I am excited to add two new products to my website......................ahhhhhh, Andy added them for me! I have finally finished Split Medallion. I love this quilt. It has been super easy to make and I love the look of circular objects without sewing a curved line. Amie Potter quilted this lap size. She "saw" exactly what I "saw"...................the circles and the diamond shapes. It is so great to send a quilt off to a quilter and have it come back better than before. Thank you Amie!
I have also developed a new product I call Stitching Lines. I have always found the chore of drawing diagonal lines on the backs side of squares to be tedious and time consuming. Stitching Lines eliminates that step in quiltmaking. I spent a lot of time finding the right paper. With other products, the paper does not always peel away easily. The paper I use peels away quick and easy without little tiny pieces stuck in the stitching line.

New Block of the Month

I have started a new Free Block of the Month (or thereabouts) I am calling it Computer Desk. It might be silly, but I am having fun with it. My son will hopefully have it up on my website early this week. When it is all done, I am going to hang it up in my loft where I have my office. I have even put a couple of photos of Tess on the screen! Some of the pieces will be small, but all will be doable.
(Is that a word?) Look for a nice wood grain fabric for the cabinet, either dark of light. And I picked a dark brown swirl print for the interior. The rest of the fabrics will just come from my stash. Join me this year in making Computer Desk.

Class at Rosie's

Come join me on February 28th, when I will be teaching Blooming Stardust at Rosie's Calico Cupboard in El Cajon. The address is 7151 El Cajon Blvd, Suite F, San Diego, CA 92115.

http://www.rosiescalicocupboard.com/2005ClassCalendar.html

Vacation and Quilt Show

We left for a short little vacation to Arizona and New Mexico the day after Christmas. The scenery was beautiful and we hit lots of snow. My dog Tess was left behind in the care of my daughter Carol and her husband Doug. So Tess was happy that she got to spend time with Doug, whom she adores. I'm not sure she even missed us!
This is a picture of Tess sitting on my son Andy's lap, another of her favorite people!


Come visit me at the South Bay Quilter's Guild Quilt Show on February 21st and 22nd.
http://www.southbayquiltersguild.org
The address is:

	Torrance Cultural Arts Center
	3341 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA

I hope it will be a great little show. I will have my newest pattern Split Medallion.
I will also have some quilt kits for Spanish Tile.

New Quilt Pattern

I am just about ready to release my newest pattern. I am naming it Split Medallion. It is a fun quilt to make and once again I have designed it with my favorite kind of border....a pieced border. I like a pieced border for a few reasons. It gives the edge of the quilt a nice finish, by pulling the design all the way to the edge and integrating the whole quilt. Plus, I don't have a nice long table to lay out a long unpieced border before attaching it. For me, it is just easier to make more blocks and treat the border blocks as just the first and last block of a row.

Merry Christmas

I will be on vacation for the next week. So any orders placed will be a little late in arriving.
Merry Christmas!

Above the Buffet is Above the Buffet

I must apologize for not posting lately. I have no excuse. But, finally, I finished Above the Buffet. It is actually hanging above my buffet, although the dowels still need to be trimmed. Amie Potter did a beautiful job quilting it for me. It was a very simple quilt to make. The blocks were very easy to sew. If I make it again, I will choose a medium background for the blocks. That way the "lace" accent will show up better. When I found the border fabric, it was so light and airy, that it needed a light background. After almost 15 years of another wallhanging hanging above my buffet, I was soooooo ready for something new. I am very happy with my new quilt.