Larkspur Lane Designs

I spent the day at the Quilting and Sewing Expo in Cleveland yesterday and took a class in paper piecing to see if I could pick up any tips ...

This design was the result of my taking a paper piecing class. Once I learned the technique, I thought about what could be done with it. One...

I don't know how many of you teach, but some days I wish I had never started. Something that comes so easy to me can be nearly impossibl...

I'm still exploring the possibilities of this layout and creating new blocks. But I think I would have a hard time sewing some of these ...

This is another one of my designs I have been sitting on for awhile. I'm not sure how much interest there would be in this design, so I ...

About 20 years ago, I shared a duplex with my best friend. The place was falling apart, but it had STAINED GLASS WINDOWS! When we were look...

I'm on a roll. In my continuing effort to design a block a day, I have been using the same layout over and over, so I hope those of you ...

Is anyone else following this story about the controversial quilts in the March issue of Quilter's Home? I have been very interested sin...

In an earlier post, I said my New Year's Resolution was to create a new block each day of 2009. I have to admit that some days I didn...

Some days go so well, I feel I've got nothing interesting to talk about. Today was one of those days. I have some regular students that ...

This is my latest design. It is a tablerunner that will be called Checkered Repast. I am still working on the cover sample for the pattern, ...

I am a procrastinator. There, I've said it. I wait until the pressure is really on before I start a project. There were so many nights w...

Here is what the block will look like in a quilt on point.

With the start of the new year, I decided to design one new block each day of 2009. Of course that lasted about one month, but that means 31...

Like most people these days, I have more than one job. I have my passion which is my pattern company, Larkspur Lane Designs, but to pay my b...

Well, it was so easy to add a photo yesterday, so I'm gonna do it again! This is addicting. This is a redesign of a quilt I did for Quil...

Well, I'm going to try and keep up with this and add things regularly. I am new to this, so I hope you'll bear with me as I try to f...

Wow, it took me awhile, but I finally fiqured out how to get back into my blog! Can they make this stuff any more difficult? Anyway, lots of...

I haven't had a chance to post in awhile, so its time to catch up. My quilt arrived on time to the publisher and she seemed to like it, ...

Just dropped off a quilt to the long-arm quilter, finally! I should have it back by the end of the week, time enough to get the binding on a...