Sometimes I will play around with a pattern for years before I'm satisfied with it. This is one of those patterns.The name is often the hardest part of designing a pattern, but not this time. The name was easy, coming up with how to piece it was the ...

Northcott's Snow Much Fun collection is shipping to stores now. I picked up a kit from the Creamery yesterday, and I have the top done already! It is soooooo cute!First off, I cut the panel pictures apart, and put them up on the design wall. I o...

Why, yes, it is!I designed Lanterns with Northcott's Allure collection. Because patterns need to be to Northcott for them to be shipped with the fabric to the quilt shops, I couldn't make my test sample with the Allure fabric.If I request it, Northco...

I used Northcott's Morning Blossom fabric for a test quilt, then added on to make it for a summer quilt (no batting) by adding borders. I got it up to the width of the mattress and from the foot of the mattress up to, tucked under and over the pillow...

Today I received fabric in Clothworks Woodland collection.The fabric is so soft and silky, it's wonderful! I can't wait to start cutting and sewing, but I have to add it to the list and get at some other projects also. Borderline with the Woodland fa...

Another pattern given new life is Simply Frames. I no longer remember what fabric was the first used for this pattern. I do remember it was used with the Quilt Minnesota fabric one year. Other than that, it did not do well.This one is Benartex fabric...

Garden Chain is a pattern I designed about 8 years ago for Timeless Treasures featuring the Mosaic Garden collection. I don't imagine there is much of that fabric available anymore.Because the large blocks were fussy-cut, I had plenty of fabric left ...

Last year, Banyan Batik, a division of Northcott, accepted my proposal for Baker's Dozen Squared.This was my very first published pattern, way back when I started. I recolored it in two colorways and they chose to feature both in the Banyan Batiks Sp...

I recently acquired several new pattern testers, and I promptly put them to work.I designed a wallhanging-tablerunnner-bedrunner with Jaftex fabric. I can't show that yet, but I can show what my testers have done.This one was sewn by Laurie B. K...

Last Tuesday, very early in the morning, I started on a project that I expected to finish by the end of the day. I guess I'm only 6 days late!For a very long time, I've had it on my to-do list to make new oven mitts. Mine are disgustingly worn out an...

Over the weekend I cut, marked, sewed, and trimmed 96 Flying Geese blocks for a new pattern sample.That's a lot of geese! That must be a gaggle or two, don'tcha think?I'm surprised I didn't dream about them.The fabric I'm using is Northcott's Allure,...

Last September I was given the opportunity to submit designs to Jaftex with two new upcoming fabric collections.I was instant love when I saw Night Garden by Blank Quilting. I couldn't wait to start playing, I mean working, in EQ. I submitted se...

I had such plans to get so many things done these last weeks before Christmas. Looking back on my work calendar, I've accomplished so little. I didn't get any lace on my angel, but she's on top of the tree.I didn't work on a new p...

Four years ago I made a treetop angel from my mom's wedding dress.This year I made one for my daughter.Mine is made with the jacket from the dress. The jacket pieces were large enough to cut the dress and wings in one piece. The dress itself had no p...

Yesterday I finished piecing a new pattern. Sometimes I think the hardest part of creating a new pattern is to come up with a new name. This pattern is one of those!I finally decided on Jagged Circles. Combining two different angles gives the illusio...