Under normal circumstances my March calendar is very full. Full of music contests to judge, honor bands to conduct, Husker baseball games and March Madness for which to cheer, theater productions to invigorate the soul, and family time to enjoy. One by one all of those...

Have you ever decided to learn something new and searched for a few things to get you started on the right track? Knowing just a couple of things can make you more successful whether it is learning to crochet a scarf, knit a sweater, or bake a coconut meringue pie. One...

One of the many things that I love about quilting is that there is always something new to learn. When I began my teaching career many, many years ago I remember thinking that I just couldn’t wait until I knew it all. I thought it would make my school days so much easi...

A quilter could literally spend hours looking through the notions section of any fabric store and come away with any number of fun and useful gadgets. There are rulers, templates, marking devices, pins, and cutting tools that are designed to make the quilting experienc...

The Forest Acres Quilting Club was organized in 2016 soon after I retired from teaching. Our group of five ladies sews for two hours every Tuesday afternoon and makes quilts to award to deserving veterans through the Quilts of Valor Foundation. We call it our weekly th...

As my family knows quite well I am a list maker and a planner. I am much more comfortable when I can complete tasks and know what is going to happen in any given situation. As a result I love this time of the year when I can assess my accomplishments and evaluate what...

It is time once again to check in on the progress that I made in the sewing room during the last three months - October, November, and December - of 2019. It was a busy fall with two family weddings and one friend’s wedding (for which I did the music), as well as trips...

An engagement on Christmas Eve last year meant that it was time for this mother of-the-bride to make another wedding quilt! Luckily Melissa had a few ideas on the type of quilt that she wanted - something modern, something neutral with a pop of color, and king size - s...

This year we have finally taken advantage of our retirement status and done some traveling. In May we flew to San Diego for the wedding of my cousin’s daughter and in June we went to Memphis for Tom’s brother’s wedding. We did quite a bit of sight-seeing in both cities...

The Forest Acres Quilting Club had the great honor of awarding four Quilts of Valor to veterans during the annual Veteran’s Day Assembly at Freeman Public Schools on November 11th. This is a wonderful venue in which to spread the message of the Quilt of Valor mission a...