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October is early if you need your quilt for a May graduation! “I just want to make sure it’s finished in time,” Mom said. “No rush, but if it’s early, I may just give it as a Christmas present.” Well the end of the story is that that’s what happened. It was ready in time […]

There are so many happy expectations that revolve around ringing in the new year: fun, parties, fireworks, and making resolutions of what you’ll change in the year coming up. If you have recently suffered the loss of someone special, instead of looking forward to it, you may regret the holiday. The last thing you will [...]

We were at the Piedmont Park Arts Festival today. The weather was beautiful. It was just great to meet new people. That’s the part I really enjoy the most. I appreciated everyone who stopped by. I heard a lot of stories about quilts in the family often made by grandparents. Some shared how the old […]

This Tsunami is not the weather event with large waves that can be harmful. The harm can be caused when opponents come up against another potential danger, a volleyball Tsunami. Tsunami is the name adopted for an Atlanta area volleyball organization for girls. They provide opportunities to play and learn through camps and clinics. They […]

For the 4th of July we all decided to wear red, white, and blue. Hope you had a nice holiday. I enjoyed having a few days off. Though it was odd at first to have nothing to do but sleep, relax, go to the pool and repeat. The top pic is a quilt in the […]

He lives in New York and we were tasked with creating a unique gift for her teenage Grandson. Grandma was traveling to New York for his birthday and wanted to have the quilt to present to him in person. He was involved to approve the layout and colors, and also picked out the quilting design […]

Sailboats! This beauty came to us for repair. It’s been very “well loved” and in her family for a long time. Her great grandmother was over 100 years old and refused to take her quilts to be quilted by anyone who used a machine! So it was quilted all by hand. Most of the repairs […]

Where are the t-shirts? There aren’t any, at least that are recognizable! These were made from different colorful print clothing items. The shapes were cut to get to the desired quilt size and arranged in a layout pleasing to our customer. The back is a soft black minky. It comes in many different colors and […]

More about me. I was invited to share my story. Here’s the article by VoyageATL.

Hearts can be happy when they remind us of loved ones. Hearts can be sad when they remind us of a special someone who is no longer with us. This quilt was the vision of a widow in memory of her husband, a pilot, who died in a plane crash. It’s all made from the […]

Consider the look of romance as a way to remember events shared with your significant other! Here we used 2 of the same t-shirts earned from running the Peachtree Road Race and shaped them in to hearts as a testament to the couples love and passion for running together over the years. Zoom in to […]

Martin Luther King Day. Today’s the day. It starts with me. A source for the full text of the speech is here. The truth from his daughter Rev. Dr. Bernice King “Don’t act like everyone loved my father. He was assassinated. A 1967 poll reflected that he was one of the most hated men in […]