In my continuing quest for new experiences during my retirement, I added yet another to my list earlier this month. Many quilt guilds and...

Happy Valentine’s Day quilting friends!! It would be a shame to let such a colorful holiday go by without a few Valentine quilts to...

The Forest Acres Quilting Club was honored to award another Quilt of Valor at the Gage County Board of Supervisors meeting on February 1,...

Every great hobby deserves great tools to make the experience more efficient and more enjoyable. There are so many tools in the...

I am a planner. My family knows that and at times is quite annoyed by this wonderful trait of mine. But I know that I am much more...

One of my favorite things to do is decorate our house for the holidays -- Christmas, Halloween, Fourth of July, Easter, Valentine’s Day....

One of the best "Quilting" things to do is visit quilt shops. I usually try to pick up a new pattern or several fat quarters when I visit...

My favorite quilter is Angela Walters. She has fabulous designs that I can do and I find that so many of her designs fit into my quilts...

On Thursday, November 10th, the Forest Acres Quilting Club presented two Quilts of Valor during the annual Veteran's Day assembly at...

After a teaching career of 33 years, there are some habits that die hard. A few weeks ago I realized that this is the first time that I...

This is the story of how it took 21 years to make a Triple Irish Chain quilt. If you are a quilter or a collector of quilt tops, you...

On Tuesday, September 13th, the Forest Acres Quilting Club was excited to award our first Quilt of Valor to Melvin Gottula at the Gold...

Since retiring from teaching, I have spent a lot of time thinking about my quilting business -- how to get started, what I can do to...

I have heard a lot of about a concept called “Row By Row” over the last few years, but had never before pursued a collection of the rows....

My friend and colleague from Irving Middle School, Nancy Coniglio, commissioned me to make a quilt for her den. She did not have a lot...

My husband, Tom, is 100% Czech and since we live only 20 miles from Wilber, NE, the Czech Capital of the US, Czech Days are a big part of...

So, my adorable PR-majoring daughter, who is becoming well-versed in all things social media, tells me that I need to blog. When she...