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It never fails. Your guild announces show and tell is about to start. People with something to share anxiously line up. They're nervous but excited to show us their latest creation.

Show and Tell U...

 I'm here to implore you to label your quilts! There are a lot of reasons we don't label quilts, and they're all crap. You don't think it's good enough. (It is.) You'll remember all the details about ...

 When I first started quilting nearly 20 years ago, the method for making half-square triangles was pretty straightforward and limiting. Cut your squares 7/8-inch larger than the finished block, stack...

Do you ever get in a rut and think, “I just don’t want to make a __________ quilt again. What else is there?”

If you lined up all my quilts from first to most recent, you could tell when I reached th...

Updated July 6, 2025

Last month, I compared the features of three different rotary cutters and shared my opinions on them. I hope you've had a chance to try some for yourself and that your cutting ma...