New Year, New Ideas...... or maybe a review of the old.

I end my year with reflection on my accomplishments and failures from the past year and a plan to improve on it in the next.  I try to learn something new each year to improve my life, my family,  my home and of course my quilting. 
This year I've started a new column in Quilter's World magazine, The Vintage Review & Renew.  The one thing I notice about quilting is that it's sort of like reinventing the wheel.  The fabrics change and the colors... but the blocks remain the same.

Quilt World 1984 original pattern page. 

  Fresh new fabrics when placed in timeless quilt patterns tend to fit right in to our current lives.  The techniques change for piecing with the inventions of new gadgets and rulers, but a Churn Dash Block is still a Churn Dash block (or should I say Whirling Hexagon) no matter how it's pieced or cut out.

 
                                                     Quilter's World Spring Issue 2015, the update.


Starting with the Spring Issue of Quilter's World you will find quilts from past issues, some thirty years old, that I've updated with easier cutting and piecing techniques or just added my own flair for color or fabrics.  I hope that you will check it out and let me know what you think.