Quiet Books
A couple of years ago at Quilt Festival in Houston, a fellow exhibitor was looking at our Zany Zoo Faces and remarked that the pattern could be used to make a Quiet Book as ...
Read more→I love your patterns, but I don’t like to applique…
We’ve heard this more times than we care to count. In conversations with our customers, we’ve discovered that often it’s not applique they don’t like, but rather the method of applique they’ve tried. Many ...
Read more→Virginia’s Sunbonnet Sues
In December 2004, my stepmother and Bonus Mom (so named by my brother), Virginia, shared with me a real treasure – thirty Sunbonnet Sue blocks made by her late husband’s maternal grandmother in the ...
Read more→About Those Borders on Our Patterns
Anyone who has purchased our patterns has probably noticed that we don’t do much when it comes to borders. Most are narrow and, in some cases, non-existent. There is a reason for that. Our ...
Read more→A Tale of Two Singers
One of my favorite childhood memories is the sight and sound of my mother sewing on her Singer Featherweight. It was her opportunity to get away from it all and be creative, even for ...
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