Larkspur Lane Designs

I have entered my miniature quilt called Chocolate Raspberry Torte in the Quilting Gallery's weekly contest. This week's theme is st...

While I was teaching at Millcreek Sewing and Fabric in Erie, PA recently, I got the chance to shop a little and found some great plaids whic...

Wow! Thank you to everyone who commented on my blog or sent a personal email to me! I was blowing off steam yesterday and I am so relieved t...

Can someone please tell me what is SO difficult about saying thank you? I am so tired of being treated like a doorman when I hold a door for...

What a great day! I spent today and am spending the next 2 days doing demos at Millcreek Sewing and Fabric in Erie, PA during their holiday ...

I have been teaching for a local sewing machine dealer for about the past 5 or 6 years. A job which I've loved and made lots of friends ...

For any of you who have tried to comment on my blog lately and have been unable to, I apologize. Julie was kind enough to send me an email t...

The quilt on the right is my design named PRESSED FLOWERS. This is the color way I chose when I originally made the quilt but I am consideri...

This is my new friend Carolyn and her almost finished version of my design SPOOKY LANE. I got to spend the past weekend once again at Seams ...

This past weekend was my annual trek to Chautauqua Institution for Quilting Around Chautauqua. This year was a little different. My friend a...

What a great weekend! I headed to my cottage in Westfield, New York, Friday evening. On Saturday, after a wonderful day of teaching at Mil...

I think designing is coming up with something that hasn't existed before. I don't believe that taking an existing block and changing...

Feel free to send me an email if you'd prefer not to leave a public comment on my previous post at: larkspurlanedesigns@yahoo.com

Imagine this-- You have found someone you think you can trust with whom to open a business. The business is essentially 2 businesses in one ...

I will be spending most of the day tomorrow at Millcreek Sewing and Fabric in Erie, PA showing my quilts and demonstrating paper piecing. If...

Just so y'all know I'm not sitting around playing Freecell all day, which I do play a lot, but it helps me think, (at least that...

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 ...