Here's my final project of the year, the Project Linus top. It's a cute design, but this isn't my best work. I hate paper pie...

Today is the day to really do some post-Christmas clean-up: put away the still scattered gifts, vacuum, pack up the wrapping paper and ribb...

Periodically, we all feel guilty about the clutter that builds up in the studio (sewing room, sweatshop or whatever we call it). Take some ...

Scrooge that I am, I really do have a Christmas tree nonetheless. And I have done holiday baking. Here is a great new recipe that I discov...

Has anyone else bought the new Hoffman Challenge fabric? What do you think? Mine finally came--I find it pretty, but quite uninspiring, at...

Did anyone else happen to hear the interview with Gayle Pritchard, author of Uncommon Threads: Ohio's Art Quilt Revolution, on NPR's...

Saturday I went to the One of a Kind Show at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. This is a high end arts/craft fair. Besides prints, glass, p...

My quilt was accepted at Road to California! I'm very excited since this is first time I've been in a juried show. I won't see...

I've been making Christmas cards and a post card for my niece's birthday. The first card was a pattern from Quilter's Newslette...

I know that everyone wants health and happiness for their friends and family, as well as world peace, but just for the heck of it, let's...

I've finished the machine quilting on my Australian circles and am doing a little handquilting inside the circles to highlight some of t...

Just a few Thanksgiving pictures. We had a quiet day, even though it started with a two and a half hour drive to Evanston. Our host and hos...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I have just prepared one of three dishes to take to my son's tomorrow: cider braised greens with chunks of...

Does anyone know anything about the new fabric mover/stitch regulator attachments that are available for Vikings and Pfaffs? Bernina has ha...

When I look at the the beautiful embroidery stitches that people like Allison do, I'm awed. Then I found this crewel pillow that I mad...

Quilting underway on the Australian circle quilt-- Also I am thinking about making a Christmas gift for the dear woman I work with at the So...

I think I have switched to Beta--seems ok so far!

Yesterday I went to the Chicago Quilt Exposition, a Mancuso show, the Grand Finale of the World Quilt Competition. This show has been in Mi...

Last weekend I went on a guild retreat located at a church camp on a lake about an hour south of here. As usual it was a relaxing, but prod...

I actually have some work in progress today. First, FINALLY the borders are on this Australian circle wall hanging. I had put this off, th...