Pat Deck has been busy this summer. Since her sewing studio is air conditioned, she has spent many cool, comfortable hours happily stitching away the summer days. And just look at what she’s accomplished: Star Chain with bright, cheerful, summery fabrics! The machine quilting compliments the design and fabrics
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…..button M & M! Look what the UPS man just delivered? Aren’t they adorably cute (not to mention, delicious)? I couldn’t be more tickled with how they turned out. I’ve never ordered personalized M & Ms before! And yes, that is actually a photo of the quilt
Read more →Diva! The invitation read “Come join us for tea, dahling.” My sweet friends from our little neighborhood quilting group, Laura and Jan, had invited me to a Diva Tea. How intriguing! I couldn’t wait. The invitation also asked me to bring a new pair of flip flops
Read more →My husband and I traveled back to Ohio recently to clean and close our home there. It is vacant now. Our lovely tenants have moved away, and we have it on the market to sell. As we began our trip to “get the job done,” I was
Read more →Happy August, everyone. Is anyone else out there in shock over how quickly the summer is passing? Much too quickly, if you ask me. However, it’s almost time for our long awaited, much anticipated Cruise to Alaska with Quilt Seminars at Sea! Gosh, I can hardly wait.
Read more →Sweet Super 16 Guess what I was doing 16 years ago this very morning at 10:25am? Becoming a Mom. Could it be possible the sweet little guy I brought home from the hospital is 16 today? (Sigh.) To celebrate, that big 16 year old invited a few friends
Read more →Someone sent me a lovely email this morning saying she saw me featured in the July issue of the EQ Newsletter. Click here to see it. Thank you, Penny, and all the amazing, super-talented folks at the Electric Quilt Company for featuring me and my book, Jelly Roll
Read more →Would someone please tell me where the summer has gone? I saw school supplies for sale at Walmart the other day. It simply can’t be true that school begins in less than one month. I’m so not ready for summer to be over. I’ve still got so
Read more →“Follow me, or else.” And believe me, you don’t want to mess with the Tufster. (Around here, we have to call him ‘Sir Hod.’) I’ve always secretly admired those blogs who have “followers” with regular readers featured in a little box on the side of their posts. So
Read more →I’d like you to meet two terrific sisters. Patsy Domaratzki (l) and Wendy Davison (r) get ready to cut their fabrics for the PPM mystery quilt! Patsy and Wendy live in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. I “met” these two ladies through email when they contacted me to
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