Behind Every Great Quilter, there’s a…
This question was posed to members of the Facebook Group last July. Here are some of their answers.
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Market Bags
The pattern is available for free to subscribers at the bottom of the page. If you’d rather just print, click the green Print Friendly button under the tutorial. If that doesn’t work, try Ctrl + P (or Flower + P) to bring up the printer dialog box. . Free-standing Bag Pattern Here is a cute…
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It’s A Jungle Out There Blog Hop
When I first heard about this blog hop, all I could think of was the Randy Newman theme song for Monk “It’s a Jungle Out There”. I wanted to make some sort of urban block, so I looked through my collection of old blocks for inspiration. I came up with City Streets by Nancy Page….
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My Visit to a Cranberry Harvest
OK, I know you can’t sew an adventure. But there are two recipes and an appropriate quilt block after the adventure. To visit the others, see the list at the bottom of the page. Here is a cranberry bread recipe: Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Mix together flour,…
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Rail Fence Quilt Block Tutorial
The Rail Fence Quilt Block is a great block for beginner piecers and quilters. Here is a tutorial on how to make one with just two rails. The rails I demonstrate with are 2″ x 3-1/2″ but that is not a hard and fast rule. Use the size that you need for your project. If…
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A Visit to New Orleans
I have always associated Mardi Gras with New Orleans, assuming it to be one of their traditions. Turns out, I was wrong:-)) It actually started in Mobile, Alabama and the entire season is heavily celebrated in the area. Though Mardi Gras technically refers only to Fat Tuesday, the Mardi Gras season actually begins on Epiphany,…
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Celebrating Mardi Gras in Galveston. What is Mardi Gras?
Mardi Gras is a spectacular celebration that lasts from the 12th day after Christmas to the day before Ash Wednesday. It is a purple, green and gold carnival filled with parties, interesting parades and best of all, King Cake! Here are my experiences with Mardi Gras in Galveston. When is Mardi Gras? Mardi Gras is…
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What’s the weather like in YOUR neck of the woods?
Oh, no! Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow! That means 6 more weeks of winter. Can it be true? The tradition is that if a groundhog sees his shadow while looking around in February, he will get scared and go back into his burrow, not to come out until March. Thus, the idea of six more…
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Boo!-ti-ful Halloween Wall Hanging or Lap Quilt
Boo!-ti-ful Halloween Wall Hanging An original pattern by Christine Schnaufer © Traditionally Yours, 1991 Use the Print Friendly button under that list to print this page. If that doesn’t work, try Ctrl-P or Flower-P. That should bring up the Printer Dialog box. Christine Schnaufer (now Christine Wilson Vincent) offered this pattern to me when she…
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Tooth Fairy Quilt Block – Block of the Month
Tooth Fairy Quilt Block Thi block is meant to represent the fairy as flies her way to a child’s home and appears in the window. Fabric Requirements For this block You will need two HSTs. Following the above directions, make the first one using the (1) 4″ light brown square(1) 4″ dark brown square. You…
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Ghastly Ghouls and Zombies
Zombie Mini-Quilt Here are general directions to make a 28″ square Zombie Mini-Quilt. There is a pattern at the bottom of this page that gives more details. In this pattern, you have the option of using a specialty ruler, called an On-Point Ruler by Quilt in a Day to make the Triangle in a Square…
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Virtual Cookie Exchange for National Cookie Day
When I was growing up, one of our family traditions was my Grandma Werge’s Raspberry Thumbprint cookies. This is a picture of her and my grandfather when I was born – that’s me in the blanket, with my mother holding me. She didn’t share this recipe with anyone! But somehow my husband charmed her out…
