• Scappy Plates Update

    It’s that crazy time before market when my blog posts begin to dwindle.  I apologize in advance and I’ll try to do better,  but I do have a good excuse.   I’m working on new designs!  Maybe not as you envision because I won’t have any fabric until April.  No rotary cutters, thread or sewing machines are involved now.   All…

  • Scrappy Plates Part Three

    If you’re making a Scrappy Plate Quilt, part three is ready to download.  Just think, by next month you could have a finished quilt.  Some are starting to show up on my Flickr group. Scrappy Plate Instructions Part Three My own Scrappy Plate quilt just came back from Lynne my quilter and just look the quilting!   Don’t you love…

  • Marcel

    I sent my husband to the vet to pick up medicine for Bitsy and look what he brought home… His name is Marcel… …and he’s 7 years old. His owner is in the hospital dying and Marcel needs a new home.  That’s all my husband had to hear… he brought Marcel home. He’s very sweet, a little shy and he’s…

  • Valdani Colors…What’s your favorite?

    Valdani has more colors than you ever thought possible, breathtaking colors that make you want to own them even if you don’t stitch.  Each new color is more lovely than the last.  It’s like opening a huge box of crayons each time we get a delivery. Just look at these Valdani Pearl Cotton collections I added to the website.   Aren’t…

  • Warning! Watch out for the Dresden Bug!

    This little bug can be hazardous.  She may look innocent, but once you get her she’ll give you Dresden fever… …and then look at what can happen!    Kim came to work today and collapsed.  She collapsed from the weight of all the Dresden Plates she made over the weekend. She got the bug! Plates were flying everywhere in the…

  • Priceless iPhone Photos

    Lily visits the dentist office My granddaughter Lily waiting for her Dad at the dentist.   Wonder what she’s thinking? Click on the photo to enlarge…her face says it all. Thank heavens for the iPhone. Anne