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Cute as a…..

…..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

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A tea fit for a

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

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Tuffy says……

“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

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I LOVE Vermont!

Just dropping in for a moment to say hello from beautiful Vermont! I arrived on Monday and spent all day yesterday and today judging an amazing group of exquisite quilts for the prestigious Vermont Quilt Festival! My fellow judges were (from left to right) Cindy Erikson, Mary

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Too silly not to share

Today was one of those days where I went non-stop from the moment my feet hit the floor at 6am this morning. It’s now almost 10:30pm, and I’m wiped out and ready for sleep. But I thought I’d post this silly picture of our kitty, Poppy. Josh

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Fun stuff to share

Just dropping by today to share a few fun things with you. I just love it when students or friends send me photos of the quilts they’ve made using my patterns. It is such a thrill and I always feel so honored! I received the following photo

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A quilt miracle

 Do you remember reading about the not-so-good news in my blog about the missing quilt earlier this year? Well, I have some amazing, astonishing, unbelievably good news to report. CHARMING CIRCLES HAS BEEN RETURNED TO ME! It’s true — and I can hardly believe it! Now, due to the

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I’m back!

I’m back from a fantastic trip to Marcellus, NY and also Minneapolis, MN for Quilt Market. Wow — what an incredible week. I’ve got much to share — lots of photos and great stuff to tell you about, but I hope you’ll give me a day or

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EQ7 is coming!

EQ7 is coming soon! You all know how much I LOVE my Electric Quilt software!! I’ve been using it since EQ3 (currently use EQ6) — and design all my quilts with it! Well, I just heard that EQ7 is on the way. Woo hoo! You can bet I’ll

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