May Meeting

Just because I say it every month doesn’t keep it from being true:  I can’t believe that another month has gone by !!!!! Our May meeting featured a special speaker: Klaudeen Hanson, who started the Sun Prairie Quilt Show (one of the two longest running shows in the U.S) and is an internationally renown and respected quilt judge.  During her talk, I alternated between “I’ll NEVER enter a quilt show” and “I could absolutely enter […]

June block lotto

Happy June, warm days, summer is here!  No correlation to this month’s color palette, necessarily, I just liked the way everything played together so well in this photo 🙂  Mustard, eggplant, dark navy, and teal. For the block design you get your choice of two, each one a negative of other.  Or, you can do both!  You can even cut and sew and press the 16 smaller square pieces and decide later which way you prefer, because […]

Show us your Sewing Space – Linda Orr

​After years of sewing in basements and attics, in this house, I chose the room with lots of windows. It’s almost like being outdoors (without the weeds and mosquitos). My sewing machine looks into the front yard with my serger to my right. Behind me is the ironing board (still wanting a topper  to give me more space.)       On the end wall are two closets. One has all the fabric wound on […]

Row by Row Experience

Have you heard? There’s an awesome new way to shop hop! It’s called the Row by Row Experience. Row by Row Experience is a shop hop that began in 2011 with 20 participating quilt shops across the state of New York. Over the past 4 years it has grown so much that this year it will include shops from all 50 states, and several Canadian provinces! Beginning on June 21, 2015, each participating quilt shop will […]