Walnut Patties
Walnut Patties, recipe
Hungry Boys’ Casserole
This is an old family recipe for a hearty casserole
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As the Quilt World Turns
the variety of styles within the quilt world
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Fortissimo
On Friday, November 2 I am teaching the Fortissimo pattern at Quilt Festival in Houston. I involves simple piecing and two types of appliqué. It is amazing to me how different fabrics change the look of this quilt. I choose very lively and bold prints for the first Fortissimo. They are so bold that they hide
The Ideal Day
It was clear to me when my alarm rang that this was the ideal day to stay in bed with a good book. The sky was dark with storm clouds and leaves cascading down from the Brandon Oak tree outside my window. But I have 10,000 things to do today including my class proposal for
Lava Lamp
Some quilts have a long and twisted story. This Lava Lamp quilt I completed yesterday on 6-24-14. It started over a year ago at Spring Market in Portland when Northcott Fabrics showed me their upcoming line of Shimmer Fabrics. The fabrics are a collection of colors with 9 shades per colorway, all with gold or
Favorite Notion
Turn ordinary paper quilt drawings into quilt templates using Scotch Restickable Glue.
Blue and Pink Spring
Spring has arrived here in the Sacramento valley. A few weeks ago the trees were bare and now some are aggressively pink. Pink and blue were a common color combination when I learned to quilt in the early 1990s. I still have a variety of old fabrics in those colors. The color yellow must be added to
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