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  • What's in YOUR Threadbox?

    Here’s a little peek at the secret life of our thread… and a little discussion of our own color mantra. We’d love you to join in with your observations down below! Just a little look at our green drawer will… Continue reading

  • The End of the Road… Road Trip 2016

    Our 2016 Road Trip is over, and the summer with it! So here’s one last look at the ride.We’ll show you how we added our borders, and also how our Quilts of Valor are coming along. And if you make… Continue reading

  • Local Quilt Show Faves!

    Last time I showed off some ribbons I won from a local quilt show—the Bayberry Quilters of Cape Cod put on this show earlier this month with the theme “Cabins on the Beach.” Now I have attended many, many national… Continue reading

  • "The Making of Easter Sunrise"

    If you can have Christmas in July, you can certainly have Easter in August! This is the story of how I finished my sample of the Spring Cottages collection that was for sale last spring. Although machine embroidery is the… Continue reading

  • QOV

        After last year’s Road Trip we were exhausted!  We thought the finished embroidery would make a fantastic center to a red, white, and blue quilt and photoshopped this plan with some really vague instructions for our customers, not… Continue reading

  • My Very First Quilt

    I grew up in a sewing home. My mom frequently made my sister and I clothes, more for enjoyment than out of economic necessity. Kenmore sewing machine, scissors, and thread surrounded me and there were frequent trips to Joann Fabric.… Continue reading

  • A Ribbon for Reindeer!

    A couple of months ago, I blogged about fully finishing my reindeer candle ring, and that I did…—with crystals and beads and pompoms and sleigh bells. When January rolled around, it was either enter it as a miniature in a… Continue reading

  • Lancaster Finalist!

         It’s wonderful to start the new year with good news! Yesterday I received word that my Wedding Star quilt, “From This Day Forward,” was accepted into the AQS show in Lancaster this year. For those of you who don’t… Continue reading

  • Reindeer Pizza

    After the Christmas frenzy, it’s nice to take a break from the business (machine embroidery) to spend some time on my favorite hobby (machine embroidery). Although we put our utmost into everything that comes out of this studio, I personally… Continue reading

  • A Quilter's Gathering, 2015

    “A Quilter’s Gathering” Manchester, NH, 2015 My friend Tere D’Amato and I drove up to pick up her quilt on Sunday (which won a blue ribbon!) to check out the show and see the vendors. A smaller show in general, and… Continue reading