Catching Up...

We just finished a trip of our last three quilt shows for the year.  We drove to Madison, Wisconsin for the "Great Wisconsin Quilt Show" and it was amazing!  We then went to Oaks, Pennsylvania for the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza...another great show.  Then it was on

Quilt Show & More

We had a wonderful show at PIQF this past week.  I had two workshops; the first was on Wednesday afternoon for Basic Foundation Piecing.  I forgot to take pictures but one of my students brought her completed heart to show the next day. The next day, I taught an Advanced

Stars & Stripes

I am about half way done with my Stars Aligned Quilt.  I am really loving this one.  This evening, I will be assembling the fabric kits for this one.  The pattern is available online right now; fabric kits will be added tomorrow.   Its been getting a little more hectic around

Stipes! Yikes!

Yes, this month we are featuring Stripe Blocks, including the Roman Stripe blocks and Jelly Cake Patterns and two of our popular banners – the Boat Banner and Fish Banner as well as the Boat Blocks.  ALL of these work well as stash-busters.  The quilt at the top is one I

Oh My, Stars!

I wanted to remind everyone that June is "Stars" Month.  Most all of our patterns that have the word "Star" in the title as well as block packages are 10% off this month when you enter "STARBRIGHT10" in the discount code box at check

Home!

What a crazy ten days that was.  It was a beautiful drive to Castle Rock, Colorado for our last show but the drive home was a disaster.  We were delayed in getting home and its been non-stop since.  Donald and Laura and the two boys are here with us until

On The Road Again!

We are busy getting ready to go to Colorado for the Quilt, Craft, Sew Festival in Castle Rock.  I always love this show.  Its a great venue and of course, we love the guys (Chris and Eric) and our customers/friends we have made over the years.  If you are

Watch us Live!

Laura is now doing Live Sew-Alongs most weekday mornings (they start between 10:00 and 11:00 am EDT).  She makes different blocks or projects so you can actually see someone using our product.  Its a great opportunity to ask her questions and see how easy it is to do.

Crazy for Quilting

Our special this month is mainly crazy quilting and that is exactly how I feel about my life right now.  The weather has finally, this week, become somewhat normal and we are seeing the sun each day.  Of course, that makes me want to work in the yard but I

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More Log Cabin Ideas

Scrappy Log Cabins

Pineapples and more...

I had to start off with Dana's sampler quilt.  Dana has made a lot of quilts using our product over the years.  Last year, she challenged herself to make 100 of the Mini Pineapple blocks; and she did it!  This year, she started with the Mini Log Cabin

Thank you, Virginia!

The show in Hampton, Virginia, went outstanding and it was great to make new friends there. We've been fixtures at the sister show in California for many years, but had been trying to get into the Hampton show for a long time. My son was stationed in Hampton

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Leap Day Discount

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Unraveling the Sweet History of Pineapple Patterns in Quilting

Back Home! Well, we were...

Oh  my, what a trip!  We left mid-January for Road to California 2024.  It was a great show.   Setting up and taking down the booth is a lot of hard work.  We are getting it dialed in to where its not quite as bad as it used to be.  This

Start of a New Year

I know it has been awhile since I last posted.  Those of you that I have spoken to in person about my blog, I usually stress that I am not a daily blogger; not even a weekly blogger!  I have such good intentions but it seems I never take the

HOME!

It was a crazy trip.  We went to Denver for a quilt show then drove on to Fredericksburg, Virginia for another quilt show.  It was awesome to be able to share it with Donald, Laura and Ben, since that is also where they live.  I had two great workshops at

Fredericksburg

We arrived in Fredericksburg Wednesday evening.  We are here to do the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo this next week.  I am teaching two classes here – on Wednesday, I have an all day Advanced Foundation Piecing class.  We will be working on Ruby's Star and honing our foundation

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Still Here...

We are still here!

I feel terrible that I have not posted on my blog for several months but somehow, time just got away from me.  We have traveled so much this year doing shows that I pretty much let everything else go except for what needed to be done to be ready for

Almost Spring

We were in Prescott Valley nearly a month ago for a trunk show and workshop.  We had to leave in a hurry late Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 22nd) to beat the snow storm that was coming in. We did hit snow going over Tehachapi Pass but the CHP was guiding cars

Wow! Where has the time gone?

I missed wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  I hope it was all just wonderful and that everything has sort of settled down now.  The kids came for about 10 days at Christmas and work sort of stopped during that time.  Laura and I did sneak

A Little of This, A Little of That

And that is how my last few days have been.  I've been finishing little projects up and hope to share a couple of them with you fairly soon.  We did a bit of yard work a couple days ago before more rain came.  We got about three quarters

Flying Geese

I am loving this time in the studio.  I am working on projects that have been on my mind for a long time.  My normal schedule (when we aren't getting ready for a show) is to come in and get the previous day's orders done and