I have a new book available: The Button Quilt - A Pictoral Guide To Button Clusters Buttons are an easy and inexpensive way to embe...

Every year, once the holidays are behind us, my mind immediately turns to thoughts of Spring.  Sorry, I'm just not a Winter person! I...

The theme for the Summer 2017 issue of Crazy Quilt Quarterly magazine will be "Buttons" . We're looking for photos of butto...

Block #13 features a little Avon Scarecrow Pin from the 1970's.  As I mentioned in a previous post, my mom sold Avon for many years ...

Now that you've all seen my Crazy Button Quilt: I thought I would share a tutorial on how to create Button Clusters. Button Cluster...

I've been stitching on my little crazy quilt blocks.  My intention for these are to play with my buttons!  Pure & simple, I just lov...

I finished up on this little project this morning: As I mentioned yesterday, I'll work this up as the focal point on a purse. Ya'll...

Well, ya'll knew a cat had show up on this quilt somewhere: As you can see, I turned the block. I liked the way the lace looked at the ...

If you look closely at this block before I started stitching on it, there were some very sharp corners on it: I find harsh corners like this...

I don't know what it is about opening my mailbox and seeing a surprise package in there from one of my online friends. It's just so...

First, since "loose ends" make me crazy, I decided to take today and do the finishing on my 3 most recent crazy quilt projects. My...

You may remember me mentioning this awhile back. I've never been big on doing Silk Ribbon Embroidery but I love the way it looks so I...

It was a beautiful sunny and warm weekend here in Northern Illinois. Scott and I spent the entire weekend outside getting our yard ready fo...