Quilted Joy Blog

It's official! We are now a foster family for the Shamrock Foundation. Shamrock is a no kill shelter in Louisville...

All those weeks I didn't post over the summer were full of plenty of adventures. One of them was our...

Well, that was the longest hiatus I've ever taken from blogging over the last 6 years. I really needed the...

It’s summer time and I’m swamped! If you saw me right now I could show you every paint color for...

BirdMan got back yesterday from a week at scout camp. His brother wasn't interested in joining so this is kind...

We are working on painting our new house and GooseyGirl wanted to paint her room lime green. After I pulled...

We were just notified that GooseGirl was awarded a teacher's ribbon sponsored by Cathy Franks! Hooray! She was so sad...

This week is the always awesome MQX show in Providence, Rhode Island. You may remember that my kidlets decided to...

I spent last week in Cincinnati working in the APQS booth at the HUGE quilt show in the convention center. Before the...

At school this year they have an Invention Convention which serves a bit like a science fair but gives the...

I did a digital scrapbook page for the class I'm taking about our trip to Chicago during the severe wind...

Here's my latest digital scrapbook page that I made in the class I'm taking over at JessicaSprague.com. She is calling...

Here's the next lesson I completed from my digital scrapbooking class over at JessicaSprague.com We are focused on the grunge...

My kidlets have decided to enter a national quilting competition. The prizes include a Wii, digital cameras and MP3 players. I’m...

I thought you all might get a laugh out of the birthday card I got from GooseyGirl a few months...

Evelyn works for one of my local quilt shop gems, Among Friends Quilt Shop, she made this top with a...

Anna brought me this beautiful garden checkerboard quilt. She wanted it custom quilted and we picked out the motifs she...

Summer is over. :( We did have a nice summer this year complete with good vacations. At the end of...

I feel like a cheesy TV commercial. It's CHRISTMAS IN JULY! :)   This is Sarah's Christmas tree quilt wall...

This is a fun scrappy quilt that Peggy made with wonderful bright fabrics. I find that brights and batiks follow...

The kidlets, my mom and I got the opportunity to spend some time in Springfield, IL. I was there to...