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  • The Queen's Quilt

    When we were in Honolulu recently, we stopped off for a rainy-day tour of ‘Iolani Palace, the home of the last kings and queens of Hawai’i.  We’d driven past it countless…

  • Cure For Wintry Weather (And A Sewing Buddy Update)

    This one’s from the “warm” sample for the new Your First (Modern) Quilt series we’re doing.  Maybe I’m having a little more fun than strictly necessary.  Yummy bright colors for this…

  • Central Park Sudoku Quilt Top Finished!

    So far, so good!  This is a sweet and simple nine patch quilt top, made from the Sudoku Quilt Kits Moda has put out for the Central Park collection–you do the…

  • Far Far Away II Storytime Squares Quilt

    Project details: Huge thanks to Rae for the Storytime Squares pattern (free on her blog!).  I added another round of squares on this one to make it a full 60″ square. …

  • A Dream Has Died

    Last night, I taught an English Paper Piecing workshop, and was reminded how enamored I am of this technique.  It’s very Zen and meditative and repetitive in the most soothing way,…

  • Having Said That…

    I fully stand behind every word I wrote about using multitudes of fabrics from various collections when sewing, to really revel in the color and the chaos, but having said that,…

  • Quilt Market Recovery

    Y’all, Quilt Market was a blast.  This was only my second trip–I went in Spring 2009 in Pittsburgh, but that fall was our famous flood and this past spring our baby…

  • Quilt Cemetery

    My husband and I went out to eat recently with some Twitter and blog friends, one of whom is a noted ghost hunter. She mentioned wanting to visit her grandfather’s grave…

  • Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild Display

    The ladies of the Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild have been holding their monthly meetings at Whipstitch, and have been gracious enough to loan us some of their beautiful mini-quilts to hang…

  • Looked So Nice, I Made It Twice

    Another version of the Anna Maria play quilt I made a few weeks ago, this time for our newest little one.  Remind me to tell you about how I’ve–without planning to–made…

  • Peek-A-Boo Play Quilt a la Anna Maria

    On Sunday, I got together with some ladies to shower one of my dear friends with gifts for her new baby, due any minute now.  We don’t know if she’ll be…

  • Another Day, Another Baby Shower

    This: Plus this: Equals this: Just a little sneak preview until the mom-to-be gets her gift on Sunday!  Full reveal next week Am thinking seriously of keeping this one for myself. …