Category Archives: Quilting tools

Teaching at MQX

Registration for my class at MQX has just opened.  I hope you will come to Providence and meet me, while learning some new Leaves Galore Techniques! I have put MQX on my calendar, so look there for details on how to register for this class.  Look at my pictures from classes and lectures to see [...]

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Heading To Houston

Come visit me in booth 653 at the International Quilt Festival! We will have special guest Kathleen Murphy doing a demo on her Hot and Cold Flow pattern on Saturday at 3:00 and I will be doing Leaves Galore demos continuously at my booth. Stop in and say hello!

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Kathleen Murphy, Guest Designer

Kathleen Murphy designs has just published a new pattern featuring the Leaves Galore Templates. Kathleen is a friend of mine from the Thimble Pleasures Quilt Guild.  We have known each other forever, and she was one of my first cheerleaders who encouraged me to create Leaves Galore.  Kathleen has an amazing artistic eye, and a [...]

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Fun with Free Downloads!

I had a wonderful day with my sister, Maria, my Mom and Lois Palmer today at my house. Lois was appraising all my quilts that I use in my business. Here is my plug about appraisals…if you have quilts and they get lost, stolen, burned or flooded, the insurance value is about $20, the cost [...]

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Celebrating Lauren!

Dear Friends, I am off to Europe on Tuesay of next week, but before I go there is much to catch up on! Firstly, for those of you who know my sister Gina, (also known as my right hand lady at quilt shows!) she is getting married on Saturday!! We are so excited for Gina [...]

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Mancuso Pennsylvania National Quilt Show

I am pleased to be teaching a half day workshop at Mancuso’s Pennsylvania National Quilt Show in September. If you have purchased your templates from me at other local shows, but haven’t had the chance to try them out yet, this is your class!! Take time for yourself to learn something new, and explore the [...]

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VERMONT QUILT FESTIVAL

I am very excited to be going to the Vermont Quilt Festival this year!  I was invited to vend after another vendor had back out at the last minute.  I had decided to take July and August off from the trade show/quilt show circuit, but this June 23 to 27 show fits right in my [...]

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Spring Quilt Market, Salt Lake City

I am excited to be leaving for Quilt Market in Salt Lake City tomorrow.  Joanne, Gina and I are almost packed and ready to go and it is sure to be an exciting trip for us all.  Joanne and Gina have never experienced Quilt Market before, and most of you probably haven’t either.  Quilt Market is [...]

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Fun at MQX East

MQX East was a great success for Sue Pelland Designs.  It was my first time in a huge double booth, and my first time introducing Joann Bertrand to the Quilt show world!  Joann has just started sewing with me, trying to get a  load of samples and patterns ready for Quilt Market in Salt Lake [...]

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My New Elna Excellence

Many years ago, Mom and I had a quilt shop, and we sold Elna sewing machines. Today, I am sewing on an Elna again! I was at the New Jersey Quilt Fest and had time to sit down at the Elna Excellence and work with it for a while. WOW!!! Do I love this machine! [...]

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