Sending a warm welcome your way this holiday season. I am excited to announce that I have been selected to be a 2023 Benartex Brand Ambassador. Benartex is an International Fabric Manufacturer and it is an honor to represent them. It will be exciting to work alongside eleven other designers whom I have admired for […]

In our home, the holiday season is officially over when the homemade cinnamon bread is gone. I make two loaves on Christmas Eve. One loaf is shared with the family and enjoyed on Christmas morning. The other loaf is frozen and brought out for New Year’s Day. My husband and I get to savor this […]

There is nothing like spending a week with your adult daughter sharing the love of quilting. We shopped and sewed to our hearts content. She found a great pillow sham for us to make, Chilly Nights by Chris Malone, and I helped her finish a special Christmas quilt for her dad. We finished it just […]

Changes are literally in the air as summer turns into autumn. It is a magical time of year when green turns to red, yellow, and brown. Crunchy leaves litter the ground inviting children to pile them up and jump into them. It is the gift of color before the bareness of winter. My quilt design […]

I remember August being the last month to play outside before the fall school term started. Back then school didn’t start until the day after Labor Day. We didn’t care that it was hot. We couldn’t wait until dark to play our favorite game of Kick the Can. While we can’t relive those carefree childhood […]

I hope your summer is off to a great start and you have some fun vacations, picnics, and family gatherings planned. I am looking forward to a trip to the Oregon coast which is one of my favorite places to visit. I have many wonderful childhood memories of playing on the beach with my siblings. […]

It’s been a while since posting here. I have had good intentions, but life keeps getting in the way. Unfortunately, I have had to be out of my quilt design studio the last few weeks. I love what I do so I am itching to get back to work. Today I am excited to introduce […]

Anyone who knows my quilting knows I love Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP.) I often wish I was one of those wonderfully talented improvisational quilters but my love of precision always brings me back to FPP. I first learned about it years ago when I designed my first quilt. Being a musician by training I wanted […]

This Christmas of Covid-19 will be very different for many of us. Please indulge me as I dwell on some Christmas memories that are pleasant to me. I come from a very large family and Christmas morning was always magical for us. It was the one day we could expect new toys and gifts other […]

I am so excited to have finished my quilt, Color Tangles! As I worked on it there were many unexpected transformations from conception to completion. I am very happy with the end result. It started off as a quick project until I decided the border and binding needed some sparkle. As I said in my […]