I have a chair in my office that I love. It has an old fabric that is green in color. I decided that the table sitting next to this chair needed a table topper so I made up this pattern, played around with fabric and this is what I came up with. It is approximately [...]
A few years ago, my mom and I put together a quilt for a friend who is battling cancer. Mom heard that sometimes patients get cold when going through treatment so she thought it would be nice if our friend had a quilt to keep her warm. She loved having the quilt and said it [...]
I was looking through some old picture albums and ran across this picture. I made this quilt for my daughter in 2006. She liked it because the colors are green and purple and the dog block is a Boston Terrier. My dogs seemed to like it too!
Join Dana, the Old Red Barn Co. blog author, as she begins a 6 week quilt along. During the six weeks, she will be giving away wonderful prizes and at the end of it all she is going to give away a Janome 6600 sewing machine!!!
Statues Outside the Quilt Museum in Paducah I am back with so many things to tell you about the American Quilter’s Society quilt show I attended last week. If you ever want to be inspired to create beautiful quilts and other items, go to a quilt show. Quilts of every skill level are displayed and [...]
We had a great time at the International Quilt Festival. I have never seen so many vendors in one location. I have been to the flea market in Shipshewana which claims to be the biggest flea market in the US so I know what big is. LOL We took a few pictures but they are [...]
If you live near Chicago, you will be excited to know that the 2009 International Quilt Festival is being held this weekend. My mom and I are going. We are traveling with a group of ladies. It should be fun! We have to be at the bus at 6:30 am tomorrow morning. I sure hope [...]
I worked all day today on my four patch posey quilt. Have you ever heard of stack-n-wack quilts? Four Patch Posey quilts are similar in that you stack the fabric to make cuts. The Four Patch Posey reminds me of a kaleidoscope. Every time you put the pieces together to make a block, the pattern [...]
This week at Heads or Tails we were given the option of Tails and were told to think of something having to do with “point”. Well, my most favorite way to embellish a quilt or purse is to use prairie points. I first used prairie points in a quilt and then started putting them everywhere. [...]
This weeks Heads or Tails is focusing on TAILS – “Springtime Memory”. This was a hard one until it hit me. I have a quilt that I call my springtime quilt! My mom made this quilt for me for my 50th birthday. It has so much work involved in the piecework that every time I [...]
