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Tis the season. The grass is getting greener, the sun is warmer and the flowers are starting to peek through the ground. It’s also the time of year where the spring cleaning bug comes out! While there’s nothing worse than a messy sewing room, I still always find that mid project my room always…
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We all start somewhere. The very first time you create something new, is full of grit, trial, hope and love. I received a cheap, plastic beginner’s Singer sewing machine for Christmas one year right after college. I learned to sew in high school, but didn’t continue through college. So now that I had this new…
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After my cancer diagnosis (you can read about that adventure in a post here) I knew two things: 1. I wanted a quilt to mark this chapter in my story and 2. I didn’t want to think, I just wanted to mindlessly sew. A fellow quilter that I’ve “known” on instagram since my early insta…
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The events of the past few months were something that I never expected would happen to me, as most people think when it comes to life changing events that happen in a blink of an eye. In October I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, a type of breast cancer. I’m a fairly private person,…
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Soon after I made my quilt coat to wear to quilt con 2024, the weather started to warm up, and I kind of forgot about it. With the weather cold again in my neck of the woods, I’m finally remembering to post all about the quilt coat that I made many months ago! I knew…
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tips for mailing out treasures from home Are you mailing out t shirts for a memory quilt? Or maybe Christmas gifts to loved ones far away? Are you avoiding the dreaded post office queue? I send out a lot of mail, especially this time of year, and never once actually go to the post office.…
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For the past decade we were blessed with a remarkable principal at our school. In my role as PTO president for (many!) years, she and I became quite close. As she had dedicated many years to her wonderful career in the Catholic school’s in our area, I knew her time to retire would be upon…
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I have a full size design wall across the room, and it works wonderfully! I love being able to put up my finished blocks while a quilt top is in progress. When I got my long arm I had to downsize my sewing/cutting table from a giant dining room table (down from oversized auditorium doors)…
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My newest pattern, In All Directions is out now in PDF format. In All Directions was designed to be a quick and happy quilt, one of those mindless enjoyable sews. It’s great for a beginner yet has enough interest that the advanced quilter would find enjoyment in making this quilt too. Using a single layer…
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Every year the Modern Quilt Guild hosts a convention for members, designers and enthusiasts to tour a carefully curated (juried) exhibit, visit vendor booths, social hours and have a chance for quilters to be with other quilters from around the world in person. Quilting is a fairly individual and alone craft, yet very social and…