Category Archives: Traditional quilts

          Once a month, I meet with a small group of women to sew charity quilts with the goal of creating useful quilts out of scraps and stash fabrics. This month one of our members had … Continue reading →

The month of March disappeared into a haze of bronchitis. I’ve been trying to catch up but have had little time for quilting. I only finished two things in the last 6 weeks. The little quilt above was a challenge … Continue reading →

This weeks mail brought great news! For the first time ever, I entered two quilts in the AQS show in Paducah. The letters came this week saying that both quilts made it into the show. The first is “From Coal … Continue reading →

  I’ve always liked the Jack’s Chain block and the resulting quilt. Several months ago I had my block exchange group make blue and white 9 patch blocks for me with the goal of starting one of these quilts. Over … Continue reading →

On May 20, I posted that I had finally, after two years, finished my Flower Pots quilt top. I hand appliqued most of this pattern by Kim McLean. On three sides of the border, I machine appliqued the circles. I … Continue reading →

Several years ago I started a hand piecing blue and white lemoyne stars for a sampler quilt. After making stars for a couple of years, I put them together in this queen sized quilt. I then started teaching the advanced … Continue reading →

I’ve been resisting the whole wool embroidery craze on the theory that I didn’t need to be stashing a whole new category of supplies. However, my guild, Piece Mill Quilters, had a workshop recently. I signed up to learn to … Continue reading →

I can’t believe that it’s been a month since I last posted! I have been sewing but I also had a birthday. The beautiful flowers above are the ones my wonderful husband gave me for my birthday.I finished quilting this … Continue reading →