Inspiration

Here are a few more of the designs I entered in the Rose of Sharon contest at Electric Quilt. They received over 800 designs, so the book being prepared with the 100 best designs should be terrific. Ultimately, EQ will make all 800 designs available to everyone using EQ.

I don’t remember the last time I embroidered something but I am sure I was not old enough to drive and still wore braids. When my friends Linda and Carol invited me to join them in taking an embroidery class at the local quilt shop, I thought it sounded like fun so I tagged along.

Electric Quilt has joined forces with Nine Patch Media and Sharon Pederson to host a contest designing Rose of Sharon Blocks. Sharon is putting together a book that will feature 150 different Sharon designs. None of my are traditional so they may get tossed out, but it was certainly fun putting them together. Here are

Temporarily leaving the subject of quilting for today, I would like to share a recent photo of Cleo and Ramsey. The girls take them to the dog park every day to play. The city sponsors a dog parade around Halloween and there is a costume contest. The girls dressed Ramsey as Santa, and Cleo dressed

My dear friend Jan recently lost her husband Karl after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Last week Jan gave me two boxes full of Karl’s ties. She knows I quilt and was hopeful that I would be able to use them. There are a number of beautiful silks, and quite a variety of