I outlined this block in the photo to help decipher the actual block in the quilt. I used so many scrappy fabrics for this section, it ma...

To represent the lower west and the desert states, I used the Texas Tears Quilt block. You may be able to visualize what the whole quil...

  Scrappy purple mountains.  I went through every purple I had to make these mountains. Some were scraps that were gifted to me, some ...

This is another block in my America the Beautiful quilt. It was made for my quilt guild's annual quilt challenge, "America The...

Here is my version of a Carolina Lily block representing the south. Hubby said it reminded him of Christmas, which it kind of does to m...

Representing the upper Northern half  of my "America the Beautiful" quilt is the Ohio Star block. Lots of green with some blue...

This is the first section I worked on for my guild quilt challenge, "America The Beautiful: Home Sweet Home". I had a good time c...

Every year my guild puts on a Quilt Challenge. The theme for this year's challenge is "America the Beautiful - Home Sweet Home...

The block of the month for my quilt guild's last month was the Churn Dash.   The only stipulations were that it had to be 12.5 inches...

I've been spending the week hand appliqueing down my Dresden plates.  I have six more to go. Halfway done. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...

I showed my kids the first basket I made and they said they wanted some for their Easter baskets, so I made three more. I was picking o...

I saw this basket on the Sweetwater blog and loved it right away. When I saw they were offering kits in their Etsy shop I snatched one up ...

Every year my quilt guild attends the civil war re-enactment of the Skirmish at Gamble's Hotel.  We have a little booth near the main h...

I added the green and red borders this afternoon and now the top is complete. Yay!  I never knew it could feel this good to be one step c...

My Christmas quilt has been on my design wall since December. It has gone from this....   ...to this.  Everyone denies knocking th...