• Christmas Quilts

    I’ve designed so many Christmas quilts over the years, my house is filled with them.  Not all at once of course. Many remain folded on the shelves, waiting for a chance to be shared.   From my very first one, Catch A Christmas Star, to my latest one, Mistletoe Lane, there are many in-between.  I thought it’d be fun to decorate this blog post with them.  Are you ready?  Warning, this post is picture heavy! “Catch A Christmas Star” was my very first Christmas quilt, designed in 2004. “Snowman Country” came along in 2006: 2007 brought “All Things Christmas”: The Original Version of “Postcard Cuties for Winter” made its debut in 2008… …along…

  • Quick Gifts

    I bought a few 5″ x 5″ black frames (inside opening) for quilt market to display some of my Halloween quilt blocks.  The blocks looked cute in the frames, but they were destined for my new Halloween quilt. So after market I removed the quilt blocks and I was left with empty frames that needed filling.   I decided to play around with some of those cute buttons I have on my website. It was so simple to let the buttons do the work.  I used Mochi Linen for the background fabric, and traced the stocking and sheep curve with the edge of a small plate.  Then I embroidered the lines with a stem stitch and 2 strands…

  • Snapshots Quilt

    Remember the Snapshots quilt from Fat Quarter Shop that I’ve been making all year? Well, I’ve finally finished my version and it’s one of three quilts on Ebay up for auction by The Fat Quarter Shop!  All the proceeds from the sale of these quilts go to St. Jude Children’s Hospital! This was a really fun quilt to make and I’m grateful to The Fat Quarter Shop for asking me to join in the quilt along.  You can see all three quilts on the Jolly Jabber blog.  Mine was custom quilted by Becky Hubel and her quilting is darling!  Bid on any of these quilts and you’ll be helping children in need.  It doesn’t get any better than that.…