to collaborate on an educational article about it, we said, “YES!” faster than an embroidery machine can lay 1,000 down stitches. ❤ Recently,… Continue reading

  • AQS Lancaster Part 2

    Here’s another round of semi-finalists pictures at Lancaster– I am celebrating the ones the didn’t ribbon, because you may not get to see the pictures of them on line. And as trite as it sounds, they all deserve a ribbon!… Continue reading

  • AQS Lancaster Part 1

    Without too much comment, here are some promised pictures of the finalists at AQS Lancaster. The first day of the show it snowed, attendance was down, and I had NO PROBLEM photographing anything and everything without people in front of… Continue reading

  • Time flies…

    If you ever think that time flies, just start a blog! You decide to post once a week,  and WHOOPS… over a month goes by! So where have I been? Mostly, in my sewing room, trying to finish the coffee… Continue reading

  • Dot Almighty

    I’ve been meaning to post some progress shots of the first two quilts on my bucket list for 2018 since the end of January– but instead of blogging about them, I’ve actually been working on them which is a good… Continue reading

  • Quiltfolk

    To start off another amazing year,  I am so honored to be featured in Quiltfolk’s latest magazine, #5,  on Eastern Massachusetts! I first discovered Quiltfolk on the shelves at Barnes & Noble. I have a subscription to just about every… Continue reading

  • Our Word of the Year… MAGNIFICO!

        2017 was a fantastic year for us, and we’re determined to make 2018 even better. One of the issues we’ve been having as we pursue more detailed, artistic work, is the lack of specific thread colors in our… Continue reading

  • Quilty Resolutions

        It’s always so hard to believe another year is gone! This past year, I only had one big finish— “A New England Album,” but I kept my resolution of not adding any more UFOs to my list! So… Continue reading