When designing quilts for the Love of Quilting magazine and television show we are given prompts to jump start our thinking and provide a theme for each edition of the magazine. The prompt for the September/ October 2022 Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting magazine was “Home”. So, stop for a moment and think about […]
We Won TWO Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting 2022 Reader’s Choice Awards And It’s All Thanks To You. There’s something that I just have to scream from the rooftops – we have the BEST customers of all time! Truly, my little quilt shop and all of the Quilt Fairies here are so blessed with […]
I wanted to share one of my latest quilts with you AND some exciting news as well. My and my little company have had some big honors this past week. We were nominated in four categories of the 2022 Fons and Porter’s Reader’s Choice award. Will you please take a moment and vote for Quilted […]
In June, I chose a quilt for our “How I would Quilt it” segment of the Quilted Joy Clubhouse that I was very familiar with. Hometown Blooms is my version of “Sangria” by Diane Tomlinson. Claudia now has joined me in picking her own colors and making yet another version of this quilt. Don’t you just love […]
I have been waiting to show you this since the Spring and I can finally reveal it! I’d like to introduce you to my friend, Guss. Isn’t he fabulous? You may have noticed that we are in love with the Laura Heine style fabric collage animals here. Don’t miss seeing the wonderful zoo of other fabric […]
Back in April I was once again invited to head to Des Moines to record an episode of the Love of Quilting public television show. The program focused on how to use your quilting lines to help you if your patchwork isn’t perfect. I showed how the quilting can work kindly with a design’s flaws […]
To all of my Kentucky friends, new episodes of Fon’s & Porter’s Love of Quilting will be back on KET (Kentucky’s local PBS station) this Saturday morning at 11:30am EST. I had the honor to guest host this episode with Marianne Fons herself. This was the first episode we taped with me as the guest, […]
Someone pinch me, I think I’ve been walking around in a dream! Last week was a whirlwind of a week. It would have been enough just having the amazing Bethanne Nemesh in the showroom teaching a series of custom quilting classes (more on that later!). But there was more, so much more! Last week I […]
