Have you been bitten by the hand quilting bug yet? (No, this is NOT a photo of me as a child, as someone once asked me. THIS girl would b...

Yes, I love Civil War reproduction fabrics and have to admit I use them more than any other type of print in my quilts. But occasionally I l...

I know we all love to collect our little scraps and save them to make doll quilts someday, but don't forget to use them! One of the best...

CAUTION:   Not for the medically squeamish  Last weekend I suffered a recurrence of a problem I had 2 years ago--a spontaneous tear in the...

It's the middle of September and that always means back to school at my house, although technically school began last month. Somehow it ...

Most of the quilts I make are made with scraps from my scrap basket. Some of the scraps are pretty old--not vintage, just little pieces of s...

My youngest older sister retired from her job earlier this year, sold her house and dragged her husband into one of those over-55 communitie...