A Spiritual Journey Through Creativity
When I started planning our wedding in August 2014, I knew I wanted to include personal elements – touches that would make our wedding unique to us. So, for me, this meant fabric! I decided I would make coasters as favors – we later added beer koozies as well, to get Brad’s “touch” included too!… Continue reading Our Quilt
Several years ago I met an upbeat, hard-laughing, intelligent woman in seminary. I had no idea then that our lives would connect in such powerful ways just a few years later. Toward the end of graduation, several of my classmates and I were chosen to be part of a cohort that would help bridge the… Continue reading A’s Quilt
As it is with most of my creations, I came across a tutorial for tree skirts a couple years ago and tried making one. I love how it turned out and, it seems, so did many others! So, I added tree skirts to my list of items to sell. This is the first one I… Continue reading Tree Skirts
Somewhere early in my blog writing I struggled with titles. I could make each title intriguing or eye-catching. I could be forthright and clear. However, neither of these approaches worked for me. I decided to just use one word in the title. This required me to narrow down on the main idea of the blog.… Continue reading One
I make mistakes all the time. When I grab my seam ripper, I have to remind myself that I didn’t invent it, which means someone else did and that someone made enough mistakes to think a tool to fix those mistakes was necessary to invent. Same thing goes for an eraser or all the other… Continue reading Mistake
Last week was the winter solstice – the longest night of the year. Thanks to the rhythms of nature, in six months we’ll recognize the summer solstice – the longest day of the year. More dark, less light. More light, less dark. Back and forth we go year after year. Most of my quilting projects… Continue reading Solstice QAL
My Grandma Augspurger created quite a legacy – 4 children, 9 grandchildren, and just recently now 10 great-grandchildren. However, there was more to her than raising a family. She was an amazing cook – I doubt I was ever truly hungry when we were at my grandparent’s house. We may have said the words, “I’m… Continue reading Legacy
From what I recall, my Grandma made or bought an ornament for all the grandchildren every year. I don’t ever remember opening these ornaments. Maybe she just handed them out? I don’t know how it all happened; I just know we got ornaments every year. I’m sure I wasn’t impressed. I’m fairly certain I was… Continue reading Ornaments
Early summer of 2014, a friend shared with me that her good friend’s husband died. After going to visit her, my friend came to me with a bag full of shirts asking if I’d make a quilt out of them. After the craziness of moving out of my house, buying our new house and moving… Continue reading Meg’s Quilts
I started my quilting business 3 years ago and all of my work comes through word of mouth. I have a Facebook page, but that’s the extent of my “advertising.” One person has a quilt made, they tell friends, and eventually I get a call or email from someone who wants their own t-shirt quilt.… Continue reading Jeff’s Quilts
Anne Brock 