Pearl the Squirrel

A few weeks ago I drove to nearby Kalona to take copies of a Quilt County magazine article I'd written to a few of the people mentioned...

Awhile back (actually, about a year ago right now) I wrote my first post for Etsy about modern quilting and the Modern Quilting Guild . I ha...

Just opened an email from a (non-quilting) camp friend, who sent me the link to a  Daily Candy  feature on quilter Carrie Strine. I then wen...

Just had to share these photos of Eli and Jack on the quilts that Sondra and I made for them last fall and bequeathed right before the winte...

I finished the top of the quilt I started a few weeks (months?) ago at Home Ec . Steff, one of the women in our quilting group used a little...

The title of this post is from a movie (video, in those days) that my youngest daughter made with friends when they were 11 or 12. Yes, they...

Children's book author and illustrator Michelle Edwards http://michelledwards.com/blog/ has a warm and snoggly new book for grown-ups, A...

On my stitching radar for quite some time was the Birdie Sling I'd promised my niece Anna for Christmas. Since she's in Virginia an...

One of the most fun things about writing for Etsy are all the comments that follow the post. It's very gratifying to know people are ...

Sewing clothing has always been a frustrating experience for me, largely because of fit. I'm your basic straight-up-and-down gal without...