Happy Thanksgiving Cheers, Dionne

I love fall colors.  I love the rich tones, and fall quilts are my favorite.  Donna's Spinout uses all the rich fall colors and has a re...

Dutchman Block SEWING DIRECTIONS 1. Pin and sew one light blue 3" finished half square triangle to the side of one pink 47⁄8" ...

Carol went on a tear of baby quilts.  Her Spinout quilt was just one of the many baby quilts she made recently.  To see all of Carol'...

Linda's quilt really looks great.  I absolutely love it.  Not only that, she had a great method of making her quilt.  Here is a picture ...

It's the key I seem to have lost somewhere along the way!  But Ruthie has it in spades. Here is a beautiful picture of her Spinout qui...

My friend Pat made a christmas quilt.  First I wanted to share with you this beautiful picture of Pat. Pat made a wonderful Christmas qui...

My fellow Scrap Squad-er -- does that sound right?  Maybe it should be Squad-ist?  Nope that doesn't sound good either. Okay, so the ve...

Happy 4th of July! Cheers, Dionne

Kim Brandt is on the Scrap Squad with me and she does some really beautiful work.  I wanted to show you all the work she did on the Spinout ...

Goodness me, could it really be TWO MONTHS! Well, all I can say is that I've been busy.... Honest I have, but then you knew that didn...

And the winner is... Yankee Quilter who said: "I like Plaid parade... Your Raspberry quilt came out great! I'll be looking f...

Don't forget about my GIVEAWAY! This month I only got one quilt done, but I used quite a bit more this month than I purchased.  Thankf...

This month I had the great honor of working on a Jaybird Quilts pattern for Quiltmaker Magazine.  The pattern, Raspberry Dessert, designed...

So I finally finished my son's robot quilt.  I got the pattern from a Fon's and Porter magazine from about two years ago.  The fabri...

It seems this quilt has been so long in the making.  The center medallion is an applique tree in rich autumn colors, with two thin borders...

There are so very many ways in which to organize, or not organize your scraps of fabric. There are many methods, containers, and philosophie...

Has it been cold where you are? It's been cold here.  Last week we had a snowy front pass through. At my house we have a duel heating ...

Have you seen Nann's Scraptacular tutorial she did on her blog Freda's Hive ? I really enjoy this blog! And I love the quilt Nann...

Ok so my Febuary UFO didn't get finished.  This month my brain was not in the game! I had one project I was working on that gave me so m...

Used this Month: 11.25 yards Finished: Raspberry Dessert Large throw - Look for this pattern in your next Quiltmaker magazine Raspberry ...

I'm so excited about the new Jaybird Quilts pattern coming out in the next Quiltmaker magazine. This pattern is fabulous.  It's ev...

My daughter asked me to make her a little clutch she could put into her backpack. She picked out the fabrics and I had a fabulous pattern ...

Diane Harris of Quiltmaker magazine recently posted on Quilty Pleasures about finding a new quilt guild. It's a fun post. Check it out! ...

Happy Valentines Day! I made these stylized heart placemats to practice my freehand quilting. You can see, if you look closely, that I could...

This month looks a lot like the previous months. These flying geese leave no left-overs, so nothing to add to my scrap basket~! But the star...

I heard the sad news that another quilt shop is closing its doors. Pieces Quilt Shop is located in Renton, Washington. When I had a regular ...