The Bobbin and the Bobbin Case No matter the cost, brand, or condition, a sewing machine will NOT work without a bobbin or a bobbin case....

Oh, how I love going on retreats with my quilting bee (JSB or Just Sew Bee). We are now a multi-state bee, with two living in Arizona and...

Day 14 of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The gold nugget for today is Helpful Hobbies. My number 1 hobby is quilting. I love every...

After all the summer travel and fun times I enjoyed over the past couple of months, I'm glad to be back in the hot seat of my daily...

Most of the gals in my quilting bee sew and quilt a lot. Almost every day of the week, we put our machines through the paces. As with...

After the gut punch yesterday with my childhood friend's death, I had to not only stare at my own mortality, but resorted to my...

It's the small things... Quilters go through lots of batting—it's what goes in the middle of a quilt sandwich between the top and the...

I am thrilled to create treasured keepsakes for this season's graduating seniors from either high school or college. My quilting business...

I wrote this piece a couple of months ago. I don't think it ever hit the blogosphere until now. It's all about moving to another "hot...

I love scissors! Who doesn't love a pair of razor-sharp scissors? I almost love scissors more than my fleet of irons. For a quilter, they...

Over the last several years, while on a quilt guild retreat, we went to a Secret Sewing Sister (SSS) format to add pizzaz to an already...

My quilting pals and I are still in Daytona but won’t swing by the convention center on this last quilt show day. We are classed out,...

Our gang includes two gals from Arizona, two gals from Maryland, and one from Florida. They all equal a rocking good here at the Daytona...

We are in full swing here in Daytona; attending classes, purchasing fabric and quilty things from vendors, and oohing and ahhing on the...

Three weeks ago I wrote a post on the cool numbered date of 2/2/22. I love the twos and rounded numbers they are. Fast forward to...