At the end of June I posted a blog about an English Paper Piecing (EPP) project that I had been working on for the last five years and - thanks to COVID-19 - I was finally able to finish. In that blog I wrote about why I started this project in the first place, why it...

Two weeks ago I wrote about some of the projects that I worked on during April, May, and June. Because I - just like everybody else - have been spending a lot of time at home, I have been able to accomplish quite a bit and there were too many projects to talk about in...

We have made it through the first half of 2020 - and an interesting first half it has been! When the whole pandemic thing began in March I remember thinking that it would last for about two weeks - four at the most - and we would be back to our normal lives. As we all...

I started this English Paper-Piecing (EPP) quilt over five years ago when we decided to remodel our store room into my quilting studio. Since I thought that I would be without my sewing room for about six months I chose an EPP project since it uses a hand-stitching tec...

A few weeks ago I did a blog on some of the most meaningful things that I have in my sewing room. Some of them are functional while others are simply great memories of past experiences. As I was taking pictures of the items for that blog I noticed so many more fun thin...

I have been taking advantage of the extra time that I have had lately to try out some helpful tricks and make use of a couple of handy tools. I had seen a couple of these ideas on blogs and YouTube videos but up until recently had not taken the time to try them out to...

It is no secret that the sewing room in our basement is my happy place. It has everything I need to get my creative juices flowing - my sewing machines, cutting table, rulers, cutters, fabric, quilting books and magazines, thread - and the list goes on and on. And it h...

As we have all been trying to navigate our so-called “new normal” these past few weeks due to stay-at-home/social distancing rules I stopped to think about several things that have changed in my daily/weekly routine. I actually came up with a longer list than I initial...

There seems to be as many video tutorials and blogs giving instructions on how to make a mask as there are people who are making them. So as not to feel left out I am offering a step-by-step guide detailing how I have been making the majority of my masks. My preferred...

As the year started I was wondering just how many UFO’s I would be able to finish as my calendar filled with 17 customer quilts, five Quilts of Valor, music contests and substituting. Then March hit and as each event was canceled it gave me more time to devote to my li...