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A revolution began 250 years ago that would forever alter the course of history and mankind. The Founding Fathers, inspi...
05/21/2026

A revolution began 250 years ago that would forever alter the course of history and mankind. The Founding Fathers, inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment, dared to envision a nation based on the principles of liberty, representation, and self-governance. To this end, they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to bring to fruition a society rooted in the radical belief that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable rights. Embedded within that revolutionary spirit was the enduring idea that regardless of the circumstances into which one was born, an individual could - through knowledge, skill, perseverance, and determination - forge their own path…the foundation of the American Dream.

That same spirit lives within this company: the belief that vision can be transformed into tangible reality, and that through faith, effort, and perseverance, ambitious endeavors can be accomplished.

Creating pieces at my own company to commemorate this special milestone in our Nation’s history feels especially meaningful. 🇺🇸✨

This past weekend turned into a wonderful and productive three-day weekend…Saturday was spent at the Frist Art Museum in...
05/19/2026

This past weekend turned into a wonderful and productive three-day weekend…Saturday was spent at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville refueling my soul with their Impressionist exhibit; Sunday was full of church, community, Evensong, and personal knitting; and Monday was productively dedicated to the deeply unfortunate adulting task of cleaning and reorganizing the garage.

Thankfully, balance has now been restored and I’m back in my happy place - fully recharged, swapping between my current audiobook and a Netflix limited series, mentally tallying the administrative tasks still awaiting me, all while sewing fun little creations again ✂️🧵✨

Saturday found me wandering the galleries of the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, taking in an impressionist exhibit on lo...
05/17/2026

Saturday found me wandering the galleries of the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, taking in an impressionist exhibit on loan from the Dallas Museum of Art. There’s something about impressionist art that settles deep inside me - the way it’s perfectly imperfect, the way the magnitude of intention and forethought is hidden deep inside seemingly random brushstrokes, and the way the paintings gently reveal a telling story of societal caste systems and present the expansive juxtaposition between labor, architecture, and intimate domesticity, all the while carefully conveying the complex, yet systematic economic overtures of the times. To me…the tradition of the Salon vs the expansive movement of the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, and Printmakers, Etc. is a metaphor for the tension that will continue to exist between the mainstream and agents of change that pop up in every generation. Oh…and also, here’s a picture of some pretty fabric I found today at the fabric store in TN that’s going to pair nicely with some fabric not pictured! 🧵☺️

After a week spent sewing in the Studio creating the next batch of quilts and more…venturing to the Frist felt like the perfect ending to a full week - a gentle, but necessary reminder that making beautiful things by hand still matters in a world ever evolving to the next phase of technological advancement.

I left feeling inspired in the best kind of way…and am excited to get back in the Studio on Monday!

Happy Friday!! 🧵🪡🤍
05/15/2026

Happy Friday!! 🧵🪡🤍

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05/10/2026

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There’s something quietly grounding about the binding stage of a quilt… After all the cutting, piecing, and stitching…pr...
05/09/2026

There’s something quietly grounding about the binding stage of a quilt… After all the cutting, piecing, and stitching…pressing the binding feels slower…almost meditative. As the iron steadily glides across the fabric and the warmth rises up, I find myself pensively glancing beyond the window, mulling thoughts over about what’s for dinner, my neverending to-do list, and the bigger faith questions that gently surface in the stillness. The methodical rhythm of repetitive tasks quietly creating space for creative introspection and internally checking off the mundane tasks for that day.

Pinning feels like the most reverent part of the quilt-making process - the slow, deliberate, careful work of placing ea...
05/08/2026

Pinning feels like the most reverent part of the quilt-making process - the slow, deliberate, careful work of placing each pin by hand.

As I pin all the layers together, I find myself praying over the quilt and the life it will find. I pray for the smiles it will bring, the memories it will hold, the laughter it will witness, and the sorrow it may comfort. I pray for peaceful homes, for growing families, and for weary hearts to find rest beneath its warmth.

I pray for the families who purchase these quilts, and for those who may someday receive them as gifts. My hope is that they become a small tangible blessing in the homes they enter - a reminder of God’s grace and a touchstone for solace and belonging.

Quilting is the step that transforms ordinary cotton fabric into something meant to be lived with, loved, and cherished....
05/08/2026

Quilting is the step that transforms ordinary cotton fabric into something meant to be lived with, loved, and cherished. …Before the stitches, it is simply fabric. But with every line sewn, it slowly transforms into the warm stroller blanket at the zoo, the soft cuddle blanket at Nana’s house, the beautiful picnic blanket spread beneath the large shade tree at a beloved local park, and your dog’s favorite blankey.

The quilting is what gives it strength, but also softness…infusing it with the possibility of holding and transferring memories, love, care, and tenderness.

“If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck… it probably is a duck.” The old adage proved true t...
05/08/2026

“If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck… it probably is a duck.” The old adage proved true tonight during a realtime problem-solving session.

Very grateful past me thought of future me, which is now 11 p.m.-two-days-before-market-present-me, and invested in a 100pk of thread - every color imaginable - plus a multicolor bobbin pack… Except… minor complication: I’ve since upgraded to a new machine that doesn’t use those bobbins.

But transferable principles prevailed…

If rotation is rotation, then thread on large spool spinning is same as thread on small spool spinning in this context. So, I loaded up the plastic bobbin on the spool pin and let ‘er rip…the thread from the incompatible plastic bobbin transferred without issue directly onto my new machine-compatible bobbin!

Hip hip hooray!

Also, phew…!!

The peaceful calm of a rhythm beginning to form echoed through the sewing studio today…stacks of fabric slowly taking sh...
05/08/2026

The peaceful calm of a rhythm beginning to form echoed through the sewing studio today…stacks of fabric slowly taking shape as the familiar clink of scissors tapped against the cutting mat, thread hummed softly through the machine, tops were ferried from table to stack, batting sandwiched and pinned…one phase completed and then on to the next...a quiet ode to the pioneers of the assembly line.

Piles of cotton cloth slowly and intentionally becoming something that will someday live in someone’s home, folded over shoulders for sleepy heads, and woven into ordinary days that become the extraordinary moments of our lives.

Today felt serene… the kind of pace where steadiness and consistency transform humble raw materials into the meaningful heirlooms of our homes and our lives.

A springtime rainstorm brings a hushed kind of comfort to the day…the kind found in half-read books beside the window, f...
05/06/2026

A springtime rainstorm brings a hushed kind of comfort to the day…the kind found in half-read books beside the window, freshly baked cookies straight from the oven, and the low humdrum of the dryer in the background providing the perfect white-noise backing track. The whole world seems to slow and soften at the edges, as though time itself has paused for a moment. It carries that familiar feeling of gentle affection, often overlooked in the hurried cadence of scheduled lives - a tender reminder that every once in a while, we all need to slow and enjoy some of the quieter joys in life, such as sewing while raindrops softly tap against the windows.

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