It is summer in the USA, and I am on the road to Vancouver, Washington for a weeks’ vacation with family. I always have a quilting project to work on when I travel. My husband is the driver which gives me many hours for stitching...

Finding focus can be tricky, today I had planned to clean the house, but it's the afternoon now and I don't think that's happening. But focus can be multifaceted, at the end of the day what matters is if I have found joy in the process of living life. A sprinkle of gratitude always helps. And in the end, tomorrow is another day and my quilting life marches on.

Gilded Tracks is the latest quilt I have designed. About three months ago I posted a Reel of some Turkey Tracks blocks I started that were inspired by an antique quilt. This week, I decided it was time to figure out what to make with those blocks. Take a look...

When I start on a quilt there are two main components that need to be decided on. Fabrics and pattern or design. Three of the quilts in tomorrow’s quilt launch use the same fabric collection: W. Morris, Art for All, and Harmony. Come take a closer look...

The top of a quilt always gets all the attention...as it should! Months and years can be spent creating a quilt top, but it's not a quilt until it is quilted, and that includes the backing. So let’s take a look at the backs of the quilts from the upcoming quilt launch!

On June 16th I have a brand new collection of quilts launching with twelve brand new quilts! In this post I wanted to show you the custom quilting I have done on one of the quilts...

For Mother’s Day I bought some prints from the fabric line “Kathleen’s Story” by Chris Schulte of Green Light Quilts for Marcus Fabrics. Read on to see how these fabrics form the foundation of a new quilt.

I volunteered to do a program for one of my quilt guilds in October. I’ve been struggling with what topic to do the program on. When I was working on the tote bag sample made with selvages I decided I will do a program on scraps, specifically strip and string scraps.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is a delightful children’s book about how one thing can lead to another. I thought it was an appropriate name for this quilt.

A slight diversion from the standard quilt making. I am doing a program on totes for one of the quilt guilds I belong to. I have been making demos and finished samples. There are two totes I will be showing how to make.

For this blog I wanted to take you into my finished quilt tops storage. It feels a bit like a confession to let you see just how prolific a quilter I am...

This is a progress report on my new quilt called 'Spinning Blues'. The controlled color palette and simplistic blocks have created a gentle, classic, and elegant quilt that will fit into a variety of decors.

This is a progress report on the 'True Blue' pattern by Lissa Alexander. The pattern used a blue and white color palette. My quilt is going to be named 'Compilation'.

The Easter holiday is the perfect time for a new quilt to come to fruition! The blocks have been ready for a bit and the last embroidery stitches on the applique are done, so it's now ready to set together! Come take a look at this new quilt where I'm using as many French General fabrics as I can.

Ever wondered what the building blocks of a quilt are? Well, there are three fundamental shapes in quilt making...the square, the rectangle and a 45 degree triangle. In this post I show you how these are used and show you some of the blocks I've got made up and ready.

I still have memories of sorting through all my mothers' buttons. Even now, I still play with buttons, admittedly in a more sophisticated way but still with the same joy from sorting, matching and using them! In this blog post I show you my button stash and take you through my process and a brief history around buttons.

My sewing kit is the heart of my quilt making. If you've ever wondered what goes into a kit, in this post I go through exactly what's in mine!

I often reference that I pull fabric from my stash to make or round out the fabrics I am using in a quilt. In this post I give you a glimpse into my fabric stash and how I store and care for them.

Take a look at how I use vintage linens within my quilt designs, and see some of the designs I've made in the past as well as some I have available now, all of which incorporate vintage elements.

In this blog post I talk all things wool and wool applique. A popular method used in quilting.