Love is Spoken Here

Here it is — Love is Spoken Here. A memorial to my sweet Gran, Gertrude Cantell Smith. Filled with symbolism about our relationship. Expertly quilted by the master quilter, Lori Kennedy of The Inbox Jaunt — using the colors of my Aurifil thread collections (28wt shows up so well!).

Robert Kaufman was so kind as to put together a bundle of the fabrics I used for the quilt — specialty bundles coming your way soon — and a new quilt pattern designed by me for Robert Kaufman.

My hero, Alex Veronelli of Aurifil Threads.

And a bunch of friends stopped by to say hi:

Brenda Riddle, designer extraordinaire for Moda. I love Brenda’s beautiful style.

Helen Stubbings, Tasmania girl of Hugs and Kisses and a brand new fabric line with Red Rooster, Coonawara Red.

Anita Grossman Solomon makes me be all fan-girl. I just love her and her work.

My pal, Teri Lucas oKristin Esser, co-author of Sew Illustrated.

My longtime amigas from Costa Rica, Teresa and Milena. Teresa has been a friend of the podcast since 2007, so ten years next year (which is right around the corner — yikes!)

And here we are at the BERNINA After Market party — L-R: Nancy Mahoney, Christa Watson, me and Melissa Averinos. All BERNINA Ambassadors.

I came home from Market with lots of news and many new opportunities — like designing fabric (yes!) and new online classes ( for real!).

So – stay tuned.