But July is REALLY CLOSE :)

The garden is ready.

But I get ahead of myself. 

On Monday the 17th, I got into my car and

drove to Dubuque, Iowa to give a

lecture to the ladies of the Cable Car

Quilt Guild, a thoroughly delightful group.

After the lecture I spent the night at the home

of Ruth Lyon.  And I sincerely owe her an

apology.  When I left the next day to drive home

I told her that I would call when I got here and 

I TOTALLY FORGOT.  :(

The drive took a little longer than I anticipated

After all Iowa is just right on top of Missouri.  

However you go straight up to DesMoines and

turn right.  The turn right is the tricky part.

Once back here I plunged straight in to

designing quilts for my latest fabric line 

Clover Meadow which I believe will start  

showing to shops in July.

I'm sure you can figure out the colors 

from the name and I must say, I love it.

Another thing I came back to was

chickens - lots of chickens.

These are 2 of my Buff Orpington hens with

Americauna/orpington cross chicks.

We've always bought baby chicks, not had them hatch.

It's so much more fun when they're with their

mothers. The yards have netting over them 

to keep them safe from  hawks.

This is the 1st brooder house they go into 

with the small feeders and waterers.

Usually it's hard to get the young ones into the

houses at night so I can close them up.

Not now - Mamas just cluck and they come running.

You have to come in when the street lights 

come on, you know.

These 3 are the latest hatched - Cochin/Americauna cross.

Our special this week is on the Patriotic page on the website.

15% off

Have a great week and a safe 4th.

Keep quilting.

Its Still June......

And I did get an eagle kit 

ready for the 4th.

Well, since I'm pretty busy designing

quilts for my next fabric line 

Clover Meadow, what I 

did was do an old favorite in new fabric.

This is Let Freedom Ring - 2019

and you can get the kit by clicking here.

You can at least get the top done by the 4th

and we seem to have a 4th of July every year 

so you're set.  :)

And since our website decided to go

on the fritz last week and tell people we didn't ship 

to Colorado or Wyoming or New York 

or wherever (Aargh!) I decided to leave Cabin

in the Pines on Sale for another week too.

Have fun ladies and

Keep Quilting.

Good Heavens - It's June

Spring Market is over

and in case you can't tell I came 

home to plunge straight into designing

quilts for my latest fabric line

Clover Meadow.

Which is why I haven't 

been blogging lately.

But it is June and July follows June

so lets get ready for the 4th.

Our book special this month is Liberty Garden -

with patterns for 9 quilts and

wallhangings with a patriotic theme.

You can order your copy by clicking here.

Our Deal of the Week is the 

Cabin in the Pines BOM for half price.

You can buy it by clicking here.

Come back next Blockheads Wednesday 

(no- we're not doing another Blockheads quilt

as far as I know but as one of the original 8, 

Wednesday will always be Blockheads Day to me).

Anyway, I'll see if I can find an Eagle Quilt Kit 

to ease us into the 4th.

Keep quilting ladies.