Welcome to Mountaintop Quilting Studio

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.

Posted: 3 March 2011 at midnight

In all the hustle bustle of the world, the chaotic noise. motion and commotion that surrounds us in our dailey lives, the sheer sensory overload that bombards us to the very  core of our souls, it is very easy to forget to listen to that little creative voice inside of ...

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Posted: 1 March 2011 at midnight

It's almost time to jump on the plane and head down to Geogia for our Southeast Statler Retreat. I'm so excited to be going and mingling with all the great people who will be there. So much to learn from each other. I love going to retreats and ...

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Posted: 22 February 2011 at midnight

pause and reflect

happy and content

self love and indulgent

Men have their ice fishing ... but us women ???

Care to join me on the deck for a few minutes of quiet conversation while wrapped in cozy flannel quilts while we watch Miso try desparately to catch every snowflake before it ...

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Posted: 19 February 2011 at 6 a.m.

Have you seen the new patterns going up in the store over the last few days? I had a few minutes to play with a new wholecloth design in Creative Studio. This mockup features patterns from a new collection coming together called FEATHER SURPRISE. Individual patterns used in this mockup ...

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Posted: 2 August 2009 at 11:11 a.m.

Every summer I host a retreat for my sewing group, The Scrappy Sisters. We meet on Friday night for a "Come One, Come All" BBQ Potluck. We bring, hang, and share quilts and quilt tops from retreats from previous retreats. We have the announcement and awarding of prizes to the ...

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Posted: 22 July 2009 at 5:14 p.m.

What a great time we Statler Sisters had in Sisters Oregon during the outdoor quilt show. Thank you to Ron and Jan for opening up your home to host our annual retreat.  Betsy and Ron kept us well fed serving up snacks and a choice of beverages in a timely ...

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Posted: 4 February 2009 at 6 p.m.

Only 4 more days and I get to get away with friends and sewing buddies for our annual quilting retreat organized by my good friend Barbara. They say, "a picture is worth a thousand words" so enjoy my memories from QOTL 2008 while I contiue with packing and doing all ...

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Posted: 10 February 2008 at 9:06 a.m.

Oh, I'm almost packed with enough UFO's to piece for a month and the retreat only lasts until Wednesday. I think I won't run out of stuff to work on ... bindings to finish, taking the quilting out of a small wallhanging (just didn't like the way ... ...read more