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It is the summer’s great last heat, It is the fall’s first chill: They meet. –Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt Tomorrow morning very early is the Autumnal. Equinox. With official Fall here, can the annual Quilts Etc. Sale be far away? One month from today, the sale will be over and the Quilters at First will be recovering —Continue reading “Autumn=Quilt Etc Sale and Football”

I am so guilty of this—finishing a quilt and omitting a label on the back. My husband nags me to label my quilts, but….. We have treasured family quilts but are not sure if it was a great aunt or great grandmother who made all those tiny stitches. Did she use scraps of fabric leftContinue reading “Quilt labels Add a Special touch”

Flip the calendar over tomorrow and it is September! According to my favorite weather man, September 1 is considered the beginning of “meteorological” fall. So all you that have been craving pumpkin spice everything and plaid flannel, it is legitimately fall. Labor Day Weekend, the unofficial holiday that marks the end of summer and theContinue reading “Labor Day Holiday Plans?”

The summer of 2023 will be remembered for many events—horrible wild fires, extreme heat, unprecedented legal and political actions and…Barbie! A movie for adults based on a doll–a doll that is 64 years old! Barbie was really the first doll that wasn’t a baby doll. Some folks collected them..keeping them pristine in the original box;Continue reading “Barbie Pink”

First of all, my daughter knows I am writing this post. And secondly, I have the best daughter ever! My daughter in law is also wonderful, but this post is about my “I raised her” daughter. We share a Kindle account and it is not difficult to discern between my books and hers. Her booksContinue reading “Eleven Quilt Tops”

What brings you joy? A few weeks ago a friend gave a book review on 1000 Gifts by Ann Voscamp. The author had made a list of 1000 things that brought her joy. The list was not a list of “blessings” or a “gratitude list” but simple things/events that give her joy …. a perfectlyContinue reading “Joy”

Summer time in Kansas–for me it has been an ice cream social for church class, grandchildren visiting with their parents which resulted in visits by extended family, temps over 100 and county fairs! All have had their positive and not so positive moments! To start, I don’t like hot weather. I really get grouchy andContinue reading “A very busy summer!”

Learning to speak English can be confusing. Those of us who speak English as our first language might disagree but think of all the words that sound alike but have different spellings and different meanings—right and write, their, they’re and there, two, to, and too are some of the simple examples. Also, we have wordsContinue reading “Who names the quilt blocks?”

Henry Ford famously promised the purchasers of his Model T– “You can have any color, as long as it’s black” Dress designers and fashion icons have always promoted black. Neiman Marcus suggested that” women who wear black lead colorful lives”. Every well dress woman owns a “little black dress”. Eleanor Roosevelt advised wearing black becauseContinue reading “Black adds sizzle”

What quilter out there doesn’t enjoy making baby quilts? The cutest fabric is available; fabric that is designed just for babies. I have a weakness for baby bunnies, even though in real life, they eat my hostas that I keep planting each spring! Baby quilts are small because babies and their beds are small. IfContinue reading “Trends in Baby Quilts”