Larkspur Lane Designs

I saw the most amazing crazy quilt pillow the other day made by a customer at the sewing machine store where I teach that I just have to sha...

When I teach a brand new quilter who has never touched a rotary cutter before, I make sure they know how dangerous a tool they can be. First...

This is the Hydrangea Room at the Seams Like Home Bed and Breakfast in Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania, where I was scheduled to teach a quilting r...

What an amazingly creative place! I taught my first class yesterday afternoon and have 2 more to teach this week before I head back home to ...

I am mainly known for paper pieced designs, which I love to do, but I am starting to venture into some applique. My most recent applique des...

This is a picture of the project I am teaching at Chautauqua Institution this year. It is a simple, paper pieced design I call Lakeview. Thi...

My family and I stopped at a roadside shop and saw this amazing fountain. The best I could do is take a photo since I don't have any pla...

Last night, I got brave and started stitching in a couple of details on my mermaid. She is only about 10" tall, so the most difficult ...

I got to spend the weekend with one of my best friends, who happens to be an amazing art quilter, so I was inspired to start working on my m...

I have entered antother quilt in one of the Quilting Gallery's contests. It is called Spring Showers and would really appreciate your vo...

I really do! Yesterday, one of my students surprised me with a gift. I have a lot of wonderful students that I now consider friends as well,...

I have several teaching jobs this summer, away from home, that I am REALLY looking forward to. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather be hom...

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...