For those of you out in blog land who celebrate the American tradition of Thanksgiving, I hope you all had a wonderful day and that you enjoyed a delicious meal surrounded by your family and friends. We were blessed to have my brother and his wife, Bob
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We made our family’s secret recipe Chex Party Mix tonight so I could take a few photographs for the new book. Since I’m among friends, I thought I’d share it with you in advance of the book’s release. Once again, our kitchen has that wonderful savory, spicy smell that
Read more →I just had to share….. You may remember Linda Felton’s Anvils quilt from a recent blog post. There was an itty bitty issue with the quality of the photos she originally sent, so she was gracious enough to send them again so I could share them with you.
Read more →What a fun morning! Our small neighborhood quilting group (you remember these terrific gals from here) met at my house this morning for a stitch-n-gab (sans Charm, unfortunately. Hey Charm — we missed you, but we’ll see you next week) and we got quite a bit accomplished. Caroline
Read more →Happy Wednesday, everyone! Hope this week is going well for you out in cyberland! My dear friend, Birgit Schuller, sent me a photo of her Anvils mystery quilt top, and I just had to share: Fabulous! I just love the colors and fabrics you chose, Birgit. Can’t
Read more →We hosted some of our favorite people here at home over the weekend, Herb and Sue Hausmann. Of course, we think they are both terrific simply for who they are — sincerely good people and simply great friends — but during their visit this time, we got a bonus! Ever since
Read more →Updated….October 29th Remember my promise? (Click here), then come on back and read all the way to the bottom…. Big-time congratulations to Linda for being the FIRST to send me a photo of her completed Anvils 2009 fall mystery quilt! Although she mentioned she had some camera or
Read more →They are all projects I stitched yesterday! Would you like a sneak peak of the Jelly Roll top I finished piecing? I don’t want to reveal too much until it has been quilted by Birgit, but at least you’ll get an idea of what it looks like: This quilt is
Read more →I’ve been tossing and turning at night. Losing sleep (seriously). I promised to post photos from all you mystery quilt sleuths who have been so thoughtful and taken the time to email or send me photos of your finished tops and/or quilts. You’ve all been really terrific
Read more →In my previous blog I mentioned that my boys surprised me with some of the books from my “reading wish list” for my birthday. Notice a theme? Well, quite honestly it all began in last month when I went to see the movie, Julie and Julia. It
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