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You’re Invited! Stash Bandit’s Mountain Retreat
Exciting news today! I’d like to invite you to the Stash Bandit Mountain Quilt Retreat in Buena Vista, Colorado from March 14 to 17, 2019. We’ll be at The Lodge at Buena Vista, where the views are amazing and the food is spectacular! I’ve come …Read More »
What’s a Tomte? Do You Know-m? Giveaway!
I’m not the least bit Scandinavian, so when cute little creatures called “tomten” started appearing in my Instagram feed last year, I had to Google. It turns out they’re a little bit like gnomes. From Wikipedia: A…tomte…is a mythological creature from Nordic folklore…typically associated with …Read More »
Winter Sewing, Slow and Easy
Every year it seems like I have time to sew during November, December and January. Other people are busy shopping, cooking and decorating. But my life is the opposite, and that’s kind of a good thing. Thanksgiving was quiet with just five guests (two bigs …Read More »
Changing It Up: From Christmas to Industry
I posted an image of my recent modern Christmas wreath quilt on Instagram, and a follower named Karen saw “urban-industrial style Christmas.” What a great description! Her thoughts moved me to play around with this design and purposely go for an industrial look. So I …Read More »
Holiday Designs by Stash Bandit, Part 2
My exceptional longarm quilter said to me recently, “I think everything you do is modern.” I’d commented that I didn’t think of myself as a “modern” quilter, and her response gave me pause. I’ve been (very happily) fielding inquiries from modern quilt guilds, and the truth …Read More »
Holiday Designs by Stash Bandit, Part 1
The Nov/Dec issue of Quilty magazine is on newsstands now, and I’m very excited to have two new quilt designs inside. Ever since I started building the Jingle Bells Trunk Show to share with quilt guilds, I’ve been obsessed with making Christmas quilts. I’m constantly …Read More »
Greetings from Hong Kong
I haven’t often had the opportunity to travel, but when your daughter and her family move to the other side of the world, you do it. I’m visiting Holly, her husband Dustin, and my only grandchildren—two precious little boys aged 2 and 6. It feels …Read More »
Bonnie Hunter Comes to Nebraska
Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville fame visited three guilds in Nebraska last week, and it was such fun to reconnect with her. Bonnie has had a long-term working relationship with Quiltmaker, where I worked for 11 years, and that’s how we first met. I hadn’t seen …Read More »Quilt Retreat with Wagner’s Quilts & Conversation
Last week I co-hosted a quilt retreat with Wagner’s Quilts & Conversation in Arapahoe, Nebraska. Eighteen quilters joined us for three days of fun. The food was great and the company was amiable! The owners of Wagner’s Quilts are Ruth and Gretchen, a mother-daughter team. …Read More »
One Hundred Small Quilts #6
For the past several years, I’ve signed up for the Teal Mini Swap. It’s a fundraiser hosted by my friend Beth Helfter of EvaPaige Quilt Designs to benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. Today’s little quilt was made by Lorrie Langdon from Greenville, Mississippi. Lorrie …Read More »