From the banks of Willow Creek, I noticed a charred piece of a blue and white China dish. It desperately cried out to me, as if it had a rich story to tell of a proper lady who innocently followed her husband into a landmine of primitive childbirths and unmerciful disasters and disease, leaving only [...]
Happy April! I've been seeing quilts used as inspiration in things everywhere lately. They are really having a popular moment it seems. I saw the cutest pair of kids tennis shoes with a pastel patchwork pattern at Target and sure wished they had them in my size! I got an email advertisement from Pottery Barn [...]
Lots of fun quilt show updates for this month. It was nice to see so many of your faces on the quilt show call. Still seeing pictures with so much snow on the Silver Thread, but it won't be long until spring is here and many of us will be making plans to head to [...]
Another quiet newsletter month, since the January meeting became a snow day. Hope you are all staying warm and finding some time to work on projects that are keeping you busy. Click here to see the Newsletter in its entirety
Happy New Year it's 2023 and that means the quilt show is this year! Hope you all had a lovely holiday full of fun and family. Looks like there has been some good snow in Creede I love seeing the pictures. Not a lot of guild updates this month with all the holidays, but this [...]
Happy December! Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving, and that all your Christmas sewing projects are almost done! I have a Christmas quilt top finished and hope to get quilted and mailed out to a friend this week. Looking forward to getting my house decorated soon and pulling out all the old Christmas quilts [...]
Happy November! So many birthday's in the guild this month! I have seen some beautiful pics of the recent snow on the silver thread and it looks like perfect sewing weather. Hope everyone is getting their holiday projects planned and started! I was on vacation a few weeks ago in New England with some friends [...]
Hello all! October is probably my favorite month of the year! It finally starts to cool off here in Arizona and it brings my favorite holiday, Halloween! My very first memories are all about Halloween. Working and planning with my mom who would make me and my brother the most elaborate costumes ever! I also [...]
Hello all! Working on this and thinking of some of you sewing together at the retreat. I am sad that I won't be getting another trip to Creede this year to take in some of the fall color. But know next year in September we will all be together for the quilt show! So excited [...]
Hello all! I am excited to be taking over as editor of the STQG newsletter, as it gives me a way to stay in touch and participate from sunny, hot Arizona! I've been lucky to be able to spend about 2 weeks in Creede so far this summer, and did get to see a few [...]
