I made it to Austin, Texas on Monday evening. The 15+ hours of travel with three plan changes was grueling. I did some serious head bobbing on the flight between…
As a small preface to this post–all of the quilts shown here were photographed by me and exhibited at the International Quilt Festival Houston, Texas Special Exhibition The Modern Quilt…
Is this a dead horse or closure? I can see it both ways. This is the final post about the quilts I finished during December and the early weeks of…
It is the end of January, and this project should have disappeared into the rearview mirror a long time ago. In some ways, it has. I finished these babies back…
I love a deadline–it is what keeps me going in a lot of ways. But, what I love even more than a deadline is an EXTENSION. And being that the…
First of all, I hope everyone had a yummy, wonderful Christmas filled with loved ones. Now back to quilting. Many, many stitches ago, when I first began quilting, I was…
My last post was all about my McCarthy neighbor Grandma Patt. We’ve been friends for close 15 years, and neighbors for five. We both own historical cabins in downtown McCarthy,…
I decided at the beginning of the month it was time to finish some serious–as in decade old–UFOS. That’s quilter’s code for Un-Finished-Objects. I needed to dig those projects out…
I wish this quilt block had a better name–Flowering Snowball–well, it is kind of hokey, but there you have it. It is a solid quilt block with lots of potential,…
Years ago, I purchased this amazing little quilt from the SAQA Art Quilt Auction. This piece, called Pair, is by the artist Christine Sauer. Several years later, I traveled to…
