Sweet Super 16 Guess what I was doing 16 years ago this very morning at 10:25am? Becoming a Mom. Could it be possible the sweet little guy I brought home from the hospital is 16 today? (Sigh.) To celebrate, that big 16 year old invited a few friends
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Someone sent me a lovely email this morning saying she saw me featured in the July issue of the EQ Newsletter. Click here to see it. Thank you, Penny, and all the amazing, super-talented folks at the Electric Quilt Company for featuring me and my book, Jelly Roll
Read more →Would someone please tell me where the summer has gone? I saw school supplies for sale at Walmart the other day. It simply can’t be true that school begins in less than one month. I’m so not ready for summer to be over. I’ve still got so
Read more →“Follow me, or else.” And believe me, you don’t want to mess with the Tufster. (Around here, we have to call him ‘Sir Hod.’) I’ve always secretly admired those blogs who have “followers” with regular readers featured in a little box on the side of their posts. So
Read more →I’d like you to meet two terrific sisters. Patsy Domaratzki (l) and Wendy Davison (r) get ready to cut their fabrics for the PPM mystery quilt! Patsy and Wendy live in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. I “met” these two ladies through email when they contacted me to
Read more →“Its almost not raining.” I said that in the car yesterday and it seemed funny at the time. I don’t know. Maybe it was one of those “you had to be there” moments. I realize the rainy season in Florida begins in June, however, enough already. Rain
Read more →Just dropping in for a moment to say hello from beautiful Vermont! I arrived on Monday and spent all day yesterday and today judging an amazing group of exquisite quilts for the prestigious Vermont Quilt Festival! My fellow judges were (from left to right) Cindy Erikson, Mary
Read more →I want to thank you all so much for the many wonderful and heartfelt comments left here on the blog and also on my Facebook page. I’m tickled all the way down to my toes that the blog about my Dad and his new bike had such an
Read more →Dad always taught me ….. …..that it’s never too late to follow your dreams. He’s living proof of that. At the age of 84, my Dad fulfilled his lifelong dream of owning a brand new bike. This is his spiffy new ride, and he is so proud
Read more →Are your vacation plans for this summer all set? No? How you ever considered taking a fun-filled quilting cruise to Alaska? Seriously, its not too late to make plans to join me for a fabulous 7 night cruise! There are still a few openings left on Quilt Seminars
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