Larkspur Lane Designs

For those of you who have never visited my blog or website before, I thought I would give a brief history of how I got into quilting. Well, ...

I guess the best time to count your blessings is when you start to feel like you don't have any. That is the point I am at now, so time ...

This is my Cartwheeling Clowns quilt that was on display recently at the Three Rivers Quilters show in Pittsburgh. I called it Clowns For G...

I am still waiting for that elusive cover quilt, but I have just had my 9th and 10th designs published in magazines! This time around, I hav...

Not the part about taking a class with me, but having someone else prepare all of your meals while you relax and sew for an entire weekend?!...

This past weekend, I spent the day at a quilt show and got to see someone else's version of one of my designs. I found it interesting to...

Its finally here! Quilt Show Season! Beside my pattern business, I also teach for a local sewing machine dealer and, on occasion, get the op...

There was a message posted to a Yahoo Group I belong to about "possible" copyright infringement, that I found to be very disturbin...

I wish I could say I don't have any UFOs but that would be a lie. I have never finished my very first quilt, although I don't think...

I've got a million things I should be doing, but because of some personal problems, I can't seem to wrap my head around any of them....

Ever since I mentioned the book I loved as a child, I have been seeing images and hearing about mermaids everywhere. I think they might be ...

My in-laws just treated my husband, me and our 2 children to a 5 day cruise to Mexico, which was very generous. It was also very stressful. ...

I just returned from a cruise to Mexico, but now I have to get back to every day life, so I will post some photos later today when I come ho...

Do any of you have a favorite book from childhood? Mine is A BOOK OF MERMAIDS by Ruth Manning-Sanders. I borrowed that book week after week ...

Some days I struggle to find SOMETHING... ANYTHING to blog about because I feel guilty if I don't do it regularly. This is one of those ...

The Quilting Gallery is running weekly themed contests. This week's theme is snowmen. This is the quilt that I have entered, but there ...

Yesterday, I took a break from quilting and did something I have never done before. My daughter's Girl Scout Troop volunteered to serve ...

I actually have 2 days off in a row! That is almost unheard of in my life. I have printed the foundations for the second quilt I need to mak...

Now that Christmas has passed, its time to really get to work! I finished one quilt top the weekend before Christmas for a magazine that nee...

I think it has been a couple of weeks since I last posted (I'm too lazy to check for sure), but I thought I should put in a quick appear...