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 Last summer I received an email that a design I had submitted was going to be in the Jan/Feb. 2022 Love of Quilting magazine. The design was my version of clouds of snow coming down and ending softly on the ground. Living in the Midwest, snowfall can sometimes be really annoying, especially when you have to get somewhere, but it can also be really beautiful as it comes down, coating all the trees and landscape in a coat of white. 

It was exciting to hear and I got busy and started making it. The blocks at the top of ...

2020 REVIEW - A Year in Quilt Magazines

 Wow, 2020 was a wonderful year for sharing my quilt designs in magazines! Several of the quilts are large bed quilts.  Most are easy one or two block patterns. A couple are foundation paper-pieced.

Three Times Three (above)

The “Quilt Parade” begins with “Three Times Three” on the cover of Curated Quilts.  This is my FIRST cover on a quilt magazine.  Exciting!

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Right Angles

Find “Right Angles” in the May/June issue of ...

A Star Quilt For Every Newborn

Have you seen it!?  A Star Has Arrived, is a new quilt design in the  February/March 2021 issue of Fons & Porter Quick + Easy Quilts.

The pattern is EASY. Truly. It’s a one block design. Get your copy at Fat Quarter Shop. 

The fabric used  in the quilt is called Spectrastatic. You can find it at Fat Quarter shop too. Many thanks to Andover Fabrics for sponsoring the quilt with the Spectrastatic collection by Giucy Giuce.  

Do you like the quilting motif, Bear Claws? If you would like to use it, check out ...

Snapshot of a Designer

Wow!  I am thrilled. Excited. Criss Cross Plaid is in the premiere issue of Fons &  Porter’s Quick and Easy Quilts!

“The premier issue features quilt patterns for everyone—from those who are new to quilting and tackling their first project to the more experienced weekend warrior who wants an ultra-fast finish. Submissions for this magazine were exclusively by invitation only. Our star-studded designers have created an amazing lineup of gorgeous quilts.”  Editor Tracy Mooney.

The new design features Giucy Giuce’s Declassified collection. Andover Fabrics generously supplied the beautiful fabric for Criss Cross Plaid.

The ...

Hi! Thought you might enjoy a quick tip when you need to join half square triangles (HST) the traditional way–by sewing two triangles together.

I’m working on a Christmas quilt, and the pattern calls for cutting squares in half (corner to corner) and sewing them together.

I usually make my HST by cutting squares a bit larger, stacking them right sides together, drawing a line from corner to corner, sewing 1/4″ on either side of the line, cutting between the lines, pressing and squaring them up to size. You know the drill.

Or (if I have the ...