I finally had to admit my camera was lost and I didn't think it is ever coming home! Unfortunately, I had not yet downloaded pictures fr...

For most people, baking two cakes isn't news. For me, I'm sure it was the first time I'd done any baking in this century! I actu...

I quilt in inches, but a lot of students in my classes both here in the U.S. and abroad are metric quilters. After many years of observation...

I'll be teaching in New Zealand and Australia late this summer. I've taught at events in both countries almost annually for many yea...

Around the beginning of May, I was in Beaver Dam, WI, for presentations at Nancy's Notions. The groups are large (50-200 people), so the...

My best Mother's Day present came a few Sundays early. It just happened that all the Michells (Stacy, Richard and I) were going to be in...

The back-to-back Chicago and Paducah shows created travel and logistics nightmares for many quilt show vendors, and we were no exception! Ou...

Atlanta is blessed with perfect weather and climate for azaleas and dogwoods. Blossoms begin to peek out the last week or so of March and an...

On Sunday, Bettina and I went to the Bulloch Hall Quilt Show. Bulloch Hall , in Roswell, Georgia, was the childhood home of President Theodo...

For some years, six or seven traveling quilt teachers, including Bettina and me, got together for a December slumber party in Iowa. It was a...

I left the office in time to drive to Tifton, GA, for dinner with some of the members of the Wiregrass Quilters Guild . Even though it was e...

There are now larger pictures of the quilt and 30 of the blocks on our Website . I hope you enjoy them!

In 2004, I was selected to receive the Silver Star Award at the International Quilt Festival in Houston. I was very flattered to be chosen f...

When I returned from the Maryland trip, I had less than 24 hours to unpack, pack, sleep and catch another plane. This time my flight was to ...

Being raised in Iowa, I always felt the brunt of people saying that Iowa was one flat cornfield. To me, it is beautiful, rich, productive, r...

A nice bonus of my trip to Maryland was having a chance to catch up with Susan McKelvey. Our friendship goes back a long time. Today, quilte...