Happy New Year to all! 2025 has been a very busy year! I wanted to write a recap of last year's creative journey and update my progress of quilting the mountain of tops-in-waiting, as I'm definitely making progress! But I'm also making more quilts...I quilted 10 tops and made 25 quilts last year. At this… Continue reading 2025 in Review
I wrote the post last fall and didn't publish it! Sometimes life gets in the way and I prefer to live it and spend time with the people I care about, rather than on the computer. In 2024 I've quilted 14 tops and pieced 7 more. I've kept pretty busy finishing projects and teaching classes… Continue reading Some of my Finished Quilts
Happy early Spring! Glorious sunny warmer weather has finally arrived. We had a wonderful meeting in early February. Susan re-joined our club and it was a treat to see Jan! Joan and Verna made Identity blocks and they each had a lovely story to accompany their fabric choices. Victoria's book is rich in stories and… Continue reading February ’25 Club meeting
At our last quilt club meeting, Kathleen mentioned that there are currently 3 exhibits in Washington DC related to quilts. My son and I went to the first two during his recent visit and both were very inspiring. I took a few pictures at the Woven Histories exhibit, but then realized that there was a… Continue reading Quilt Exhibits
Last week I attended my first large quilting event. I've been to several smaller regional quilt shows and always enjoyed them. QuiltCon is a little different since it's a convention for modern quilters, while I am more of a traditional quilter with a modern twist. My adventure began when I drove to Raleigh on Wednesday.… Continue reading QuiltCon in Raleigh NC
I can't believe how fast June flew by and now July is almost over! I've been busy creating new quilts and have lots of ideas. Our quilt club had meetings in June and July and everyone is excited to be making their blocks for the Busy Day quilt. Mine has been quilted and bound, and… Continue reading June & July Happenings
May was a great month for quilting! I had six quilts in progress at the beginning of the month and by the end have finished 4 quilt tops and now am down to just 2. I added a border to the fifth one, and quilted and gifted one more. All this wonderful finishing energy has… Continue reading May Happenings
I has been over two years since my dad unexpectedly passed away. It was and still is truly shocking and I just cannot believe that he is gone. Every time I go into a room at my parents' house I expect to see him or to hear him talk about some new adventure he is… Continue reading In Loving Memory of my Dad
Happy New Year! It's the end of "bubble week" - that time between Christmas and New Year when I'm off work and get to sew or do whatever I want! There is definitely a finishing energy of completing projects and gearing up for new ones. Sweater for my baby nephew, Memory bear, fabric pull for… Continue reading What have I been up to?
Despite mostly staying at home, it was a busy summer, and I was finally able to write up the post for my Flying Geese quilt that was started over two years ago. It seemed like a great project to practice making FG blocks, and there were a bunch leftover from another quilt that I made… Continue reading My oldest WIP is done!
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