Open Gate Blog

I'm so honored that Pat Sloan interviewed me on her podcast!  Tune in today at 4 pm Eastern.  Click here to go to American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast.  Hope you tune in to hear it!  Speaking of American Patchwork & Quilting.  I'm excited to be included in the 2018 Calendar!  My design, All Decked Out is December's quilt.  It combines paper piecing and strip piecing to create a fun Christmas Tree quilt.  Also, I'm teaching All Decked Out and Tumbleweed at my dear friend, Denise's retreat at Quilter's Window in New Hampton, IA in  November.  Check out her website for details!   Thanks for stopping by!

I have several new quilts on Craftsy.  One of their latest fabric lines, Tailor's Tack is comprised of small, shirting prints in reproduction era colors.  Here is the first one made from Tailor's Tack, Simply Dashing: The second quilt, Goose Iron , is made of flying geese and is a scrappy twin sized quilt.  If you are having trouble making your flying geese, try my Fit to be Geese ruler.  It makes creating flying geese accurate and fun!  Also, Craftsy is having their biggest sale of the year, Maker's Black Friday .  Check out all the great deals! Thanks for stopping by! Monique

After many months of not being able to sell some of my Craftsy patterns, I finally can sell them on my website!  I'm currently offering pdf patterns but if you are interested in a paper pattern, let me know. Here they are: Garden Path Old Glory Black and Tan Regent Tumbleweed Glory Days Welcome Home Stepping Stones Thanks for stopping by!