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You Can't Ever Start TOO Young 12 Aug 2013 | 04:54 am
I love this next generation of quilter and her mom's not bad, either. I started sewing sitting on my mother's lap when I was about 5 and she has told me that I was trying to climb up to the machine ev...
More Quilters Affair in Sisters... 19 Jul 2013 | 05:16 am
There is nothing like the Stitchin' Post in Sisters, Oregon. Beautiful displays throughout the shop. Sue Spargo's quilt and her new book on display. On Monday night, teachers and staff were win...
Where's your "Hidden Beach?" 15 Jul 2013 | 12:39 am
Home from a creative week in Sisters, Oregon at the oldest (30+ years) and the biggest outdoor quilt festival in the world. The week started with Quilters Affair and 5 days full of classes from 30 t....
The Great White North (take off, eh?) 3 Jul 2013 | 10:54 pm
We just got home form an amazing trip through the Inside Passage and Glacier Bay in Alaska. It was breathtaking. Now I was working the whole time but it sure didn't feel like it. This was the best cr...
Time to Treat Yourself 1 Jun 2013 | 02:10 am
What if you could be on a deserted island for a week of creative bliss? What if I was there to help you or just to run ideas past about your next project? What if you were surrounded by other creati...
My Mother Iris Was my Inspiration! 14 May 2013 | 04:14 am
I have been trying to post picture of my students work using my new Iris pattern. But all the pictures i took on my phone are coming upside down or side ways. This is becoming the theme of my life. U...
An Un-sticky Situation 8 Apr 2013 | 05:22 am
Who knew that a sticky film of iron-on glue attached to parchment paper could give me so much anxiety? Well, it is. For those of you who love Steam-A-Seam 2, and I am one of them, seems like the War...
It has a New Home! 24 Mar 2013 | 10:06 pm
I never planned on selling this quilt. I made it just for me and my son, to help me deal with the thought that my only child was going to be a Marine and probably go off to war. That was very difficul...
Quilters Affair in Sisters, Oregon 24 Mar 2013 | 03:59 am
Nothing is better than teaching in Sisters, Oregon. OK, maybe Hawaii but I am stuck on the mainland for a while. Jean and Valerie at Stitching Station in Sisters have set up a fun and wild week of m...
A Little Quilt History from Nebraska 17 Mar 2013 | 11:24 pm
Art and creativity today is always influenced by the past. Even when we think we are being so original it still has ties to the past. So it’s important to know where we came from and what were they c...
