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May 19, 2022 It’s been a tough week for the Dietz Family. On Tuesday, we lost our beloved patriarch, Gordon Dietz, my husband’s father. He had a long and happy life, staying feisty and vibrant right up to the last day of his 95 years. This was my design wall about two weeks ago… IContinue reading “In the Studio”

May 1, 2022 This past weekend I attended the VCQ Celebrations! 2022 retreat at the 4H Center near Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. I brought along this collection of fabrics, Playa by Jinny Beyer, for a class by Barbara Black. This is the bright version of her Five Easy Pieces quilt. The one I willContinue reading “In The Studio”

April 18, 2022 Phew…finally finished the March rows for my two temperature quilts. I can see a definite warming trend in 2020 vs 1955. Let’s see what happens this month! The Fly Away Home Quilt is finally basted and under the needle today. I managed to get a round of Stitch in the Ditch alongContinue reading “In The Studio”

April 1, 2022 It’s coming! The CAQG Quilt Show will be held April 9-10. Over 180 quilts on display, vendors, demos, boutique, the Shoppe at the Show, raffle baskets, our raffle quilt and food trucks, don’t miss it! I’m still working on the March Temperature Quilt. The 1955 column is finished…still working on the 2020Continue reading “In The Studio”

March 17, 2022 We have been traveling almost the whole month since February 17. We met up with our son and his girlfriend in California. Then we had 10 great days on a Baja Sur adventure. Traveling on a 100 year old boat The Westward. We took lots of photos of whales, dolphins, sea lions,Continue reading “In The Studio”

February 17, 2022 This month, I moved the Quilt Top in a Shoe Box project along. I finished my Texas Block. This block was based on an older block called Texas Centennial Star. It was machine appliqued, paper pieced and hand appliqued. The first half of February is finished for the Temperature Quilts. We areContinue reading “In The Studio”

February 1, 2022 New this month….After receiving a large donation of very nice quilt books, I decided to turn my bookshelf in the studio, into a Little Free Library for Quilters. I registered the library and just wanted to let everyone know how it works.It’s very simple…take a book, bring a book. There are noContinue reading “In The Studio”

January 1, 2022 Thank goodness 2021 is finally over. I am hoping that this year, we can put all the sickness and death that the pandemic brought behind us. Please if you have not already done so, go get vaccinated and get the booster shot. Modern medicine is a wonderful thing, believe in it! ProtectContinue reading “In The Studio”

December 6, 2021 I can’t believe we are already into December! My Christmas cactus is blooming right on time. November was a busy month for us. My husband, Tom, underwent surgery for Bladder Cancer. He is better now…needs to go back for regular check ups. It was the first real health scare that we, asContinue reading “In The Studio”

November 5, 2021 I can not believe that we are already into November. Last month was a full one, we had a great harvest of apples and grapes, with wine making under way. Sadly…we had a bear attack at the vineyard and lost all three of our beautiful sheep. We will reinforce our seven footContinue reading “In The Studio”