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Sometimes a design just captures your fancy. This is one of those designs for me. It just makes me smile… What are those birds talking about? Are they looking at something? Is someone filling the birdfeeder and they are patiently waiting? Or are they just enjoying a beautiful Spring day?
As a young girl of ten, I was told the romantic story of Black-eyed Susan (The Maryland State Flower). While I’ve long forgotten the details, I’ve always remembered to dramatic, romantic essence of the tale. My Maryland research brought it back to me… (All hail the internet!)
I recently realized it’s been a while since I posted a pattern to my Craftsy shop. So I went through my Archives to find something fun to share. In fact, I found THREE Patterns to share! And best of all, these patterns are just 99 Cents! Did you know you can purchase your Craftsy Patterns […]
Maine, The Pine Tree State, is our northernmost state on the Atlantic seaboard. With the motto, “Dirigo” which means “I Lead” it isn’t surprisiong that the North Star is included on the Maine State seal and its flag.
I had a great time last night visiting the Pine Needles Quilt Guild up in Wrightwood. This quaint little town has a thriving guild that meets on the second Tuesday of the month. I was honored to be their speaker last night. Check out these fabulous quilts that were part of their show and tell. […]
The fleur-de-lis or fleur-de-lys (plural: fleurs-de-lis) is a stylized lily (in French, fleur means “flower”, and lis means “lily”) used as a decorative design. It may be religious, political, dynastic, artistic, emblematic, or symbolic especially in French heraldry. It is no surprise the emblem found all over the state of Louisiana has its roots in French […]
Oh my! This year is surely flying by! I was shocked to see the date on the calendar as the last day of the month! 30 days has September… April, June and November… Didn’t I just post the March pillow pattern? I’ve been thinking a lot about this pillow, spelling out Spring and adding a […]
Isn’t is appropriate that Kentucky comes up now for our States of Modern block? The AQS Quilt Show in Paducah has just drawn to a close and the quilt world is still humming from all the activity! Classes and Contest Winners, beautiful quilts and spring in Paducah! This is a wonderful week to celebrate the […]
Recently, my sister and brother-in-law moved to Kansas and are building a house near their daughter so I am planning on visiting soon. I’ve been puzzling over how to represent the state til I learned the geographic center of the contiguous United States is located about 2.6 miles northwest of the center of Lebanon, Kansas, […]
When I think of Iowa, I think of three things: Radar O’Reilly, American Pickers and agriculture… Corny, Cornball and CORN! So our modern Iowa block mixes little bit of the Iowa flag and a modern, minimalist interpretation of an Iowa cornfield.
