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We are off to Washington DC for a few days for Spring Break. Couldn’t have planned it better as the Cherry Blossom Festival starts on Saturday. I am very excited - this is my first visit to the Capitol! We will also be visiting friends in Charlottesville, VA and my friend Pam Matthews from Alexandria is going to pick me up for a day touring the area quilt shops.

Stay tuned for pictures!

The Mixed Sampler retreat was a lot of fun. And a great group of women! There were about 25 quilters and the room we had to sew in was fantastic with big windows and lots of light (plenty of power too). We worked on the mystery quilt first. This is the second pattern I’ve written as a mystery. I think everyone enjoyed it, although I was a little worried about some of the piecing as it was a little challenging.

As you can see, if you’ve been here before, I’ve got a new look. And while it was being installed, wordpress updated its entire interface. SOOOOO, I’m playing catch up.

I’m off to the Mixed Sampler Retreat at the ARC Camp in Osceola, Wisconsin.  The weather will be delightfully warm - we’ve been in the 40’s now for two days, snow is melting and the second quilt came off of the bed!

I’ll be teaching two classes, a mystery which will be published as a pattern for spring market, and Summit Square which was new last fall.

I’m looking forward to making new friends and and time away from the busy-ness at home!