Blooming In Chintz

My latest quilt pattern, Sweet Lizzie, is currently available as a kit through Keepsake Quilting .  The pattern is also available from me through my Etsy shop.  The quilt uses RJR Fabrics...

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 Yesterday I posted this picture on Instagram  showing how I fit a cable on a border and make it wrap around corners evenly.  This has been a question I've been asked repeatedly ever...

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Yes, it's been awhile. . . I think I will just skip past the subject of how much time has gone by or where I've been!  Yes, I've been busy and yes, I am way behind on blogging!  If you are ...

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Well, Thanksgiving is already here, can anyone believe it?  I'm not sure where the last few months have gone.  I know I feel like someone pushed me off a speeding train and I am still living ...

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I am fast forwarding over the last few months to the final end product of what has been a lot of work and tons of hours.  As I mentioned in my last post back in July, I have been doing some des...

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Happy Fourth of July!  Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend and having a great summer! I have been very busy since I last wrote, but will try to do a bit of catching up while I ...

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How is it that we are already over halfway through May?  It doesn't seem possible that summer is around the corner.  I feel like I've been doing nothing but playing catch up over the last seve...

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I am attending the AQS Paducah Quilt Show this week and was completely caught by surprise when I received an email the other night telling me that my quilt, Grandmother's Cabin, had won an aw...

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It seems like every year around this time I go through this whole scrap purging and reorganizing process at the bottom of my closet, digging through scrap bins as if I was searching for gold....

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Remember this quilt ?  Yes, it's been awhile. . . Last month I finally added borders and completed the top.  It's been sitting way too long and I had several ideas in mind for borders over...

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Let's not even talk about the fact that January just blew right on by!  You know how it is, you get so completely focused on something and it seems like everything else in your life just fall...

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Welcome back!  Here are a few more photos of our home at Christmas. . . And thank you so much for all of your lovely comments, e-mails, and holiday wishes!�...

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Merry Christmas everyone!  Hope you are in the holiday mood by now, we are officially less than a week away!  It certainly creeps up on us quickly, doesn't it?  There are so many beaut...

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Happy Thanksgiving!  Hope you are ready for the holiday weekend, it certainly snuck up quickly this year. Up until today, we have been having July-like weather which has made any holiday prep ...

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I finally finished my quilt last week, Grandmother's Cabin, and thought I would share some photos with you, since I know I am long overdue for an update.  Some of these pictures are before I pu...

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Welcome back!  Here is part two of the Southern Accents Exhibit at the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts in Melbourne, Florida, which ends this Saturday, August 22nd, 2015.  Once again, the...

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 Crotons by Ellen Lindner of Melbourne, FL cotton fabrics This past week a friend of mine and I were lucky enough to catch the quilt exhibit, Southern Accents , at the Ruth Funk Center...

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Well, I'm off porch cushions and back onto quilting for a bit!  I'm sure most of you are relieved!  Here are several pictures of a simple 25-patch quilt I finished up this week.  I am geari...

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So where have I been, you ask???  Sewing like a mad woman!  And yes, I have been a slacker when it comes to blogging, but if you read on, you will understand!    I am a procrastinator,...

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This is what I've been working on lately, nothing quilty this time around, but thought you'd still like to have a peek.  I've been preoccupied with work, home and yard projects these last w...

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Thought I'd show you what I've been working on now that the weekend is over.  I made this quilt for my brother's birthday, which is next week, and gave it to him yesterday while we celebrated...

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I thought I would write a quick post while I have a few minutes to show what I've been doing the last couple of weeks.  I'm sure most of you have heard of the foundation, Quilts of Valor .  I...

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HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!  HOPE YOU ALL ARE ENJOYING A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND WHEREVER YOU ARE!

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Well, my Ocean Waves quilt is finally finished and I am really happy with how it turned out and ready to move on!  I still have lots to do as far as decorating/re-decorating our bedroom ...

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