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.

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It wasn't in the plan. It wasn't on the map. Scheduled for release next week but I just couldn't wait. I got so excited about the possibilities of this collection. I couldn't stop rearranging pieces and parts to make up a new wholecloth design.

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What a great conference we had in Atlanta during this last week. Thank you's and kudos coming your way to all the wonderful students and teachers in attendance at our Southeast Statler Retreat. An amazing wealth of knowledge and inspiration was enjoyed and shared all around, friendships made and ...

An email with triumphant shouts of joy and a request came into my inbox yesterday afternoon. Olga played with her Feather Surprise pattern in Creative Studio but now she needs a corner block with feathers going out rather than in as they are in 1471 FEATHER SURPRISE BORDER CORNER. 

So ...

 Today is a day for catching up on some of those loose threads I've left hanging from previous posts and giving a little love and support for all of you taking advantage of the freebies offered in the Free Quilting Patterns section of the store. First, Eryn's hat ...

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 ...

Learning is a funny thing just by the nature of how it happens, and as Marva Collins says, "The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another." So what is this deep thinking all about, Kay, and what ever on earth does it have ...

Did you go read the article by Matt Gartland I posted yesterday? I was so taken with this sculpture. Usually I am not that excited about sculptures but this one really spoke to me ... the beauty and the passion ... the emotions it evokes. Chalk it up to the spirit of ...

What better way to celebrate the beginning of a new season than with a SALE and a NEW PATTERN! It's the start of leaaf season here in the Berkshires and inspiration abounds with a riot of color, shapes, textures and the result is a new point-to-point pattern that works ...

Doesn't this look like just about the best place to be right now ... to get away from all the snow and freezing cold temperatures? The view from my windows looks beautiful here in my new home in New England with the fresh snowfall earlier this week. We finally had ...

Let's start off with a shout out for the good old USA! Hooray for all those quilters out there working hard to meet the comfort needs of our service men and women and their families. This poster is designed to honor the efforts of all those who work with ...