Warm Quilts

I have been thinking of a friend and want to make her a tiny keepsake. She has a multi-level house and I've been looking at the pewter...

The five-inch crystal bowl sat on my work table, providing inspiration and encouragement, as I sorted through remnants, ribbons, patterns...

From the Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs . . . "Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an...

I read with interest Lisa H. Calle's "Did You Hear Me?" blog post as she talked about communicating with her quilting customers. She...

As I ran out the door for a lunch date, I pulled a couple of quilting books from my bookshelf that I thought somebody else might enjoy. I...

This lovely, five-inch crystal bowl provides May's inspiration for my Main Street Quilts: OMG project. I was so surprised when a dear...

This is where I do most of my sewing - in the hot-pink seat. After a marathon sewing weekend, this Monday - Stretch Yourself and try...

"Come Fly With Me" was my April project for the Main Street Quilts: One Monthly Goal challenge. The original pattern showcased flying...

The first roses of the season - so fragrant! The yellows with pink petal edges are called the Peace rose (#3-35-40, then Rosa 'Madame A....

"Come Fly With Me" is my April project for the Main Street Quilts: One Monthly Goal challenge. I purchased the pattern a few years ago at...

Creating paper-pieced daffodils to coordinate with butterfly and spring floral prints has been on my to-do list all month. Spending time...

Today is the 106th anniversary of New York City's tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian...

Quilting Day (or National Quilting Day) began in 1991 when members of the National Quilting Association submitted a resolution in...

Did you grow up playing board games? I did and Monopoly was one of the games that we enjoyed playing with family and friends. The car,...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's website tells us that we "are welcome to use images of artworks in The Met's collection that the Museum...

Spring is just around the corner. As part of the Elm Street Quilts: One Monthly Goal challenge, I've chosen Daffodils as inspiration for...

My submission to February's 'One Monthly Goal' Finish Party is this diamond patterned quilt top that goes with the Je t'aime Paris -...

My search on The Metropolitan Museum of Art's website continues. My previous post explains that all images of public-domain artworks in...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced (on February 7, 2017) that all images of public-domain artworks in the Museum's collection are...

Have you linked up to Elm Street Quilts: One Monthly Goal, yet? These quilt squares need to be assembled so that I can complete this...