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Shop Hop Rocks!

April 21, 2023

April means it’s time once again for the annual Kansas Nebraska Shop Hop! We participated in our

Variable Star quilt block featuring pink kitties in the middle

Fave Quilt Blocks of 22, part 2

September 7, 2024March 31, 2023

Here are the 7 of my favorite quilt blocks from all that I sewed last year. (You can see the first 6 here in

My favorite block from my first year of sewing is the 12" Blazing Star, designed by Eleanor Burns. It has a wonderful 3D effect caused by light and dark blues on the inner part of the star and yellow and green for the outer points. The background is black with white polka dots which really makes things pop!

My Favorite Quilt Blocks: 2022

September 7, 2024February 28, 2023

Here are a few of my favorite quilt blocks from the ones I sewed in my first year of sewing, 2022. Larger versions are available on

20 year old Bernina 153 QE sewing machine, in standard white, on the left. 2022 Kaffe Fassett Bernina 475QE sewing machine in beautiful teal with painted flowers from KF's fabric.

How it Started; How it’s Going

January 31, 2023

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Fabric Pine Trees in Moonlight Under a Starry Sky

Fabric Pines Under Various Moons

December 31, 2022

Inspired by an image I saw, I decided to create my own version of a winter quilting block. The basic idea is to cut out various size “pine trees” from your

Rough Diamonds Charm Quilt

November 30, 2022

This is the story of how I created a small, simple quilt using a charm pack (42, 5″ pre-cut squares).

Eight months ago, when I was

Shop Hop ’22 Redux

October 15, 2022

Earlier this year we participated in our first quilt store Shop Hop.