I just returned from a quilting cruise to Alaska!  It was through Quilting Seminar at Sea.  Here are a few photos of the scenery:

While the ship was at sea, we were taking classes.  I took two classes from Kathy Wylie.  One was a cutwork snowflake:

Th...

I am returning from The Road To California in Ontario, CA where I took some classes on Art & Stitch.  With this program I can create custom digital quilting patterns.  

I could add a name, date, etc. using the alphabet characters, a custom meander, or create a...

 My modern quilt, "Jazzy", has been accepted in the

Grand Rapids AQS (American Quilt Society) Show.  It will be displayed August 22-25, 2018.

I am in the process of writing instructions for a pattern to sell at a future date.  I will let you know when it is available!...

Don't you just love my new logo?  My son, David, designed it! He is a busy, talented Industrial Designer and made time to design my logo for my quilting business.

I originally took a class with Judy Neimeyer two to three years ago in Wytheville, VA at Batiks, Etc.  I finished the top and it sat in a pile of unquilted tops because I wasn't sure if I had enough skills to quilt it.  The time arrived when I felt that I could quilt t...

I just finished my quilt to submit for The Moda Bella Challenge 2017.  I'm so excited!  I wish I could post a picture, but it's hush, hush for now.  I will post it in September/October and keep you posted.  I'm naming it "Jazzy"

 Here's a free pattern - click the link below

  My quilt "Bee My Honey" was just accepted as a semi-finalist in the AQS Grand Rapids Show this August!  I'm so excited. This is my first juried quilt show.  It is such an honor to have it accepted.   If you come, be sure to look for #229 and vote for me in Viewer's C...

There are so many terms and abbreviations in quilting!

It's like learning a second language!  

Below are a few:

Layer Cake - 10" squares of fabric

Charm Pack - 5" squares of fabric

Jelly Roll - 2 1/2" fabric rolled up

FQ - Fat Quarter - 1/4 yd of fabric (18" x 22")

BDNQ - Bad...

You've finished your quilt top and now your ready to have it quilted.  Congratulations!  The question now is how to have it quilted.  The most common way is Edge to Edge (E2E) because it fast and the most inexpensive.  Finished & done!

Pantographs are an E2E p...