My beginner piecing class focuses on block design and piecing: 4-patch, 9-patch, 5-patch, and 7-patch. I tell my students that if they learn how to draw and sew blocks based on these four grids, they will have enough to make quilts for a lifetime.
Category Archives: Designing/EQ
Floral whimsy
I actually did spend some time over the holiday weekend sewing the quilt design that was the subject of my last post.
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Aha! moments
Earlier this week I stopped by the post office to pick up a fun package sent by the Electric Quilt Company, with copies of my recently released book and a few other goodies. Love the larger format. LOVE the spiral binding! 🙂
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The Applique Garden
Over the weekend we launched our new website…. and now you know what has been keeping me so busy over the last year few months. This, and Jamie’s wedding, and adjusting to a new life, and volunteering, and…
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Two new summer collections
It’s hard for me to believe some of you out there are experiencing sweltering heat while I still face chilly days and even colder nights day in and day out!
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Halloween around the corner again
Over three weeks ago I started working on several Halloween projects. When I work on any one particular project involving several similar but separate elements, I usually draw and draw and draw, and then select my favorites from all those drawings.
Do you EQ?
If you are an Electric Quilt software user you may be aware that they have just updated their blog, now called “Behind the Mouse.”
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A little bit of this… a little bit of that…
…Which is pretty much how this whole year seems to have been going. Scattered. That is, me feeling scattered. Not the year. Or?
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30-30 at My EQ Boutique
There’s a sale going on at My EQ Boutique this weekend you will not want to miss!
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New patterns on the horizon!
A few days ago one of my friends was showing me her latest crochet project. The family has been planning a big outdoor celebration later this month, so she has been crocheting some beautiful pitcher covers for each of the tables. Then she sighed: “It would have been fun to make these out of fabric, […]
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I’ve really been itching!
Summer is right around the corner! And I don’t know about you, but this year is really zipping by too quickly for me!
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I Thee Wed!
Oh, boy! My latest block collection is now available at My EQ Boutique! This certainly was a fun collection to draw!
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Noah’s Ark
I have a new block collection out at My EQ Boutique! Check it out!
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I am a self-learner. I taught myself to sew and to quilt. And I taught myself how to draw. I love to dye my own fabrics, am a fanatic of free-motion quilting, and dabble with mixed media. I am a quilt designer and teacher, and design and publish my own line of quilt patterns. With this blog I would like to share the bits and pieces of my life. 
