Sentimental Stitches

Today is Paul’s 27th birthday. It’s hard to believe how fast those years have flown by. I was telling him yesterday that he was born when I was his age. I’d been married for three years, had five miscarriages and lots of fertility treatments not to mention weekly trips to the doctor getting a shot [...]

I have several new patterns I’m releasing this fall and in planning their presentation I’ve come across a few questions I’d really like your opinion on. I’m hoping you’ll be able to copy and paste the questions in an email to me, adding your answers before hitting the send button.

1. Do you prefer embroidery designs [...]

So many of us are touched in one way or another by the terrible disease called Alzheimer’s. For me, it’s my mother, Violet Raterink. We continue to watch as her mind slowly slips away. I want to honor her today with a badge made possible by the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initative.
Ami Simms started the [...]

Clutch and I are snuggled together on the couch listening to the rain coming down outside our window. It’s like tears falling from heaven.
I couldn’t let the day pass by without stopping to remember and honor all the innocent, brave souls who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
I was in our much beloved Shipshewana [...]

It’s hard to believe Labor Day has come and gone. I lost my day off from work last week getting the store ready for the holiday weekend so after working 12 days straight I’m grateful to have the day off even if it feels like fall outside.
Clutch is snuggled under a quilt (what else!) [...]