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Add Journey of Hope to Your Collection
Black History Month is a great time to add an African American Quilt Book to your collection. Since President’s Day is also this month, I recommend you check out Journey of Hope by Carolyn Mazloomi. No matter how you feel about President Barack Obama, he inspired some amazing quilts! Check out all of my favorite [...]
My Favorite Baby Quilt Book
Since I have been making baby quilts this week, I took a little time to peruse my baby quilt book collection. My all time favorite baby quilt book is Even More Quilts for Baby by Ursula Reikes. This is the third book in her series. As it turned out, I did not have the first [...]
Early Spring
I have many talents. I do not have a green thumb. I keep trying though because I admire beautifully landscaped yards so much. I especially admire those yards that seem to have something blooming all year. This fall I took a tiny step toward stamping out my yard envy. I planted daffodil bulbs. I wanted [...]
Block #1 of Choose to Bloom
Some quilts are quick. Other quilts are a journey. Choose to Bloom is a journey quilt. It will take at least a year to complete, probably more. The quilt is based on a pattern by Kim McLean. It is a quirky Baltimore Album style quilt that has 13 blocks and 4 border sections. I am [...]
I Believe in Angels #19
I believe that I am surrounded by all types of angels who whisper in my ear when the time is right. I like to keep lots of angels in my studio as well as share them with others. After sharing the first 10 angels in this series, I am now working on #11-20. You can [...]
Babies, Babies, Babies!
I don’t make a lot of baby quilts, but I do make them for friends who convince me that they just must show up at a special baby shower with the wow! gift. Right now I am working on three at one time. I feel like babies are everywhere. The good thing about baby quilts [...]
Dream Like Crazy
I made Dream Like Crazy in response to a Tri-Guild challenge to make a crazy quilt. Unfortunately, I missed the meeting where it would have competed against other crazy quilts so you are the first to see this quilt. As you know, I have been sorting scraps. This quilt allowed me to use up some of [...]
I Believe in Angels #18
I believe that I am surrounded by all types of angels who whisper in my ear when the time is right. I like to keep lots of angels in my studio as well as share them with others. After sharing the first 10 angels in this series, I am now working on #11-20. You can [...]
Sorting Scraps
Yesterday was a horrible weather day in Atlanta. There were tornado warnings and severe thunderstorms most of the day. Since I wasn’t going to leave home, I decided to sort scraps. I had been avoiding this task since I moved into my new studio, because instead of keeping my scraps dumped in a pile, I [...]
Blue Heart
I guess the cold gray days of January have put me in a blue mood. My first quilt of 2012 turns out to be a blue quilt. (I almost never make blue quilts). I had no particular purpose in making this quilt. As with many of my quilts, the fabric speaks to me. I named [...]
