A Creative Life There are times when one must exercise certain skills in order to maintain the level of proficiency one has, or in this case, someone requested cookies & cream something for a breakfast meeting we're having. Baking is a skill wherein I'm still learning the rules as there are still so many things… Continue reading Baking, Quilting, Writing
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Creative Spark Embroidery Extravaganza!
Hear ye! Hear ye! Creative Spark's 2025 Embroidery Extravaganza arrives Thursday July 17, 2025 to a computer near you! This live event features:Sue SpargoLaura WasilowskiBetz White Anne OliverChristen BrownLauren WeberMichelle StaubNicole VogelsingerSharon Boggon &Cassandra Diasgiving their wit, wisdom & ways to incorporate embroidery into your quilts or veer off your quilty path and embrace a… Continue reading Creative Spark Embroidery Extravaganza!
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Twilight in the Bronx & @play
Quick update: I made a note at the bottom of this post for clarity...these quilts are for sale...no set price at the moment. Sometimes it's time to let go to make room in the creative part of who you are for whatever is coming next. Twilight in the Bronx and @play are such great companions… Continue reading Twilight in the Bronx & @play
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Sunshine on a Cloudy Day
https://www.instagram.com/p/DJt78SoOBRC/ Happy Monday Quilty Peeps! It is a little cloudy and rainy here in Central Texas and from what I can tell it's going to get kinda warm today and stay kinda warm through the week. My sewing machine made the return trip to the studio this morning so that once I'm done with writing… Continue reading Sunshine on a Cloudy Day
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Mastering Color Confidence
On Thursday I joined Amy Barret-Daffin, Marci Baker, and Joen Wolfrom to talk about color. This Creative Spark Mastering Color Confidence course has three 1-hour panels for $19.99, talk about value for money. Sometimes pulling color together seems so challenging, yet in some ways it is as simple as pulling together our favorite colors and… Continue reading Mastering Color Confidence
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Upper Blanco Textile Studio: Free-Motion Quilting – An Introduction
, FC : (0,0,0) Are you ready for a Free-Motion Quilting Class? Well, friends, wait no longer! Join me at Upper Blanco Textile Studio Friday May 16, 2025forFree-Motion Quilting An Introduction 10 AM to 4 PM Bring your lunch or visit Uptown Blanco Restaurant for some really amazing food! Free-Motion Quilting: An Introduction covers all… Continue reading Upper Blanco Textile Studio: Free-Motion Quilting – An Introduction
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Teaching Beginner Color
And Tonight we go Live!! https://www.instagram.com/p/DF-wH5_RNQo/ On the design wall of the new classroom at Poppy Quilt N Sew the color wheels from Color, Thread & Free-Motion Quilting hang for students enrolled in the class to see. This is one of my favorite classes to teach for so many reasons, but mostly because it is… Continue reading Teaching Beginner Color
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Welcome to 2025
Wow. Where did December go? Let me begin again please We purchased an artificial tree Hi everyone,How are you?Good Christmas?Good New Year?What's up with you?Did ya send Christmas Cards?Did you receive any? At some point I'd love to do a year in review but not this year. Twenty twenty-four was full, with a lot going… Continue reading Welcome to 2025
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QRTW, Sew Pink – Binding it all together
Hey Friends,Today is not my typical Tuesday of late. As my Sweetie left for work this morning I asked him to pick up some jalapenos for dinner tonight. We're eating from the freezer to both make room and so things don't get freezer burn from being in there too long. I'm sure you have zero… Continue reading QRTW, Sew Pink – Binding it all together
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West Houston Quilters Guild
Happy Friday friends. https://www.instagram.com/p/C9isrPCxIPD/ This was the only photo I managed to get. Wednesday I drove in to visit with the West Houston Quilters Guild. I missed the rain by this much | |, the clouds driving in and out were a sight to behold. Mammatus clouds, so fun. Humidity and curly hair have a… Continue reading West Houston Quilters Guild
