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 […]



