Category: Quilting


  • spell it with fabric…MODA blog hop…coming soon!

    Hey All…I want to give you a heads up on a new blog hop starting next week…You will not want to miss this…quilt patterns, giveaways, finished quilt ideas and more!!! It feels so good to be home…just waiting for Nick to make it home now… FEBRUARY 17… American Jane – http://modafabrics.blogspot.com/ Aneela Hoey – http://comfortstitching.typepad.co.uk Bunny Hill…

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  • because of you…

    Because of all your support, (my quilting family)… and the support from my husband, employees, family and friends, you all gave me the strength to stand up at Lance’s Memorial service and read this… “Hello…I am Lisa…Lance’s Mom I want to stand up here and tell you about my son Lance and how much he…

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  • Day 1…Needful things for Quilters

    I have had many requests to offer this special during the 12 days so here it is…..by popular demand Day 1 Juki Sewing Machine  Now I know we pretty much all have a sewing machine…or two or three or even more…But I just have to talk about the sewing machine I use 99% of the time…It…

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  • Day 2…Needful things for Quilters

    Day 2…one more…believe it or not…after I write this post I have to finish my shopping! Today’s Needful thing is a Quick Quarter for making flying geese…I have made this chart with finished sizes along with the cutting chart…Then attached with each chart is the quick quarter for marking the double stitching lines….In the photo…

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  • Day 3…Needful things for Quilters

    We are almost done!!! Today’s needful thing is also essential for any wool appliqué!  Chenille needles…now why do we need chenille needles?…I use the #24 for my Valdani #12 wt. threads for hand stitching my embroidery stitches…it has a sharp point, it is fine and strong with a big eye for threading the perle cotton…The…

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  • day 4 and some party photos continued…

    Looks like I was a little tired I forgot to post the winner from yesterdays comments…marleneDecember 20, 2013 at 3:32 pm I have been using these wonderful “see through” totes for my quilt blocks and smaller kits and now I can’t be without them. You can’t have too many if you’re like me and have…

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  • Day 4…Needful things for Quilters

    Day 4…I swear this countdown makes the days go even faster!!!…Today is one of the items I certainly do not want to live without ever again…I love this iron…I have one at home, one at the lakehouse because I do not want to iron with a regular iron ever again…I hate filling the water…and I…

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  • Day 5…Needful things for Quilters

    Day 5…Its party day for me…this is the second year we have thrown a party for our friends and neighbors…This year we decided to theme it…it is the “2013 Holly Ball”…the girls need to wear some sort of ball gown…like an old bridesmaids dress or they can go buy a new one!!! The guys are…

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  • Day 6…Needful things for Quilters

    Day 6…Glue…I love this Roxanne Mini Glue Baste-it…not the old one with the metal needle in it… Now what do I use it for…Well I used it twice in the last two days.. 1st… I am making a new quilt with my new line  Homestead Gatherings..it has a big ol house on it with a…

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  • Day 7…Needful things for Quilters

    Today is all about Stella…This newest innovation in personal lighting!!! I met the owner of this company while I was in Dallas and then again at FAll Quilt Market…Nathan is a nice, very personal guy and I fell in LOVE with his new lights…personally I am tired of my OTT light and when this arrived…

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