This time around, I knew what to expect and I felt so much more successful! https://youtu.be/jVUAn6gmWA8?is=UKEl_ImphYPhhKMQ The first quilt design workshop I participated in was designing the Green Diamonds quilt from Quilts in Ireland. Before that workshop, I wasn’t able to travel to a store that carried much Kaffe Fassett Collective fabric, so I arrived with one bundle of 1/2 yard cuts and the plan to buy whatever else I needed at the on site store. Here is a fat quarter b

This month has been so full that I thought I'd sit and just let my mind appreciate all that I have done recently! If you have ever wanted to host a quilting retreat, I'll tell you about our first ever local guild retreat. I was one of the instigators! Does that surprise you? My heartbeat really is that I want quilters connected to community, so quilt retreats fit that perfectly. I'll tell you my tips for beginning a retreat below. Quilting friends were asking my advice on

After two quilts that were laden with half square triangles, made one at a time, I was entirely over making HSTs. They took so much time to mark, sew and trim! I have a quilt that is nearly ready to assemble into rows, but after trimming hundreds of one at a time HSTs, I stopped. I was completely done. Even though I was down to the last 20 minutes of trimming HST blocks, I had a moment where I felt like the pattern writer wasn't nice to have included all the HSTs. So this

I am cheering for all the teachers and students who are sighing in relief at the end of May as you all get some much needed rest! I am a huge believer that creating with our hands is healing, so I hope you will join me for Improv Houses this summer! Each Wednesday at 4pm CST I will go live on YouTube to work on this delightful sewing project together. It is FREE and anyone whose age is in the double digits is welcome to join us. (Younger kids and mixed media artists can s