From Mineola to San Antonio!

Irene and I just arrived in San Antonio. passing through Athens, Corsicana, Waco and Austin on our way!

Unfortunately a lot of antique malls ARE closed on Monday ---we had forgotten what it is like in Small Town Texas, but I made a flipagram of quilts we saw on our route!
This is my first time embedding one of these, so bear with me--
More to come tomorrow.  We are hungry, tired, and would love to sew instead of editing photos!

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Sister’s Choice Sunday, Mineola Style!

How do you wrap up a great 3 day weekend of quilt classes in North East Texas??

Fill the classroom with 35 quilters and one instructor and pull out the 2.5” strips and have a ball!

I keep telling folks when they ooh and ahh and exclaim and even giggle at everyone else’s fabric choices and color selections that this is why I don’t teach from a kit. 

Or a jelly roll. 

Or one bundle of fat quarters where all of the fabrics are from one line, one manufacturer, one designer….it’s just not near as fun or as inspiring when all of the quilts coming out of the class are identical in every way. 

I CRAVE variety.  I need it.  I want to put things together that make me smile, that mean something to me.

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Galaxy-Gram! Sisters Choice Sunday!

Hello from Stitchin Heaven in Mineola, TX!

We've been working this morning on Sisters Choice 9 patch centers all the way up to lunch and after some show and share we will turn our attention to turning does centers in to star blocks.

Another great day in Texas just sewing up all the scraps!

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Bricks in the Barnyard, Mineola TX Style!

My Texas Peeps and I say a big “Hey Y’all!” and “Howdy!”

It’s been so nice to see so many travel in from all over.  Yesterday we were joined by Charlotte from New York and Pat from Maryland! 

It’s always such a hoot to see folks that I’ve known from somewhere else, come to this location, and meet people that I have known from some other somewhere else, and now they know each other – like one big happy Texas family!

Bricks in the Barnyard from Scraps & Shirttails II is an absolute favorite.  I loved making it from recycled shirts mixed with solid red as my accent.

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