A week ago, my mom and I broke free from our mundane jobs as we participated in the Wasatch Front Shop Hop. This means we spent the whole day in quilt stores. A couple of years ago we went to all of the stores in the Shop Hop. It took 2 days. It was a lot of time in a car. This year we decide to be a little more pratical. We’d take one day [...]

A couple of years ago, I discovered the Dear Jane Quilt. For some unknown reason I was attracted to this quilt. I wanted to make my own. I thought about it for a year before I did anything. In February 2004, I bought the Dear Jane software. I liked the idea of being able to print templates or foundation pieces. A few weeks later I bought 2 bolts of fabric. Why two bolts? I want [...]

Scrap quilts elude me. I should clarify. I’ve seen scrap quilts that amaze me. I just don’t have any idea how to make a masterpiece out of scraps. Why is this topic worth a blog entry? Despite not knowing what to do with scraps, I save them. My scrap collection grows and my ideas fail to develop. This behavior has to to stop. Two options: throw away scraps or use the scraps. I can’t stop [...]

Over a year ago, I took an applique class with a friend. I wanted to improve my applique skills. The class made this wall hanging: I finished the four applique blocks in about a month. Then I started to set things together. When I started the project, I intended on following the pattern. Then I decided that I was more creative than the pattern. I got this far: For over a year, I made no [...]

On Saturday, I hit the road with four quilting friends. Northern Utah was our destination. Stop #1 – The Red Rooster in Providence, Utah. It took me about 5 minutes to break my first rule – No new projects. I immediately found a Moda line called Gatherings that I liked. Oh what to do? I didn’t have any plans for a new quilt. So I improvised. I bought 3 yards of a background fabric and [...]