A Tulip Bag of steel
My mother’s friend, Winnie Lemmon, a member of The Village Quilters in Loudon, Tenn., made this super-cute version of my Tulip Bag pattern. Can you tell Winnie’s a Pittsburgh Steelers fan? Just a little bit? She actually made this purse for someone she knows in Pittsburgh. It’s all done up in Ste

Nothing Could Be Finer
“Nothing Could Be Finer” is a quilt I designed for the Charlotte Quilters’ Guild’s 2010 Raffle Quilt. It is 82" x 84", and was hand appliqued by some very talented members of the guild, and then longarm machine quilted by Kay Giese. I just love how she quilted it.

And that’s the way it goes.
So. Yesterday I won Best of Show. This morning I woke up to find out that ArtQuilt Elements 2010 had rejected me. Next to my name on the electronic entry form were three big red Xs.And that’s the way it goes. You win some and you lose some.I’m mentioning this not to publicly humi

Pink Petal Party wins Best of Show!
My quilt “Pink Petal Party,” which is the focus of my new book, Appliqué Petal Party, just won Best of Show at the Lake Norman Quilters’ 2009 show. Wish I'd worn a different shirt tonight; it is hard to tell where the quilt stops and I start in this photo.

Weeks Dye Works
Let me introduce you to a great North Carolina company, Weeks Dye Works. If you embellish quilts, embroider, needlepoint, punchneedle, rug hook, or make wool appliqué projects or penny rugs, you are going to want to know them.I met Miranda Weeks McGahey (below) and her husband John at Fall