Did you know that there are only 12 quilt museums in the US? One of them is in the picturesque village of La Conner, WA about an hour north of Seattle. The La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum is in the historic Gaches mansion, and has an annual Quilt Fest that features juried quilts, a Quilt […]
Happy fall y’all! Tom and I just returned from being vendors at the NW Quilting Expo in Portland, Oregon, and had a fabulous time! This is a juried show with over $13,000 in cash and prizes. Here I am meeting one of my favorite designers, Lynette Jensen of Thimbleberries. It was delightful to meet her, and show […]
I have had the supreme pleasure of having Sandy and her mom, Kathy, piece my quilts for me for 18 years. They had been absolutely FABULOUS to work with, and have made my quilt tops absolutely perfect! PLUS they are both the nicest and kindest people you’d every want to meet! Sandy (on the left) is […]
No, I haven’t fallen into a pile of fabric and suffocated, but I have been dealing with some health issues that didn’t make me feel like sharing. Now I’m ready to tell the world to be proactive about your own health. No one knows your body – all the aches and pains – better than […]
Laurel, the mother-in-law of my son David, sent these “words of wisdom” which I just had to share. Looking at this photo of my cat, Max, that I took last night of him laying on our dog’s crate next to my computer makes me think he looks like a whale. Well, cats act like humans sometimes? Recently, in a […]