With the start of the Memorial Day weekend, it feels like summer has arrived. We don't have any big plans for the long weekend. Just...

I have put the finishing touches on my entry for the Alliance for American Quilts New from Old Contest. I love with how the little quilt ...

Work is progressing on my entry for the 2010 Alliance for American Quilts New from Old block. I have most of the seams covered and have few ...

I spent my free time last evening embellishing a few of the ornaments I made with my Knit-n-Felt Ornament Pattern . Most of the ones I have...

With a day off for the MLK holiday, I packed the kids off to daycare and spent most of the day working on various projects. And a lovely lun...

I have been playing with different ideas of adding some fussy cut flowers to the fan block I am working on. I pulled out this oriental prin...

I had a great time teaching my beading class at the Bismarck Quiltfest . I hope all were able to take home a few of my tips and tricks for g...

I am creating a sampler block for my bead embroidery class. I came up with a quick way to create a stunning fan block using 1 1/2 inch strip...

Small projects seem to be all I can fit in these days. I need something I can pick up quick and work on for 10-15 minutes and then tuck awa...

I am finished with beading the block for the Alliance for American Quilts, Crazy for Quilts contest. Which is also a fundraiser for the org...

I have the borders on and a few more beads added.

I have spent the past few evening filling in the beaded block.  I hope to get the border sewn on this weekend.  I added some “dots” to the...

I have been adding to the beading on my block that I hope to have completed for The Alliance for the American Quilt , Crazy for Quilts conte...

We awoke this morning to just over 11 inches of snow and it has continued throughout the day. The forecast is for upto 4-6 more inches. H...

I added two new seam embellishments to the beaded block. The first is a basic flat chevron. I like how it looks so nice and precise. I wil...

I have done a few more beaded seams on my crazy quilt block.

I have had a nasty cold all weekend and hardly touched a needle. But I did mange to get a bit of stitching done on my latest beaded block. ...

It is pieced, but I used my embellisher on all of the seam so the only stitching so far on the block is the black thread for the finished b...

I picked out all of the fabrics for the block. A nice soft color palette which will show off the bead work quite nicely. Now on to construct...

I drafted out the block to the 16"inch size and found I like a 2" border better than the 3" border. I hope to incoporate ...