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OH MY! Time is passing faster and faster! This month REALLY got away from me! But just under the wire I am presenting our June Pillow of the Month: Postage Stamp! Grab your scraps and start cutting 1 1/2″ squares for this very cool project…
This has been Quite a Week for this “Retired” lady! Two speaking engagement spaced about 60 hours apart! First, the Valley Quilters in Hemet and Thursday night, Night Owls Quilt Guild in Rancho Cucamonga! Night Owls is a great guild! Large and very active in community and in quilting efforts, the Night Owls Guild meeting […]
Missouri: Home of Mark Twain, Harry Truman and… The ice cream cone! As the story goes, it was at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904 that the ice cream cone was invented. An ice cream vendor ran out of cups and, thinking quickly, asked a waffle vendor to help by rolling up waffles to […]
I had a wonderful time on Tuesday visiting with the Valley Quilters Guild in Hemet, California. My lecture subject was PreCut Paradise and together we examined about 30 quilts made with precut pieces of fabric. Tonight, Thursday June 25, I am giving this same lecture at Night Owls Quilt Guild in Rancho Cucamonga (Meeting is […]
Ahh… Mississippi… Home of gracious Southern Hospitality, lovely Magnolia Trees and… Celebrated in the oldest spelling song in the nation. I can not type the name Mississippi without singing the letters in my mind!
OK… You can say it. I often hear it… Why do I sell patterns for just 99 cents? These 99 cent patterns are complete and concise and… Adorable! My latest is called SuperNovae… At 81″ Square, SuperNovae finishes LARGE! And with just four large blocks, SuperNovae finishes QUICKLY! And with big pieces, SuperNovae finishes EASILY! […]
Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Lakes is familiar to many of us as the home of Mary Richards in the Mary Tyler Moore Show. That show took place in the Twin Cities: Minneapolis and Saint Paul. But there is so much more to this beautiful state! That nickname of Land of 10,000 Lakes is no joke. […]
Interesting… Wikipedia points out that Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula, to which the name Michigan was originally applied, is often noted to be shaped like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula (often referred to as “the U.P.”) is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, […]
I’ve always loved this Petal Pusher design, but it got lost in the pattern archives… So I dug it up and planted these flowers on Craftsy! Just 99 cents and you can start on this simple but adorable quilt!
The Massachusetts flag has the elegant state seal on the field of white. For a modern take, I interpreted the flag in a minimalist design.
