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We moved to South Carolina in 2021. I loved the area, loved the house, loved the soon-to-be she-shed, but hated the blank space above the garage doors. The big blank space created by the gable was just more than I could stand looking at every…

Temperature quilts - so many possibilities... They can represent high and low temperatures... just the high, just the low, the mean temperature... oh the insanity you can inspire when you start thinking about creating a temperature quilt. But first, what is a temperature quilt? It's…

Today, I thought I'd take you on a "tour" of my dye station. I will preface this with the fact that I'm basically a simple person. I grew up in the country and I like that fact and the impact it had on shaping me.

I am relatively new to ice dyeing. I've done enough to decide that I really love the "controlled chaos" of it. What I mean is that you can choose colors (based on your test swatches) and style (what you want it to look like -…

Dyeing for quilting: I started dyeing fabrics to use in my quilts. Mainly because I had so much trouble finding the right colors for many of the quilts I was making. I also don't always want prints or solids. I like tonal fabrics also referred…