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Other than pricing, the question I get most often is “What is your turnaround time?” Invariably, the second question is “How long does it take to make a quilt?” That’s a loaded question that is almost impossible to quantify due to the different steps being done at different times and the variables as to type…
Read MoreI make a lot of memory quilts and memory pillows out of deceased family members’ clothing. I thought I’d share a photo of the latest pillow I did. I now offer embroidery services for your quilts and the heart design wording can be changed to suit the customer. This particular one says “Mom and Dad”…
Read MoreAfter a very long summer which kind of left me with the doldrums, we finally have some fall weather. It is only in the sixties here after being ninety yesterday. I’m always in a quilting mood, but the cooler weather just makes me even more into it. And with cooler weather, or even sometimes not…
Read MoreOne of our great-nieces got married Friday night and of course it was an occasion for me to make another quilt. This particular great-niece has three younger sisters and six younger female cousins, so there will be plenty more to make in the future. And I have another niece getting married in October, so I’ve…
Read MoreAs someone who works in a home studio with just my husband (which is not a bad thing), I enjoy meeting and talking to customers. Some of them have interesting stories and because I do memory quilts, some of them have sad stories. I had an experience this week that made me think that sometimes…
Read MoreMany of you have probably seen pictures of quilts made from men’s neckties. A lot of them are made into a variation of a Giant Dahlia quilt with the ties forming the Dahlia in the center of the quilt. These are very pretty, but are also very labor intense and therefore are generally made as…
Read MoreI might have mentioned in a previous blog that I had been working on some of my own quilts after the graduation t-shirt quilt rush had passed. Actually, that wasn’t quite true. I have a niece who is living in a long-term rehab facility with about a dozen other women. My mother pieced a quilt…
Read MoreI’m often asked if I make quilts from neckties. I’ll have to admit it is not my favorite thing to do and I absolutely don’t have the time to make one of those fancy Dresden Plate necktie quilts. For non-quilters, that is a quilt that has the ties making a big circle. It’s a really…
Read MoreI recently had the opportunity to make memory pillows from a gentleman’s shirts. The customer provided me with a digital photo of the deceased and I added the words to the picture and printed it on fabric. It’s a great way to memorialize someone if you don’t have enough shirts to make a quilt or…
Read MoreAs mentioned in my last blog post, I ordered a new printer and software at Quilt Market. It’s called FabricMaker and it uses professional pigment textile ink which allows the user to print photos on fabric. This is not a new concept, but it is a much improved system. I have been able to print…
Read MoreMany of my customers have so many t-shirts that they have a hard time narrowing them down to a reasonable number to put in a quilt. Some of them show up for appointments with bags and bags and want me to help choose. Although I can help you choose, I really don’t know what is…
Read MoreLast time I saw my hairdresser, she told me that it was less than 180 days till Christmas. Well, it’s been about six weeks and I have another hair appointment tomorrow, so I figured I would see how many days are left now and it’s 138. That may seem like a lot and really strange…
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Take a look at our Gallery to see examples of the T-Shirt Quilts as well as few of the many other quilts we have made.
I started making quilts as a child and have been quilting for others for over twenty years. Quilts that I have quilted have been featured in several quilting books and magazines.