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Garment Sewing: Who Can Resist a Baby?*
*Or Two I started sewing in 4-H when I was nine years old. I wish I had a picture of my Quick Trick Skirt. It was a tube with a casing at the top and I wore it with a white blouse and a …Read More »
One Quilter’s Generosity and a Giveaway
My guild had a two-day retreat the first weekend of 2020 and I was able to go for one day. It’s always fun to see what other people are working on and have time to catch up with everyone. Lots of people worked on patriotic …Read More »
UFO Bonanza: Two Down, More to Go, Giveaway #2
If you’re new here, WELCOME! I’m Diane Harris and I’m happy to meet you. Immediately after piecing the daisies and baskets UFO sampler below, I started another one. I was on a roll and it was the weekend between Christmas and New …Read More »
Ponies from the Past
Every so often I get an email that surprises and delights me. It’s usually when someone finishes a quilt I designed somewhere in the past. Deborah Robinson from Lake Forest, California made the quilt above for her cousin’s first grandchild. She says the new mom …Read More »
New Year Giveaway #1!
Happy New Year! It seems like a good time to do a few giveaways. My studio is bursting with things quilters love and it’s time to share them with you all. I have new quilt designs in the first 2020 issues of McCall’s Quilting and …Read More »
UFO Bonanza: One Down, Many to Go
I’ve continued sorting my UFOs and there are several I am really excited about. A couple of ideas have evolved along the way. (If you’re not a quilter, a UFO is what we call an UnFinished Object. It’s a project you started but didn’t complete.) …Read More »
Real Quilt vs. Digital Quilt
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving!Read More »Pattern Errors: Kindness and Empathy
There’s an error in the Yule Glow pattern, my recent design in McCall’s Quilting. A mistake is a drag for everyone: the editors who wrote the pattern, the designer who wants the pattern to do well, and the reader who just wants to make a …Read More »
Hong Kong and the Protests of 2019
My daughter and her family live in Hong Kong and I’m visiting for Thanksgiving. I arrived on Nov. 15 and will be here until Dec. 2. A number of people have asked about the protests and how that situation is affecting us. Just above is …Read More »Textile Mills in Lowell, Mass and a New Quilting Friend
I’d never been to New Hampshire until this week, and only to Massachusetts once. It surprised me to hear locals call it “Mass,” as if Massachusetts is just too much of a mouthful. Being from the Great Plains, I’ve sometimes been led to believe that …Read More »