Don’t Hold On So Tight

Sometimes we hold so tight to an idea that we can’t see it any other way.    I was so stuck on what I wanted to do with a quilt design that it sat waiting for “the perfect” fabrics to come along – someday. You see, I bought fabrics to re-create and test a quilt

Seeing it Clearly

Have you ever been so close to something that seeing it clearly isn’t possible? I thought my quilt was going together just the way it was supposed to. That’s what I believed, so that’s just what I saw! The first third of my scrap jar quilt hung over a door across from my bedroom. When

The Creator is Biased

Do you fall in love with the quilts you create? I fell in love with this one – but I am a little biased as the creator. And so it began… I had six 1/2 square triangle blocks left over from a project I created a few years ago. What can you do with six

God Doesn’t Quit On Us

I’m so glad that God doesn’t treat me the way I treat my projects. You know? You get overwhelmed, behind, or something doesn’t go quite right, and before you know it, you’ve tossed it into a draw and forgotten about it. Yeah, I had a pair of pants that I started making in October of

Getting Past Information Overload

It’s easy to get caught up in learning.You know, read the books, take more classes, and google it. Learning is at our fingertips. But I felt paralyzed by it and lost the courage to move forward. Ever been there? (By the way, learning paralysis or analysis paralysis is a real thing. It comes down to