The Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild Show – 2026

NOTE: I won’t post next week as I will be in Daytona Beach, Florida teaching. My home guild’s show was last weekend and it was faaaaabulous!! The Folsom Quilt and Fiber Guild always puts on a good show, but this one was one for the records. The weather was perfect, attendance was heavy and the…

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Trapunto back from the dead

NOTE: I’m not sure I can do a blog post or newsletter next week. It is my guild’s show, I’m doing Fashion Show, I’m getting ready for a very busy spring and I’m working on the quilt judging thing.  I’m kind of overwhelmed. Let’s start at the beginning. My love of trapunto has been greatly…

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Scribing and birthdays!

It has been a wild and wonderful week of scribing for Road to California, and celebrating my Grandson’s 5th birthday. I reached out to Linda Rasmussen, a Certified Judge (CJ) for the National Association of Certified Quilt Judges to see if there were any upcoming shows that I could shadow or work. Road was coming…

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A Finish!

I’ve been working on a smock type garment that I thought would be useful when I’m teaching. I’ve seen several other teachers use pop-over-your-clothing type of smocks to teach in. Since I regularly misplace my phone, pencil, Square, etc. it seemed like a good idea. I’m not totally happy with it… yet. It may just…

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Tucson Christmas, 2025

NOTE: I’ve got two posts today, link to wedding post here. Some of my posts are almost a personal travelogue. This is one of those. Our youngest son and new DIL live in Tucson and where better to spend Christmas than in Tucson? This trip was unlike any previous trip as I was on my…

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