Sep

2

September prize winner

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This month’s prize winner among registered readers of the blog is Jan W. of Clarksville, Tennessee. Congratulations Jan!
I sent Jan a copy of my classic, Dog Cabin and Others: A Fast Fun Theme-Quilt Project. This is a great way to use those cute novelty fabrics!
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May

8

May prize winner

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Susan Cahill of Niagara Falls, New York, came up the winner of the prize for May among registered readers of the blog. Congratulations Susan!
I’m sending Susan a copy of my first book, Dog Cabin and Others: A Fast Fun Theme-Quilt Project. It’s a great way to use those fun novelty fabrics that you admire and [...]

Dec

6

December prize winner

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Nettie Cunningham of Fort Worth, Texas, was the winner for December among registered readers of the blog. Congratulations Nettie!
Nettie is receiving a copy of Dog Cabin and Others: A Fast Fun Theme-Quilt Project as well as a Magnetic Needle Minder.

Cherubs on Peach

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Aug

17

African Animals

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Another Dog Cabin style quilt from Mary Fran! Apparently she had so much fun with the first one that she started right in on another!
Here’s the story behind the quilt, from Mary Fran. “This is the second quilt made from Dog Cabin. It was made for a high school friend’s grandchild. Sheila thought her daughter [...]

May

26

Lucky Borzoi

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Mary Fran Archer, one of the members of my quilt guild, mentioned to me that she had made a Dog Cabin quilt using my book. I begged her to send me pictures and tell me more about it. I was delighted to learn that her quilt was actually made in honor of some dogs!! Yay! [...]

Dec

20

Dog Cabin quilt helps Collies

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Today’s post comes from a quilter in Sycamore, Illinois. Vicki with Collie Rescue of Greater illinois sent pictures of a fabulous lap quilt that she made using Dog Cabin: A Fast Fun Theme-Quilt Project.
“I found this adorable sable and white collie fabric years ago while on vacation in Colorado,” says Vicki. “I was waiting for [...]

Apr

8

Cherry Smash

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I had the opportunity to choose any fabrics I liked to make a shop sample for a Dog-Cabin style quilt. That was way fun!! I picked a fantastic cherry-berry fabric as the theme print and then added a mix of coordinating fabrics for the strips and piano-key border.

The quilt, Cherry Smash, came out so [...]

Mar

25

Bonus blocks

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When I wrote Dog Cabin, it occurred to me that it would be nice to include just one of a different block somewhere in the quilt, in amongst the large-square half-log-cabin blocks. This creates a fun surprise and makes people smile. In the book I included a Dog Biscuit block for those dog lovers out [...]

Mar

19

A delightful surprise

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It was February 2003. I had my very first booth at the PVQA show (my home guild). The ink was hardly dry on my first book, Dog Cabin and Others: A Fast Fun Theme-Quilt Project.
Imagine my astonishment when someone I had never met came up, unfolded a darling quilt to show me, and it [...]