Confetti Landscape
Last week I posted photos of the confetti landscape class I took with Sally Manke. By the end of class I was quite pleased with my project. It began with this photo, a layer of backing fabric, thin cotton batt, confetti, and fabric strips. After three hours it looked like this: The problem was that…
Learning New Things and Making New Friends
Last week there was just too much to share about our trip to Paducah for one post, so I hope you’ll indulge me a bit longer. I did mention that you’d be able to see all the winners online and, if you haven’t yet, simply click here. Bonnie Browning recently posted this drone photograph of…
Spring in Paducah 2022
It’s been 3 long years since I’ve been in Paducah ~ but I’m happy to report that the AQS quilt show was back and better than ever! This year my friend Cathy joined me for the first time. We drove through Illinois and made some fun stops in Amish country. We settled into our second…
New Quilting Classes
Can you guess where I’m posting from? Yup! We just drove over the “flying geese” bridge to arrive in Paducah for the 2022 show. After 3 years I’m finally here again and very excited. Stay tuned for next week’s post to read all about it 😊. And now for this week’s topic: The pandemic pushed…
Giving Our Hearts
I’ve written recently on the generosity of quilters and this week’s topic is another wonderful continuation of that theme. Every so often someone lets me know that one of my posts was an inspiration to them and shows me the results. What a blessing this is to me. This time the quilter who greatly encouraged…
Ukraine Bound Quilts
This post is dedicated to everyone who helped with the “Quilts for Ukraine” effort. At the end of last week Eileen and I stopped by our drop spots and collected up the very tall stacks of quilts. Last Saturday we got together to pack them up for their long trip. They were each beautiful and…
Why Didn’t That Quilt Win a Ribbon?
Before I get to today’s topic I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated quilts and money for the Ukraine project. We are in the process of packing them up and getting them to Judy. Please be sure to read next week’s blog post for all the details 😃 And now…
Hey! That’s My Quilt
I created the image at the top of this post in Photoshop™ with a free vector (or clipart) of a pirate ship which I downloaded from: https://vectorportal.com/. You’ll see why I’m sharing this information here as you read on 😁. A while back I was scrolling through Facebook (I’m a looker, but seldom a participant)…
