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.

TODAY is the day at least for my Oregon Scrappy Sisters - I miss you guys. It's MISTLETOE MAGIC 2011 our annual Christmas quilting party. Time to get together and celebrate long term lasting friendships while enjoying the craft of quilting for the whole day.

Of course, there is the ...

Can you believe it ... we're ready for putting together the last units of the block. These block units are called Tri-Rec units and you will need 4 for each block using the main fabric and the background fabric.

This is one of my most favorite patch units to use ...

Time for the next installment in this pattern. Are you ready? How is the cutting going? Be sure to drop me an email if you have any questions.

After you cut your strips you will need your Omnigrid 96 ruler for cutting the triangles from the 4.5" strips. Many ...

As I've worked with this pattern it's becoming my new favorite. I love the movement across the top of the quilt and the secondary patterns created when the blocks are placed side-by-side. If you squint you will see whirling circles rather than blocks in a row. Isn't ...

MISTLETOE MAGIC ALERT! Another teaser coming your way. This is a block kit all cut and ready for piecing together. I used the Tri-Recs ruler set, the Omni 96, and a regular straight edge ruler.

Since I'm making my quilt with scrappy blocks I'm keeping the background consistent ...

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Be sure to enter the cupon code exactly ...

Ah a day for petting the fabrics, playing in the scrap bins, and getting a little bit ahead on the cutting for several different projects while I prep for Saturday's class using my pattern called MQS 112 DIAMONDS ON THE DOUBLE at Pumpkin Patch Quilts in Lee. Here's ...

Sindy and her friends wanted to make a quilt - a grandma quilt - for a new baby due to arrive in May. They gathered their scraps and yardage and set to work. I think the outcome is just perfect fr comfy cozy grandma snuggle times. Sindy chose to use a very ...

Susan's quilt ... a scrappy 9-Patch using all different shades of red and brown. Part of what makes this quilt so effective is the way Susan used so many different textures, so many different shades, and varied the scale of print. What really pops is the fabric that is a ...

I'm always looking for ...

• a quick hostess gift
• a quick gift for the guest room
• an easy sew project for beginning sewers
• fun quick and easy gifts for a holiday basket
• new ways to add seasonal decor items to make my home more cozy
• a project the recycles or ...

I started this project a year ago just playing around with piecing the flowers having no idea how I would arrange them. Sometimes, that is the best way for me to work ... just gather pieces and patches and eventually, the epiphany will happen. The answer will be obvious. I'll ...

You can find the shape everywhere ... in art, in architecture, in nature, on the floor, on the wall, and used as a religious iconic motif.

Hexagons have been used as the shape of everything from the bath house to the shape of the pulpit. Tile artists create many different designs ...

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 ...

There is just no hope! In the process of cleaning the studio ... yes, there is a floor under that big machine ...

I've found lots of forgotten projects, and ideas,

I touched lots of fabrics - remember why I bought some and others have a big question mark after WHAT WAS ...

I can't remember on which blog I read about challenging the readers to celebrate the New Year by making up this cute Grab Bag pattern from All People Quilt, but I decided to accept the challenge. All-be-it a little late, I still had fun making the bag and I ...

Everyone has been making note of what great quilting weather we've been having with all of our wintery blast. Much posting of finished projects and crossing items off the UFO list. But not me ... I've been creating UFO's. Now that's not to say I don't ...

I have had more fun making these funny easy-to piece "bizarre- irregulars." 

According to Katherine of own two hands: Biscornu is a French adjective that means "that which has an irregular form, with projections" or "complicated and bizarre." June at Planet June has a great tutorial for making these little ...

• The patterns and catalogs are printed
• The boxes are shipped
• The quilts are packed
• The laptop, snacks, and last minute are packed
• The airline boarding passes are printed
• Market documents are packed.

What have I forgotten? Today I take care of the personal stuff ... haircut, packing my clothes, etc. I ...

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 ...

When this hobby becomes your career there is a shift in thinking from what pleases you to what will market well. What pleases you is still a part of the decision making process because that is part of what gives your product the stamp of your personality to your product ...

And a busy day it was, but very productive. I notice you all must be a stumped as me as to what to do with those left-over batting scraps. Not a word or suggestion from anyone as to what to do with them. I'll share some of my favorites ...

There isn't a one of us quilters that doesn't have bags (lots of bags, usually) of left-over batting scraps from our quilting projects. What to do? What to do? Oh, What to do with all of these scraps that aren't the right size for any of our ...