My family has just sprouted into a new generation! My mom’s first great grandchild was born in July. I thought that made me a “Great Aunt;” sounds so stuffy, doesn’t it? But my friend who studies genealogy told me that… Continue reading

Now that my floral baskets are sewn together, it’s time to raise the bar again! I wasn’t quite happy with my hand stitching on the back. The thread color I picked was too light for some areas, my seams didn’t… Continue reading

After seeing photo after glorious photo of the Brimfield Awakening block on Instagram, I finally jumped in.  Reading the story of how two people discovered this orphan block at at flea market, but then actually saw it for what it… Continue reading

I’ve been very busy this past month, but it certainly hasn’t been blogging!! Sometimes life gets so busy, there’s no time to write about it… but we should record these fleeting moments, shouldn’t we? My DD was home for five… Continue reading

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

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

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

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

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

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