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It never occurred to me that my new "Write Where You Want" project would turn out quite so well. I imagined it for so long, and loved the mental image. You made it heads and shoulders above my dream. Thank you so much! - Cassie

This is the coolest thing I've done in my home yet. I wish I'd hired you to come do this three years ago when I first heard about you. What A Fantastic Job! Many thanks...- Sophie

Quilting

  1. My soul is fed by my needle and thread.
  2. I'm a material girl.
  3. Make a border of your favorite quilt block names, or maybe the ones you’ve tried:Air Castle Star Album Block Alpine Trail Antique Tile Balkan Puzzle Baton Rouge Square Broken Dishes Five Star Garden Block Golden Gate Grandmother’s Choice Grape Basket Indiana Puzzle Irish Chain Jacob’s Ladder Eight Point Star Peony Nine Patch Spirit of St. Louis Starry Lane Strip Heart Whirling Geese Dresden Plate Roman Square Chinese Fan Prairie Queen Country Pinwheel Steps to the Altar Goose Tracks Ohio Rose Churn Dash Bear’s Paw Pinwheel Maple Leaf Virginia Reel Log Cabin Double Nine Patch Hourglass Ohio Star Kaleidoscope May Basket Friendship Chain Arkansas Star Bow Tie Dolly Madison’s Star Fan Block Basket in a Basket Split Rail Fence
  4. Blessed are the children of piecemakers, for they shall inherit the quilts.
  5. Be nice to me. I'm making your quilt.
  6. May all of your ups and downs in life be with a needle and thread.
  7. May your sorrows be patched and your joys quilted.
  8. Measure TWICE, cut ONCE.
  9. Our lives are like quilts - bits and pieces, joy and sorrow, stitched with love.
  10. Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics, when women of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew; especially as they are never more at home with their own hearts than while so occupied.  Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, 1859
  11. The only place where housework comes before quilting is in the dictionary.  Mary Kurtz
    Sewing mends the soul.   Author Unknown
  12. Quilting: Nature's Prozac.
  13. Really I don't dislike to cook, but what you cook is eaten so quickly. When you sew, you have something that will last to show for your efforts.  Elizabeth Travis Johnson
  14. Buttons and patches and the cold wind blowing, The days pass quickly when I am sewing.  Author Unknown
  15. A quilt will warm your body and comfort your soul.  Author Unknown
  16. Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the quilt. Oliver Wendell Holmes
  17. I cannot count my day complete 'Til needle, thread and fabric meet.  Author Unknown
  18. Our lives are like quilts - bits and pieces, joy and sorrow, stitched with love.  Author Unknown
  19. Those who sleep under a quilt, sleep under a blanket of love.  Author Unknown
  20. Quilters know all the angles.  Author Unknown
  21. Grandma’s quilts have love in every stitch.  Author Unknown
  22. A bed without a quilt is like a sky without stars.  Author Unknown
  23. Ah quilting! The mere mention of the word conjures feelings of love, security, warmth and great joy!
  24. To find something you love to do is a gift. To achieve recognition for it is a miracle.
  25. Quilts are so much more than bed covers, and making a quilt involves so much more than just sewing. Quiltmaking is a powerful form of expression, a soothing kind of therapy, and a satisfying, creative outlet. My goal is to have each quilt that I make be a product of my heart, as well as my hands.
  26. Quilting makes my mind race and my blood sing!
  27. We create quilts for our family, friends, and good causes, but actually the quilts give us a space to express ourselves. We meet for quilting, but through the quilts we find people of a like mind who become friends.
  28. Good friends are like quilts. They age with you, yet never lose their warmth.