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Spring things

By Kimberly on March 25, 2019 / Family, Recipe, Spring / 6 Comments

The majority of our Easter and spring decorations are stored in our cabin and since heavy snows and a busy schedule have prevented us from traveling to Lake Arrowhead to retrieve them, I’ve done minimal decorating this year. However, I did run across a few fun, wooly

A Solid-ish announcement!

By Kimberly on March 20, 2019 / Blog Contest, Fabric, Giveaway, SOLID-ISH, Solidish, Timeless Treasures, Timeless Treasures Fabrics / 28 Comments

BIG NEWS! I know many of you love my Solid-ish line of fabrics. (Thank you!) So, I’m thrilled to share exciting news: There will be 30 NEW colors added to my Solid-ish fabric line by Timeless Treasures Fabrics! Very soon you’ll be able to find a total

Try adding a little tempting texture, Part 2

By Kimberly on March 12, 2019 / 9450, Janome, Janome 15000, Janome 9400, Janome 9450, Janome National Spokesperson, Pineapple / 8 Comments

In my last blog post, I shared a nifty technique for adding texture to your fabrics for a pretty pineapple block. In this post, I’m going to share some fun and fabulous options for an interesting way to machine applique your pineapple blocks. In case you missed Part

Try adding a little tempting texture Part 1 (plus a free applique block to try!)

By Kimberly on March 5, 2019 / 9450, Create, FREE Pattern, Friends, Fun, Janome, Janome 9400, Janome 9450, Janome National Spokesperson / 8 Comments

I’ve been working on a new quilt recently which I hope to share very soon. If you follow me on social media (Facebook at Kimberly Einmo or Instagram at keinmo) you may have seen sneak peeks of this sunny, ‘fruity’ project I’ve been stitching. In the process,

A lovely Sunday

By Kimberly on March 4, 2019 / Blessings, Family, Fun, Mr. Kim / 15 Comments

We had planned to get so much work done this past weekend. We have taxes to prepare and file. We have seemingly dozens of deadlines calling our names. We have chores to do around the house. And it has been raining lately. A lot. Long-time residents of

A family heirloom

By Kimberly on March 1, 2019 / Family / 10 Comments

My husband’s grandmother, Mary Wright, was a beautiful woman. From what I’ve learned about her, she was classy, refined, and sophisticated. I saw a photo of her once where she looked like Betty Grable; an incandescent, glamorous bombshell with a brilliant smile and sparkling eyes. I’ve also

Drop-in Janome Shop Stop #5

By Kimberly on February 26, 2019 / Janome, Janome Shop Stop / 3 Comments

I had the privilege of traveling to Houston, Texas, last week to spend several days with two area guilds, the Greater Houston Quilt Guild and the West Houston Quilt Guild. They were such nice ladies and I enjoyed my time with both guilds immensely! Even though the

A rare opportunity

By Kimberly on February 17, 2019 / 9450, Friends, Janome, Janome National Spokesperson / 4 Comments

This a personal invitation to join me for a trunk show! It’s not often I present an extensive trunk show of my quilts. Sometimes less than once a year — or for a very special event such as a national quilt show — do I pull out

Connecting with the past

By Kimberly on February 12, 2019 / Cousins, Family / 9 Comments

Thank goodness for digital cameras and photos. When Kent and I transitioned from using our old cameras with film for the relatively new digital photo technology in 2006, we were able to see and store all of our photos on our computers. Storage wasn’t an issue; sorting

Quilters beware.

By Kimberly on January 30, 2019 / 9450, Aurifil, Aurifil Threads, Janome, Janome National Spokesperson / 13 Comments

Quality matters. As quilters we strive to use the best materials, tools and products so our quilts will be beautiful and stand the test of time. Sometimes though, a product which might appear to be high-quality might not be at all. Recently, I found this out the