We have arrived at the "bling" part of our blocks. Beautiful Silk Ribbon Embroidery (SRE) and beads/sequins/etc. layered on top o...

  My darling, my heart, my grand-daughter Aidan...seated at my left here; learning to sew a button on a bit of cloth...turns "20" ...

Today we will continue our Dazzling Diamonds Sew-A-Long adventure! Hopefully, you have pieced most of the blocks this past week. Now, we a...

Thought you might like some more photos. So, here is my piecing of Block #11. First, I used my light table to trace the major portions of th...

  I have printed out the Block Design sheets (use the link in the book, see page 16 in the book, under Block Construction heading. Using the...

  Here is a photo of my fabrics, pasted to my Palette Guide. You might also note a small "color smidge" next to each fabric block....

Welcome to Part 1 of the Dazzling Diamonds Sew-A-Long! Read below for instructions on starting off the Dazzling Diamonds Quilt. All page ref...

    “Have you ever wanted to create a crazy quilt, but were worried over how to start? Well, that’s exactly why I wrote Dazzling Diamonds. T...

 I've had some questions about the best printable water soluble sheets to purchase, IF a student did not want to trace the embroidery de...

 Okay, have some pictures and details on the CQ Dazzling Diamonds Sew Along. First, here are the fabrics I'll be using... I know, I know...

 If you have my Dazzling Diamonds book...then dig it out cause I'll be dedicating the month of October to a "re-do" of this qu...

  I've been working outside of the crazy quilt world lately and totally enjoying some collage quilting "of sorts". You know me...

  Just got back from Mississippi where I had a wonderful time with a group of lovely ladies from the Jackson Stitchery Group...we had a fun ...

  Have ventured into collage quilts. Designed this little pansy (well it's about 2 ft tall) for an upcoming class at my local Quilt Guil...

Think that I've finally gotten all of the little applique pieces created for my Granny's Garden quilt (please see last post for more...

 I'm working on "Granny's Garden" by Lori Holt...a Riley Blake design quilt. This was a Sew Along...past time (of course, ...

  I've liked this Butterflies pattern by Laundry Basket Quilts for some time now. Thought I'd do a slightly different layout with so...

 Our quilt guild had a little challenge...and we could "share them" today. The idea was to make a quilt that had at least twelve b...

 Each year our quilt guild does a little "gift baggie" for members; if folks wish to contribute then then make (or obtain) a littl...

 Planning for holiday decorations? Yeah, I know...it's not even Thanksgiving yet. But...you know that "planning" begins when w...