Month: January 2011


  • Road to California 2011

    Well what can we say….we had a blast in sunny southern California again…our booth was packed most of the time….the other vendors were coming over to see what was going on in our booth…I flew in from Nebraska on Wednesday with two hours left to set up…Nick had most of it done except for the…

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  • the icing….

    The best part of traveling and teaching is seeing other peoples projects at the guild meeting and of course their local quilt shops…Donna Whitmarsh, who attended to all my needs and “humped” a bunch of big boxes around my whole trip for me was the best! THANKS DONNA!  She escorted me to The rug hooking…

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  • Farmer’s Wife February blocks

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  • Cottonwood Quilters do the Pumpkin Table mat our most purchased wool project!

    My second workshop in NE was the famous Pumpkin Table mat…We had a blast and they learned lots…I was told by  veteran stitcher, “Jo” that I was “awesome”!  Can’t beat that!  I am sort of a task master as a instructor…everyone keeps up and everyone learns all the stitches!   Enjoy their pictures here…

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  • Cottonwood Quilters from Nebraska

    I have been gone  teaching quilting and vending at a show last couple of weeks…taught 5 different classes in 3 different locations.  The first leg of the trip was Omaha NE.  Where I taught two projects and gave two lecture/trunk shows.  The first workshop we did was on Sue’s Stars…we pieced center blocks and learned…

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  • Presley & Jeter

    Presley and Jeter….are 7 weeks old today born on Dec.8th…they are American Staffordshire Terriers.  From what I read there is a little difference from the American Pit Bull terrier.. The Staffy is slightly bigger and their demeaner is more subdued than the “Pit Bull” They were just little angels flying through 3 airports, stowed under…

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  • Come Cruise and Quilt with me!

    Join me in March 7-17, 2012 while we have a blast seeing the beautiful Southern Caribbean and sewing while we are at sea!  I am so excited to be offered this opportunity for an 11 day cruise.  All the details are located in the Blogroll on the right side bar…click to view on WORLD OF…

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  • new photos of “the gathering”

    here are a few updated photos for you to see…I still need to decorate  few of the bedrooms a little more, but I like to find treasures and not just hang stuff on the walls…so this will take a bit to find just the right things…but here is what is done so far…i realize i missed a…

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  • behind on my posts…

    Ok…I know I am a little behind so I want to post a few things that happened a week or so ago already….The weekend of Jan-7-9 we, meaning some of the shop girls and a special guest, my buddy, Stacy West from Buttermilk Basin test drove The Gathering…meaning we stayed there and made sure everything…

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  • For the love of wool weekend….project

    Hey girls…for those of you coming Feb 10th for the wool weekend here is a quick peak at your project…it will have tongues on the ends and the flowers will have centers…I am going to call it…Patiently waiting…I will probably finish it tomorrow…I have it all stitched and just have to do the tongues and…

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