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

We had bright blue skies on Saturday afternoon - but that wind! Holy cow! It turned rocking chairs over - it wound the flag around the flag pole. But we still got out and did the best we could with our over-the-porch-rail photos -  It was a "Hold on to your quilts, ladies - we're not in Kansas anymore!" kind of photo opportunity. Sometimes you've just got to do the best you can with it, and capture the laughter along with the quilts. Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

Hi guys. Pardon me if I feel a bit discombobulated - it's been that kind of a week! Somehow it all happened - it all fit in.  I'm not sure exactly how - but I'm on the tail end of this "something crazy every day" streak! On Sunday morning I did the "up and over" drive so that I could fill the van with gas before arriving at the inn for photo taking before some folks had to head back to real lives and jobs. We still have a long way to go as far as leaves on the trees - but just 45 minutes from here, down the mountain everything is leafed out and it's pollen-hell. We learned that ye ..read more

Happy Monday & PDF Pattern Release Day, Quiltvillians! It seems for the past week all I've done is run from one appointment to the other - ticking off all the boxes and making sure everything was done on time. BARELY on time. And this morning is the same - As this posts I'm off to Winston for the Retinal Specialist with Hubster Dave driving as I will be dilated and unable to drive myself home.  It's like a 3-4 hour procedure, so we'll see what comes of this. I'm hitting publish on this post and getting everything out before I go. Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

This picture says it all! Good friends, Good food, Great times! The laughter just echoes and I feel so blessed to be a part of this.  No matter which group it is - there is a place for everyone. I took this photo last evening - I stayed for dinner as I was gone for a good chunk of the afternoon for a dentist appointment. Yes, real life creeps in while the quilters are retreating.  They are on retreat - but sometimes I have to do big girl things. Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

And this is how we bind it, baby! And I am happy to say that there are no more bindings waiting in my queue. I have no quick finishes on hand to finish. It's time to dig into something happy, scrappy and maybe even a bit intense. I am really happy to have my smaller Ditch Lilies quilt completed - and it now hangs in the front foyer at Quiltville Inn! (I will get a photo of where it hangs today - I forgot yesterday.) Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

Do you see that cloud cover? Even if I was in the path of totality for yesterday's eclipse - it wouldn't have mattered.   This is spring in Southwestern Virginia.   Cloud cover in the mountains and no blue sky - at least not yesterday. And yes - there was a sprinkling rain shower or two as well. But it didn't dampen my spirits - because I had some surprise visitors bearing bins of fabric! Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

You just had to know that I couldn't leave this alone for the weekend. Ditch Lilies got quilted up all nice and pretty! Small quilts quilt up so quickly! (Okay, not that small - it's about 55'' square, but that's all relative, right?) I had the weekend mostly to myself - there wasn't a retreat this past weekend and I could just put my Pandora music on shuffle and just go with it. It was also crazily cold - which gave me another reason to stay in and not go anywhere. Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more

I needed a rather quick finish. Ladder Star has months and months of hand quilting to go.   Don't get me wrong - you know how I love my evening hand quilting time - those things are not a race, and they don't have a deadline. Square Pegs is still in the binding stage.  I'll likely finish that over the weekend and then my evening stitching time will go back to hand quilting on Ladder Star. Yesterday I took a look at the bins on top of my stash cabinets in an effort to ascertain whether there was something I could finish up rather quickly. And guess what I found! Click to ..read more