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There isn't a color palette or design that isn't more iconic than a traditional Buffalo Check.  You can find the Buffalo Check design in apparel for men, women, youth and babies as well as home décor.  It's a true classic that has stood the test of time.

What would make this iconic design even more classic?  How about easy, NO CUT and quick sewing using our PRE-CUT friendly 5" Floret squares in Black, Gray and Off-White in a repeating pattern.  Can it get any easier than this?!

If you know a simpler and easier way, I'd love...

Has this ever happened to you where a quilty friend shares a link to a really cool technique and you "think" you've committed it to memory until you didn't?

Yep, that's exactly what happened in this situation.  I "thought" I had the technique all locked down in my memory and I was in my sewing room making a block when my block did NOT look like the block I had remembered.  What happened?!!!

Preface it to say, "my mistake" turned out to be better than the original!!  Why?  Because "my way" requires NO...

 Chirp Chirp Tweet Tweet did you hear the latest news from Riley Blake Designs?

Riley Blake Designs along with (21) of their designers are celebrating the launch of their first LOW VOLUME designer fabric collection called

Hush Hush!

What is a LOW VOLUME designer collection you ask? 

Great question! 

Its a compilation of individual fabric designs from (21) different RBD designers on a white or cream ground giving a quilt's background variety...

WAMH?  What's that?  The acronym for With All My Heart!

Check out last week's blog post here to get up to speed on what I'm about to share.

Remember when I briefly mentioned an ADDITIONAL design Diane Merritt @storyofaquiltdesigns created from the heart's trimmed corners from the With All My Heart pattern?  

Look at what she created!

Here's a closer look for you to see.

Can you see where she sewed the heart's trimmed corners into half...

This blog post is for you, my loyal customers, newsletter subscribers and social media followers.

As you are aware, life got interrupted earlier this year when I was hospitalized for 12 days with Covid.

It was a period of uncertainty, uneasiness and unknowns but through it all I was calmed and at ease learning of the many prayer warriors that had engaged their teams and communities to pray for me and my recovery.

I was humbled to say the least but I...