Just as most of my pattern designs were created because of my personal need for a purse, bedspread, or better way to carry a cutting mat, my mini quilts are frequently the result of what I need to remember or to practice.

With the roller coaster ride that the last 2 years have been, and the uncertainty of the world around us it becomes all too easy to get caught up in the news and the events and forget to really take in the beauty, the love and the blessings in our everyday lives. It becomes easier and easier to focus on “what is” the rising gas prices, the war in Ukraine, the supply chain challenges (no McMuffins at McDonalds?!?) Remember to smell the flowers is a message to myself to remember to hone in on how I want to feel, and of how important it is to focus on what is good and right in life. To remember that, even when it seems there is turmoil all around us, we have the power to be joyful.