Vintage Daisy Quilt
When I first picked up the fabric collection A Walk on the Prairie by Melissa Gilbert of Modern Prairie, I immediately pictured something vintage and timeless. The prints felt like they belonged in a quilt that told a story of…
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A Quilters Journey: My Road Trip to the Garden of Quilts
I traveled four days by car from Tennessee to Utah to attend the Garden of Quilts. On the first day, I drove through five states: Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri. Unfortunately, that first hotel stay was a nightmare and…
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Caught Up at Last: Every Quilt Top Quilted
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had quite a bit of PTO time, and I used it to finally catch up on something that has been hanging over me for years—quilting all of my quilt tops. Some of these…
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Home Town Sew Along Completed
This quilt feels like the perfect way to wrap up my Lori Holt applique’ journey. It’s called Home Town, and it uses her fabric collection of the same name. At 74” x 84” it’s a big one (and probably my…
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Bee Vintage Quilt
The Bee Vintage Sew Along began on July 10, 2023, and was designed to last 21 weeks—wrapping up by August 25, 2023 if you followed the schedule. I, however, found myself a little behind and didn’t finish my quilt top…
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Scrappiness is Happiness Quilt
One of my favorite things about quilting is how every stitch tells a little piece of a story, and this quilt has certainly done that for me. On November 6, 2022, my favorite designer, Lori Holt, began a sew along…
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My Happy Place Quilt
Every quilt has a story, and this one—fittingly called My Happy Place—is especially close to my heart. The fabrics are from Lori Holt with Bee in My Bonnet, “Stitch” and “Bee Backgrounds” collections, and from the very first time I…
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Millie’s Dresses Quilt
When I first laid eyes on this quilt pattern, I was instantly transported back to my childhood, to memories of my Aunt Bill—a woman who was every bit as unique as her name. She always wore a dress and apron,…
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Finally Finished: The Stitchery Sampler Quilt
The Stitchery Sampler Quilt was only the second quilt I ever completed, and it holds such a special place in my quilting journey. I first shared about finishing the quilt top back on August 22, 2021. Now, almost four years…
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The Quilted Snowman
At the start of the year, I set a personal goal to complete several quilts throughout 2025, and one of the top contenders on my list was The Quilted Snowman by Lori Holt. Fat Quarter Shop hosted a block-of-the-month (BOM)…
