A Bit of Yellow

Sometimes--like lately when I have to shovel snow every other day--I just need a visual reminder that better weather is on the (very distant...

Orchids are such flamboyant flowers. Why not assemble a funky fabric version of a wild and wacky orchid? Here's a detail shot of an unc...

This is Splash. The only connection this critter has with quilting is that she's on a shelf in my studio and she makes me smile. If you...

It's another gray January day in Chicagoland. How about a splash of color? Celebration is a wildly colored quilt adapted from a softly c...

The outdoor thermometer registered in the single digits this morning. Another good day to stay inside, have a cup of tea and attach a bindin...

As mentioned in the last post, I am slightly changing my focus now to smaller quilts. Smaller quilt = easier to handle = hopefully a less fr...

Since 1999 I've been making quilts for competition. The majority of these quilts are quite large, for example 64"x77", 46...

That little yellow button on my TV remote is labelled SKIP FWD What an invention. It has spared me from many inane commercials. Taping a sh...

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is bo...

Bob Eckstein is the author of The History of the Snowman. The earliest snowman illustration Eckstein found is in a religious manuscript, Boo...

Here's a simple mini quilt (9" square) using glitzy Christmas ribbon and shiny fabrics from my scrap box. Made as a donation quilt ...

This is the third quilt in my Virtues series based on the verse: Three things last forever: faith, hope and love. Faith Rings is a Christ...

Hope Flourishes is one of a trio of quilts in my Virtues Series based on this verse: "Three things last forever: faith, hope and love....

The next three posts will focus on my Virtues Series. These quilts are based on the verse that says: "Three things last forever: faith...

My mom gave me this party book in 1962 when I was 8 years old. I loved to linger over the pictures and read the recipes. Not sure I actual...

A couple years ago my husband and I were on a mission in rural China. This gracious hostess prepared a meal for us in her "kitchen...

How I love a sunny day. Unfortunately, it was overcast today! The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It has a diameter about...

See the November 3 post for a full size image of The World. Here's another detail shot. I lucked out on the commercial fabric for the ca...

On a recent trip to a local family farm and apple orchard, I couldn't resist taking pictures of these bins of squash. Though considered ...

These zebras are drawn directly on the background fabric using a black Pigma Micron pen. The white stripes are made whiter with slightly thi...