I'm blessed to have several friends I meet with, send texts a few times each week and we get together once a month or so at a nice rest...

  I decided to upgrade to another embroidery machine with a larger hoop size.  I bought a Janome Memory Craft 500E embroidery only machine. ...

 Winter has finally arrived in NC.  On this cold Sunday this is under my needle.  I began it last night and plan to finish it and 2 other sm...

This video has a very good tip for joining the binding.  She folds the binding over at one point and this tip has certainly helped me.   I u...

 I have a customer quilt on the frame tonight, I'm working late.   On the wall are 2 quilt tops I made over the summer.  I haven't h...

  I am headed to a quilt retreat next month in the North Carolina mountains.  I made a checklist for myself and thought I would share it wit...

  Many of you follow my "Ode to the Sewing Machine" posts.  We've all  seen the  ads on craigslist, ebay and elsewhere.  The c...

When a quilt with red, black, purple or dark blue fabric has bleeding of colors it can ruin a perfectly good quilt.  Synthrapol is a solutio...