Ahhhh…. a whole day to sew and a mini vacation day from my usual afternoon classes teaching kids to sew!  All my parents were great about rescheduling; hopefully understanding that my continuing education would be a benefit to their child down the road. 

My “Bestie” Sandi and I attended a Hunter’s Star quilting class at Sierra Sewing Center taught by Kathy Baker here in Reno.  Kathy is infamous among my quilting circle as a teacher in high demand, with many students becoming “groupies”, attending everything she teaches.  This is the first time I’d taken one of her classes and I can see why she has such a following!  Kathy is down to earth, very helpful, and no pressure.  The atmosphere in class is very fun, relaxed and low key.  And YES, she still gets down to business and teaches you every nuance of the pattern and the necessary skills to get great results.

Sandi and I settled right into working together as we always do, sharing ideas, getting caught up and just having fun!  And for once Sandi didn’t get way ahead of me!   
 
Oh, and were not “groupies” yet, but we did sign up for Kathy’s block of the month class starting in June….smiles…

The Reno-Gazette Journal has been good to me and my business!  Last year I submitted a press release when I launched my classes in February and was delighted with the support from the RGJ when they ran an almost monthly little blurb about my studio and classes in the Northern Nevada section Things to Do Today!  

Then in January this year Susan Skorupa contacted me to ask for an interview for the newspaper.  I was surprised and excited, as were my students!  Every girl that could be there that day was, and several parents stayed to be interviewed too.  It was fun to have Susan interview us and for Andy the photographer/videographer to take lots of pictures and video.  All the kids anticipated the results for weeks. When it finally hit the newspaper both in print and online we were all thrilled! To read the full article, click download file below. 

Not only is my website finally here, but a blog is born as well….whew!  Boy, there is a lot of work that goes into creating a website, but I’ll save that for another day!

As this is my first post I thought I’d take a minute to let you know what my intent is with my new blog.  I want to share with you the happenings in my studio while teaching children to sew, as well as what inspires me to sew and to quilt.  Periodically, I’ll focus attention on an individual student and what she has accomplished in class.  Possibly sharing her thoughts about sewing too.  Sometimes I’ll chat a bit about the funny things that happen in class and even the scary things…yes, scary!

I plan to let you in on the classes I attend and the places I go to learn and to grow in my craft.  Even though I have quilted and sewn all my life there is always something to learn and I really like to be on the cutting edge of what is new and in style in the world of quilting and sewing.  Continuing education is important to me as it gives me more knowledge and information to share with my students.   Plus, I enjoy taking classes as it allows me uninterrupted time to sew and to be inspired by the other students and the instructors.  

I have a fun group of friends who get together monthly to share our love of quilting and we go on retreats or quilt related trips throughout the year.   I’ll share tidbits about these adventures too.

I hope you’ll find it fun to read and maybe interesting enough to want to follow along….