I finally started work on my tropical fish applique templates for a new quilting class that I’ll be teaching in the fall. It’s going to be the advanced version of the melted crayon applique class that I teach now out of the book Creative Quilts from Your Crayon Box. They are all traced in pencil...

It was so much fun. I really enjoy teaching a lot and I love watching people get excited about this technique. We had a great group of ladies in class today that had a blast learning how to melt and blend crayons for applique shapes. A sweet little pear blossom! Some of the shapes one...

The poor Iris quilt has been waiting for a binding for several weeks now so yesterday I sat down and made the binding for it finally. I decided to just attach it all by machine since this isn’t a show quilt and I mostly made it as a larger sample showing the possibilities of the...

I’m working on quilting the Iris quilt and since the final class preview for the melted crayon technique that I’m teaching is tonight I wanted to get the center part mostly done. I think I’m happy with the quilting. Not sure if I’ll add more or not yet.  I need to quilt the borders. Still...

I’ve been savoring my last few days of vacation from work by doing some fun projects. Most importantly is the larger melted crayon applique sample I wanted to get done for class previews that happen over the next few days.  My small sample is cute but I wanted people to see a larger piece where...