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!
If you register you can be eligible for the monthly prize [...]

Jun

19

A peaceable kingdom

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Donna Curtis, who has many of my books, sent me this note and photo:
“I am a big fan of all things Quilt Puppy! Our small quilting group in Spicewood, Texas, is making a quilt to be raffled for the Highland Lakes Animal Shelter this summer. The center square is the icon for the shelter. [...]

Jul

16

Apple tea

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When I set up my booth for the Monterey show, I noticed that there was a little space beneath A Spot of Tea that could fit a single-row banner type of quilt.
I started thinking about what I could stitch up to go in that space. I looked back over the designs in Teapots 2 to [...]

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 [...]