In a Purple Haze
The Color of the Year Since 2000, the Pantone Color Institute has announced a color of the year. (Remember "Radiant Orchid" from 2014?...
Wearing Christmas
In the Beginning... It's fun to dress for the holidays! Dating back to the early 1990s when I managed the JO-ANN store on Salem Pike in...
Stash Walking
So Much Fabric, So Little Time! When one has been in the fabric business as long as I have (44 years), one is really over-exposed to all...
Quilting to Honor & Comfort
Quilts of Valor Presentation On Veterans Day we remember those who have served our country. The Springs Creative Open Hearts quilting...
Shirt of Many Colors
Digital Fabric Adventure! At Springs Creative Products Group we operate a digital fabric printing studio. The advantages with digital...
Weekend at the Market
Quilt Market, that is. I spent the past weekend at the International Quilt Market in downtown Houston, Texas, working in the Patrick Lose...
Sewing Is NOT Scary!
Sewing for Halloween! There are lots of crafty sewing ideas for Halloween out there. Usually these projects don't take much time or...
Learning to Drive (a Quilting Machine)
More Quilts of Valor! In a prior post I wrote about my participation in our Springs Creative "Open Hearts" Quilts of Valor quilt group...
Mixed-Up Halloween
Combining Prints is FUN! My favorite thing to sew is shirts, and the shirts I love to sew are usually, well...a bit like art-to-wear....
Flower Power!
Where to Find New Fabric Collections? When it comes to fabric collections, I keep my eyes open for something interesting. There are many...
