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Quilt Candy Trunk Show Followup Part 1
Thank you to everyone who has viewed the mini trunk show from the Quilt Candy event. I really appreciate your time. I wanted to follow up with a few things and put all of the links in one place. Watch the mini trunk show with …Read More »Quilt Candy Virtual Trunk Show, Days 5 and 6
We’re on to more of the Quilt Candy Virtual Trunk Show. These are the links for today, Sunday April 5, and tomorrow, Monday April 6. You can watch them live on Facebook at the times listed or you may watch them anytime after the live …Read More »More Quilt Candy Trunk Shows
The Quilt Candy Virtual Trunk Shows continue today beginning at 11 CST on Facebook Live. You can watch live or any time afterward when it’s convenient for you. There’s a lot of great talent being displayed. My own trunk shows will be Sunday at 4 …Read More »More Designers Up: Quilt Candy Trunk Show
There are more designers hosting short Facebook Live events in the Quilt Candy Trunk Show! I hope you’ll take a peek. Remember that you don’t have to watch it live, you can watch them any time after they go live, too. Today’s designers: April 2 12pm …Read More »Quilt Candy Virtual Trunk Show Starts Today
A group of quilt designers have teamed up to offer a fun and free event online during this time. Each designer will spend about 15 minutes showing some of her favorite quilts. You can watch live on Facebook at the top of each hour from …Read More »
Improv Stars in Love Patchwork & Quilting
Most of the time when I have a design published, it’s because I pitched it to a magazine and they accepted it. But last year, a magazine in the UK came to me, which was very exciting. I have often purchased Love Patchwork & Quilting …Read More »
Scrap Quilt in Solids, Bad Intersections and Lessons Learned
I just finished a quilt top and now that it’s done I can say that I like it. But along the way, I hated this thing. Too much stitch-and-flip, too many ugly intersections and not nearly enough forgiveness for my style of sewing. None of …Read More »
Just in the Nick of Time
I returned home on Monday night from a teaching trip, and just in time. News of the pandemic broke soon after and has only intensified in the days since. I’m thankful to be safely back home. I have no travel plans for a while. My …Read More »Have No Fear
I’ve been working on something totally outlandish and I have decided that the most important guideline for making art and doing original work in your quilting or any creative field is this: Have No Fear You can’t be afraid to make something that nobody else …Read More »
A Nice Surprise at Quilt Guild
My favorite night of the quilt guild’s year is the garage sale, hands down. There are always things to be shared and treasures to be found. My small guild in Holdrege, Nebraska had a garage sale in January. I tried hard to find interesting things …Read More »