Oh, the lilacs!! I could smell them in the drive as we arrived home from the airport after midnight on Tuesday - which I guess was really Wednesday morning. But it was dark - so I didn't really come face to face with them until I walked out the door to head over to the inn to make things ready for the Muddy Creek Misfits who would be arriving after 4pm. Oh!!  The lilacs!  I didn't miss them after all! Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

"I'll go to Idaho to visit family in May!" I thought. "Surely, the weather will be lovely in May? It's a week before Mother's Day..." And nature laughed and placed the snow-capped Wasatch Front in view from my window seat as our plane descended into the Salt Lake valley. One more flight to go.... Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

These fun ladies! I love this photo over the porch rail - sharing the quilt top they all made as a community project. It's wonderful! Each block is as different as these folks are - but together they make a beautiful whole. It just seemed fitting that this photo is at the top of this post It's as if they are waving ME off as I head to the airport this morning, and I am waving back at them as they begin their long journeys home to Bloomington, Indiana and beyond. Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you had a wonderful weekend - I know we did! This was last night's fantastic dinner on the porch with Nola's Bonniacs. Amazing food, and fantastic friendship - all the way around. And yesterday when asking if anyone wanted to go on a walk - I got the response of "No, it's too hot."  LOL!! Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

This happened Thursday afternoon - And I'm so glad we chose Thursday because yesterday was cold and misty - not a good day for walking. But Thursday? Quilters in the sunshine, baby! I hadn't been up Roundhouse Road in a while - and it took two vehicles to get us all there -  And it was so worth it to see the world around us waking up into spring. Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

Our Pineapple Blossom workshop with Nola's Bonniacs began with a flurry of machines yesterday morning! This quilt has come out of the quilt vault with renewed vigor! How many of us have leftover scrap strips? Partial jelly rolls?  This one is from the Free Patterns tab and works up so quickly - looking much more intricate than it really is. And it is presented in two different sizes of blocks - one made with 2'' strips and 3 1/2'' squares, and the other larger version with 2 1/2'' strips (That's where the jelly roll leftovers come in!) and 4 1/2'' squares. And the best pa ..read more

Artifacts from Tuesday's Getaway Day! When Debbie's Bitter Bees group left on Sunday - giving me the rest of that day and Monday to tackle laundry and getting things ready for Nola's Bonniacs to arrive - I suddenly saw a break in my schedule - Tuesday was completely empty and I could do with it what I wanted. What did I want?  Did I really REALLY want? A junking day! Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

I said goodbye to Debbie's Bitter Bees Sunday morning - the hallways were busy with the moving of stuff, the packing of cars, the hugs and farewells. I think it's safe to say a grand time was had by all - and I'm thrilled that they'll be back next March! March? Why March? Because Easter falls on their weekend in 2025, so they get to hop back to where Easter was this year.  It makes for interesting calendar management, I tell you! Don't they look like a fun group?  And oh - the food they served!  Off the charts! Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

Yesterday was our first Split Nine-Patch workshop day and Debbie's Bitter Bees had it going on! Being as Split Nine Patch is from the Free Patterns tab many got a head start on making half square triangles, and came with all of their 2 1/2'' square cut, sorted ready to share and go! It didn't take long until there were a variety of layouts on design walls - playing with these blocks is the best part! Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

This was our fourth retreat with the Quilt District.  They've been here FOUR times - and that's once a year.  So how exactly are these years flying by so quickly? Can we slow them down just a bit, please? One of the things I absolutely love about this group is that modern and contemporary and whimsical and vintage and antique play so well together. Several members are also part or are even board members  of the AQSG or American Quilt Study Group and are fanatically enthusiastic about vintage and antique quilts and the preservation of such - and at the same time fully engag ..read more