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Spring Quilting

Spring has started to arrive and it is so wonderful to be outside again.  We had our first grilling of the season tonight and we enjoyed the smell of the coals and the warm breeze as we ate.  The winter can be rough here in the midwest, but it makes the spring so...

Another weekend down.

I spent some good quality time in my sewing room today.  I have a bad habit of telling myself that I can do whatever I want on the weekends.  That means housework and other tiresome duties get neglected.  This is a new table runner I made with some Heather Bailey...

Modern Simplicity

I have been enjoying some quiet nights sitting in the rocker, listening to a book on tape,–Ok, that sounds very old lady of me but I am getting back to simpler times–working on a new table runner for Tony’s dresser.  I love how simple it is–no...

It's a Wonderful Life!

  I had an absolutely wonderful Thanksgiving vacation.  Tony and I spent a couple days with my family and then a couple with his.  This was a true vacation–no agenda, no plans, just whatever.  I spent every night at my parent’s lake house in front of a...

AQS Quilt Show!

I just got back from leading a bus tour to the AQS Quilt Show in Des Moines IA.  It was a fabulous little get-away that was filled with quilts and sweet quilt lovers.  I had some great personal fun time as well as a smidge of business on the side.  In addition, some...

Vintage Baby Quilt

It’s been a while!  I have been so busy–work stuff, plus lots of fun mixed in.  Here’s a darling quilt that I just did for the shop as a sample.  It’s called Vintage Baby Quilt by YoYo Mama. Super easy!  You simply place your little squares on...