Yes, this is yet another new iron. The iron I purchased less than three weeks ago died last night. I returned it today and bought a new iron from Sears. Hopefully, this one lasts longer than 3 weeks! Back to quilting.

Thank you to all who sent such nice messages welcoming me to the Stash Quilts Webring. I am pleased to be joining you.

Carolyn mentioned that she really liked the Rail Fence Around the World quilt. Since I am working on a project right now for a customer, I have no current work of my own to show you. However, Carolyn’s comment reminded me of the quilt that I made in 2003 that actually led to the making of the Rail Fence Around the World quilt.

This is Scrap Rail Fence. This quilt took Best In Show at our local Fall Fair in 2003. I was very pleased that year to enter 7 quilts in the fair and take home 7 firsts, including Best in Show.

This quilt was quilted quite simply on my Bernina- in the ditch around the perimeter of each block. This quilt pre-dated the purchase of my long arm so there was no fancy quilting on this one–just stitch it together enough to keep it functional.

Check out the link to the left marked, “Stash Quilts”.

My site has been officially approved and is now an active site in the webring, “Stash Quilts”.

Thank you Judy!

Happy Easter!

This is a quilt I made several years ago that hangs in my house each year at this time.

The little yellow birds – or goldfinches as they are properly known – are back.

My husband has had the feeder filled with black Niger seed in anticipation of the return of his birds for the last two weeks. Tonight was the first we have seen them this spring. They are fascinating to watch as they hang upside down to eat.