I really do need to take more time for personal sewing, but I get so excited about patterns that I keep putting my own projects off for ano...

I'm always surprised when people ask me where I get my ideas and whether I'm afraid I'll run out of things to make. I honestly...

One of my friends posted this on facebook the other day. She headed it, "That moment when you know you're doing the right thing..&q...

Yes! Yes! Yes! The last block is completed, the last stitch has been sewn, templates have been drawn, and the pattern has been written! Th...

It's been a crazy, busy week, but before I say any more about that I want you to take a look at this photo from Jane. Jane made t...

Birds are everywhere, bits of green are beginning to show here and there in treetops, and small green shoots are pushing up from the bare, b...

Choosing Thread I've had much more experience with machine applique in the past two years than I had during all the previous years of...

There are weeks when I look at my goals and ask, "What happened?". This was one of those weeks. I made no new name quilts for my...

Whew! It's done!! I've been hurrying to get Blocks 6 and 7 for the 2015 quilt along finished up and published this week. If you re...

This week I was the bag lady - as in stitching up bags. I finished the two totes for my granddaughter to take with her to California. That w...

I love completing my projects! Not the actual work, mind you.  Planning something new is much more exciting that finishing it. It's th...