Friday
April 14th
2006

Sometimes, you just have to share!

Here’s a pic of my daughter, Erica. Self portrait, just goofing off with the digital camera:

Erica, going to be 14 in 13 days!

Beautiful girl, if a mom can say it. Sometimes, you just have to share!

A Mystery Quilt, sort of

Quilted Whispers
Cat Notecards

The quilt I’m working on right now is a mystery. It’s not really a “mystery quilt” per se, but I’m keeping it a secret until it’s complete, in June, 2006. However, hints are available if you know where to look. (Psst! Some pictures in recent posts show bits of the quilt during quilting!) I’ll tell you this much: it’s an anniversary quilt for someone in my family, and I’ve begun photographing parts of it as it’s completed to create a very special collection of notecards and art prints called Quilted Whispers.

To see the first Quilted Whispers notecards featuring motifs from this quilt, go to The Quilt Shop at DreamWeaver’s Quilts. Net proceeds from the sale of items featuring artwork from this quilt will be donated to the ALS Association, to help in finding a cure for Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Visit the Mystery Quilt page for more information about the quilt, and a very special Contest coming soon!

Love my machine!

Often in my workshops, students will ask what type of sewing machine I have, and why I like it. I am a Pfaff girl, have been for 16 years now, and I’ve owned 5 different Pfaff models. My first Pfaff was a 955, I think, which my mother has now and still uses. Currently, I have a 1475CD, a 7550, a Performance 2056 and a 2124 embroidery machine. Each of these machines has been a great machine, for many of the same reasons. I keep the 1475CD and the 7550 so that I can give one each to my girls when they leave home, and the other two machines are set up in my studio and get used daily. The list of reasons why I love my Pfaff machines is really long. Just for starters: