I recently read Emily Dickinson’s poem on hope and have borrowed a few lines to share with you: “Hope” is the thing with feathers-/that perches in the soul-/ and sings the tune without the words-/and never stops at all...
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Monday, February 6, 2012
I can’t quite let the cat out of the hat — yet, though coming soon is my new collection of fabrics with Benartex, as well as new patterns, including a BOM, and a special design in Quilt Magazine!
Monday, February 6, 2012
2009 Winner of Quilts: A World of Beauty
Sunday, February 5, 2012
2009 Winner of Quilts: A World of Beauty
Saturday, February 4, 2012
2009 Winner of Quilts: A World of Beauty
Friday, February 3, 2012
2009 Winner of Quilts: A World of Beauty
Thursday, February 2, 2012
It is no secret that I love fabric. Actually, I think I would be safe to say that most quilters love fabric and gather most of their inspiration from the fabrics that make their hearts sing. Among the fabrics that I love you will find bright, bold, unusual, and fun fabrics. But one type of [...]
Nancy has won several awards for her quilting. At the 2004 Houston International Quilt Festival, Remembrance of Nanny and Desert Star were both given Honorable Mentions. Also in 2004, Dogtooth Violets earned one of the top awards in the Kaufman Quilt Quest. Most recently, Emerald Spring won a first place in Mixed Techniques at Road to California. She has won awards at other national shows including the Pacific International Quilt Festival, the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, and the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show. And Desert Star, the first place winner in the 2002 From the Mills Contest, was on display at the American Textile History Museum.
Meet Karl McDaniel. He recreated this Vortex quilt, featured in our Last Stitch, June/July 2011 issue in less than 6 months. Pretty impressive, huh?
The holidays are behind us now (gee, it seems like so much more than a month has passed, and yet…..yep, the calendar says a month ago we were knee deep in candy canes and wrapping paper…), and we can all gather a collected breath. Or two.
It is no secret that I love fabric. Actually, I think I would be safe to say that most quilters love fabric and gather most of their inspiration from the fabrics that make their hearts sing. Among the fabrics that I love you will find bright, bold, unusual, and fun fabrics. But one type of [...]
I can’t quite let the cat out of the hat — yet, though coming soon is my new collection of fabrics with Benartex, as well as new patterns, including a BOM, and a special design in Quilt Magazine!