So, it is the last day of February, and I am running late. I wanted to finish Ms. February’s sweater and do one more post for Black History month. Never…
National Fiber Directions is a bi-annual fiber show held at the Wichita Center for the Arts. This show is dear to me for several reasons. I heart Kansas! While I…
Dang! February is a short month. This means I’ve only got five days to complete Ms. February’s sweater if I am going to stay on track. Last month, Ms. January (aka…
What’s a Rocking Novelty quilt you ask? Well, the sashing around the block “rocks”and the block is a novelty print cut to showcase the image on the fabric. I first…
One of my early tricks for justifying spending all my time making quilts was to make baby quilts which eventually grew into the practice of making community quilts. In the…
In celebration of Black History Month, I’d like to tell you about my friend Speedy Huggins. Speedy Huggins was a Kansas City jazz legend and friend of mine. When I…
The other day, I wrote about Family Plaid and my experiment with the back of that quilt. Well, I liked what happened and decided that YES. I would make a…
My husband’s family is Scottish on his father’s side. His father, also named Walt, had a deep love for all things related to Scottish culture. Their family plaid is a…
This post is for my Aunts who just bought their very own longarm quilting machine. The take away message is You Can Do It! One of the reasons we ohhh…
My sweater story got a little off the track last month when it was all about Ms. January and Object Runway. In fact, I made several posts about working with machine…
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