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Why We Quilt
Why Do We Quilt? Today I’m thinking about my grandmother, Daisy Holmes, who was an avid seamstress, quilter, crochet enthusiast, and cook. On any given day, you could enter her home and be greeted with homemade bread, pies, cakes, and always a cup of tea. She spent hours cleaning the inside of her home, sprucing […]
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Visit to shops part 2
In the same week that my neighbor mentioned Heartbeat Quilts to me, a friend of my mom’s mentioned it to her also. Since we were headed to the Cape, we decided to pay the shop a visit. Heartbeat Quilts is located at 765 Main Street in Hyannis. The store is tucked away in the bottom […]
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Book Review on Pat’s Blog
In case you didn’t get a chance to check out Pat Sloan’s blog yesterday, there is a review there of my book, Little Quilts for Big Occasions. Here is the link: http://www.patsloan.typepad.com/ I’m thrilled to have had the chance to be included in her awesome blog! We had a super busy weekend here with the […]
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Happy Thursday!
So the kids have been out of school for a little over a week. The first few days I didn’t get anything quilt related accomplished as we were preparing for their annual music school show. The show was great and the kids won lots of awards. It was a long but fulfilling night! The past […]
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Inspiring
I had such a nice surprise this weekend when I returned home from celebrating my mom’s 70th birthday. My husband went out to the mailbox and said, “You have a letter from Debbie Macomber.” I said, “Oh, it’s probably one of her newsletters”. He handed me an envelope and said, “No, I really think it’s […]
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Quilt Pictures From The Book
I had a chance to photograph the quilts from Little Quilts For Big Occasions and wanted to share them with you. A neat way to get great pictures of your wall hangings or table runners is to tape together two large pieces of foam board – the type you buy at the craft store for […]
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Sock Loom
So I’m almost finished with the first sock on the loom and it has taken me awhile…of course today I realized that when I’m done with this one, I have to make it’s match! Good thing they are socks for colder weather…it will probably take me until October to finish at the rate I’m going! […]
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I have books for sale!!!
I have copies of Little Quilts for Big Occasions for purchase! You can find the book on my Etsy shop as well as Amazon and the Leisure Arts Boutique. You can link to Etsy from here or the main page of my website. http://www.quiltcabanapatterns.etsy.com The book is priced at $9.95 and has 7 fun, fast, […]
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Episode 12 is up!
Episode 12 of Quilt Cabana Corner is up on podbean. It will be available on itunes later today! Topics include the magazine round up, and reviews of the Dritz Needle Inserter, the Big Board, and Sulky Blendables. I hope you can join us! http://quiltcabanacorner.podbean.com I found out the release date of my book, Little Quilts […]
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Royally Excited!!!!!!!!
Not only is it the day of the royal wedding and also my daughter’s 13th birthday but I also received the first copy of my book!!! It’s called Little Quilts For Big Occasions and I just love the way it came out. The whole book is beautiful! Leisure Arts did such a great job with […]