This is Part 2 of yesterday's post, Part 1, on learning to quilt. Before diving into that, I'd like to share that I learned to crochet in 1976, the USA's bicentennial year. This was my mom's solution instead of my desire to learn to quilt and produce a quilted flag for my 8th-grade project in Social Studies. The bicentennial year of 1976 was a significant milestone in our country's history, celebrating its democracy. and a big deal. And while my mom taught me to crochet (not

I thought I'd sleep in a little this morning. Nope. I often share with people when they ask me, “Do you ever sleep?” I playfully respond...

Today, I want to pause and share something I’m deeply thankful for: quilting and the people I've sewn and quilted with over the past 25...

Trey Baily, who picked up his double-sided T-shirt quilt this afternoon, was thrilled with the final product! Phew! He had previously cut...

Sewing Sisters on The Hudson Creek (Cambridge, MD) Quilting is a lot of fun for me, and it’s even better when I’m sharing this life hobby...

NeedleOnFull is in full swing in 2025! I'm blessed to create treasured keepsakes for others, including my feature T-shirt quilts, plus...

In the last year, I've tackled big and small challenges - especially regarding my quilting projects and T-shirt Quilts. They are big...

The “Rogue Retreaters” are in full swing here at the Penn National Golf Club. There are only six of us using the facilities that no...

Gratitude and Kindness reigned supreme all year long. I'm blessed to have traveled, spent quality time with my immediate family and new...

Our annual quilt guild’s no-frills retreat was this weekend (it is still going tonight, but I left before noon for another commitment)! I...

Whoa, that is what you've got to be thinking, quilter or non-quilter, for any size quilt block that could take six hours to make/create....

It's been a week of a lot of quilt chatter from me. Today is the last one in a "series," if you will. None of it was intentional; it was...

Yesterday, two bee-mates and I hightailed it out of Maryland to cross the river (Potomac) and into the country of Northern Virginia. A...

Marketer and Author Russ Hedge will host a live Linkedin broadcast with me as his guest on Thursday, July 27, 2023, at 11:00 AM ET. Russ...

Many may not know Florence, "Flo," Marion, but those in the Southern Comforters Quilt Guild do! You see, Flo is a 93-year-old busy bee...