This is where you find me exploring a variety of creative adventures mostly about but not limited to quilting. I'm a firm believer that one increases their creativity by being open to and playing with a variety of cretative endeavors ... at least that my excuse for today. Enjoy your sourjourn through my studio playroom. May you find encouragement and inspiration, and on occassion, a little pin-prick that may be thought-provoking or spark your imagination. Thank you for stopping by.
Finally ... it's been a remodeling 2 weeks ... house and website!
I've been wanting all the components of my website all in one place under one roof so to speak, and I think I'm finally there. So, to celebrate the newly remodeled on-line Mountaintop Quilting Studio, I'm ...
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First ... let's take a look at those quilts I teased you with yesterday. I promised more pictures of the customer quilts I've been working on, so, here they are!
Jill has been bringing her quilt tops to me for her for several years now. Jill used to be ...
It's been a very full week! REMODELING the soon-to-be new guest room on the main floor. REMODELING my website with a whole new look. ... and ... Lots and lots of quilting.
Things I've learned about myself: I have no desire to ever have a job that consists of day-in ...
Recently I taught a class at Pioneer Quilts based on my kaleidoscope quilt that is published as a pattern in Marti Michell's book Kaleidoscope ABC's. We had such a good time learning how to use Marti's Kaleido-Ruler making it much easier to complete the blocks.
Last week ...
To finish up the last legs of our wonderful adventure driving across country ...
a brief overnight stay in Pittsburg and drive up 28 on some beautiful country roads on our way into Boston. As you can see, the CRV was packed from front to back with all of Toby's ...
At the last second we decided since we were driving through St Louis we might as well stop and check out the Gateway Arch. I wonder how many of you have driven through St Louis as tourists. It seems like the freeways catch us up every time we've driven ...
Wow, lots and lots of names to draw from for our August Freebies! This month's winner will be choosing from two options for prizes: a copy of one of my books (Curves That Connect or Blocks that Connect - your choice) ... or 3 Statler block designs of your choice.
Carol ...
It's not often a quilt designer from Oregon will make a personal delivery on an order from a quilt shop in Amarillo Texas ... but ... since it was on our route east we made it a scheduled stop for a break and for dinner.
Sisters' Scraps Quilt Shop was easy ...
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I love looking for color and texture inspiration outdoors in nature. Enjoy the look of color, value, and texture in this tree study from the Grand Canyon.
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It lives up to all of the press hype and advertising. I do believe this is the most amazing natural landmark I have ever seen. We visited Yellowstone National Park just a couple of years ago. We saw lots of different bubbling mud pots, spectacular canyon views, geysers and animals ...
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