I got this great photo from Melinda at The Stitching Post in Baltimore – she stitched Appalachia in a different colorway and I love it! I can’t wait to visit her store when I’m in Baltimore again – I didn’t have a chance to go last summer when I was there but will be sure…

  Here’s the progress so far on “Delightful Combinations”. The photo is a little blurry – I’ll do better on the next one! I’m hoping to finish these two blocks this weekend and choose the colors for the third block. I’m looking forward to watching the Masters – lots of quilting and stitching time! If you want…

Where does the time go?? When I closed my shop, I thought I’d have time on my hands – it’s not so! I have plenty to keep me busy and still wish there were more hours in the day. I think I enjoy too many things! I sent two new patterns to my distributors and…

Don’t scroll down unless you want to see a photo of my current Mystery project in process. These are the first three month’s patterns. I’m just about done stitching the whole design so I have to cut and paste to edit the photo to not show it all. I have it all charted but have been writing the instructions…

Okay, I’ve been home a week but the days have been flying by. I’ve fortuately been making a daily trek (it’s only 4 miles) to the post office every afternoon with piles of packages and then working some more when I come home. I can’t seem to catch up with all the orders – distributors, shops, and…

is the name of the last design I’m releasing this weekend. I’m really happy with the way it turned out (this is the piece I had to rip out & redesign the black and white border). This design uses most of the threads from Rio with the addition of a dozen or so solid Vineyard silks –…

Here’s the third design being released this weekend. It joins my “Jewels & Gemstones” series. I keep a notebook with a list of the order & date I release designs and was surprised to see that it has been two years since I did a J&G – the last one was Aquamarine! This one is…

Taking a break from stuffing patterns to show you another new pattern being released this weekend. Rio is the latest in my Destination collection and is stitched with Overdyed Vineyard Silks from Threadworx along with solid black and white Vineyard silks (for the border). If you haven’t used this thread it’s fabulous, yummy, and wonderful to work…

I’m exhibiting at the TNNA trade show in Nashville this weekend and have been working like crazy to get everything done. I’m releasing 4 new designs! The new patterns are at the printer (I’m picking them up tomorrow!) and then I have to put them in their plastic bags. I’m fortunate to have a great friend who has the day off…

Here’s a photo of what I did last night – two and a half hours of ripping out, reverse stitching, frogging, cursing, whatever you want to call it…the day before, I had finished a big design I’ll be releasing in a few weeks only to discover what I thought would be a perfect border wasn’t right at all. I…