Photos may help to clarify how I bound the edges of the paddle wheel on my pattern “America’s Hometown”. I hope you enjoy the pattern and appreciate any feedback. I do not access the website every day or sometimes even not every week so personal …

I acquired an old quilt with the Missouri Daisy pattern a few years ago. It was in very sad shape but the pattern intrigued me since we had recently moved to Missouri from Iowa. I managed to salvage several blocks for potential repurposing, but no …

I can create many a quilted project that looks pretty appealing to many but to put that idea forth as a pattern is truly work for me.  For Hannibal’s bicentennial I created a wall hanging to represent the past of Hannibal as well as to …

One of the things I am told most often when I am presenting a trunk show or doing a workshop for a guild is “you have so many creative ideas”.  The response is that I constantly take in information from surroundings, from experiences, from quilts …

In a recent podcast interview with Pat Sloan we talked briefly about creativity and inspiration. Creativity for me happens when I imagine the possibilities as I plan a quilting project. That happens after I have had an inspiring experience—be it discovering a leaf along the …