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Father’s Day gifts
I make a lot of quilts out of Crown Royal bags for people who have collected them. They make really nice Christmas gifts or Father’s Day gifts. Most people are familiar with the purple bags, but Crown Royal makes some specialty whisky and they use different colored bags for those. If someone includes specialty bags…
Read MoreWith Father’s Day fast approaching, I’ve been thinking about “man quilts”. A lot of people assume that men don’t really care to have a t-shirt quilt made, but you would be surprised how many men get excited about quilts. They are always fascinated when they come in my studio and see how the quilting machine…
Read MoreI took a trip to San Antonio this past weekend with one of my quilting friends, Linda Minton. She actually lives in San Antonio, but we rented a hotel room on the famous Riverwalk so we could both have a little get-away. We visited five quilt shops, some of which I’ll be writing about in…
Read MoreThe holidays are over and I’ve enjoyed working on some charity quilts and a couple of quilts for myself, but I’m looking forward to getting back in the groove and working on customer quilts. For those of you who are thinking about t-shirt quilts for graduations, birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, now…
Read MoreAbout three years ago, I started making quilts from Crown Royal bags. If you’re not familiar with Crown Royal, it is a whiskey that comes in a cloth bag with the Crown Royal logo on it. Most of the bags are purple, but Crown Royal also makes specialty whiskeys that come with their own special…
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