Studio Life

We knew those extra Surtex mustaches would come in handy one day. Happy Thanksgiving to your family from ours. Hope you have a wonderful day full of friends, family and delicious food, which may or may not include a handsome turkey.  

I just ran across this sweet sketchbook collaboration between a mother and her four-year-old daughter.  The story is adorable, and the shared sketches fresh and fun – the magical fruit of a multi-generational partnership. I loved reading this because Cathy (my mom) and I (and now Julianna) get to do this every day – and it’s just as much fun

It’s Halloween and all of our girls are now in college or beyond, and I have no one to dress up. There was a day when I feverishly created clever–yet fast costumes … all, without sewing skills. But, now, I can actually sew. Just think of the masterpieces I could have created for my girls if I had learned to

We’re home from Quilt Market, and although we loved every minute, the term, jiggety, is probably a good one to describe our sojourn. We were stuck on the Katy Freeway, just outside of Houston, for 4 hours! Thank goodness we all like each other! But once we finally arrived, it was so much fun to see our wonderful clients and

We are wondering how many sewing machines were making the same whrrrrrrr ours were making this week before International Quilt Market .  And how many floors looked like this? We will have so much to share when we return from Houston.  Most importantly, I (Cathy) will be able to demonstrate that you, too, can learn to sew in one month!  It’s