My good friend Susan's 2nd daughter Samantha get married recently (the 1st daughter Liz was  married a year ago) and of course another wedding quilt was created.  Sam's style is more subdued than her older sister's and she requested an all gray and white quilt.  This is the result. I...

When someone a quilter knows is diagnosed with a serious illness, that quilter gets to work immediately to make a quilt to comfort them over the coming days, weeks, months and hopefully years.  That's exactly what I did for my husband's friend, fellow firefighter and coworker Pete when we heard...

I'm embarrassed that I've neglected my blog for the past 6 months but between a insanely busy cookie season, family vacations and multiple Girl Scout troop activities, I've been really busy.  I've done a small amount of sewing, other thank Girl Scout badges and patches, so I'll be posting about...

January brought 2 more birthdays for girls in my troop.  Here are their mini totes.  First up was a mini tote for a girl who's favorite colors are bright Orange and Purple.  I don't have much Orange fabric in my stash so I was happy to find this piece to fit the bill.  The handle...

I haven't been very good lately about writing blog posts as the Girl Scout cookie season is underway but I'll try to catch up on what's been going on lately in my studio. I'm continuing to make the mini totes for the girls in my troop as their birthday gifts.  These are the ones that were gifted...

Do you have tops that need to be quilted?  If so, I'm here to help. Until now I haven't formally opened my longarm quilting business because I was still working outside the house but now I am able to do just that.  Basic meandering is $.015 per square inch.  I also have over...

This is the current state of my longarm frame. I have way too many larger scrap pieces of batting that were just being stuffed into a bin and now I'm sorting and measuring it all so that I can piece it together as needed and get it used up. Lesson learned!  From now on I will mark which brand/type...