Ziggy’s quilt

I’ve been playing catch-up in making quilts for family members and friends who’ve had babies recently (or not so recently now).  Ideally, I’d like to give a quilt immediately upon a birth or even before.  BUT, as I’m juggling this full and happy, if not a little chaotic household, quilts are getting turned out 6+ [...]

Four Winds pattern now available

They’re here!

My printed patterns were delivered yesterday afternoon.  I was very, very pleased with the quality of the printing and overall finished product.

Let me tell you a little bit about the pattern booklet:

It is printed in full color. It is coil bound so that it can lie completely flat or [...]

Books for machine quilting

I was asked to recommend books for machine quilting. There are four books that have helped me tremendously (in no particular order). I’d like to preface my book recommendations by saying that I took a machine quilting class at a local quilt shop first. I had the best teacher; instead of coming out of class [...]

Janome Memory Craft 6600

This is the Janome Memory Craft 6600. I’ve had it for almost a year. Overall, I love it. It’s got some great features that now that I’m used to having, I wouldn’t want to be without.

This is the third sewing machine I’ve had in the last three years. The first one I bought [...]