About Me

My husband and I own and operate a dairy farm in northern Indiana. I help on the farm, keep the farm account books, raise a garden, keep the yards mowed and cook all the meals. My passion though, is for quilting.

I don't  know when I learned to quilt, it seems like I've always known. I grew up in a quilting family, my mother quilted as did both my grandmothers. The church I grew up in had an active sewing circle. I attended along with my mother and grandmothers during summer when I wasn't in school and quilted on the quilts that were in the frames. I just grew up in a quilting world and thought everyone knew how to quilt.

My quilting life took a major advance in January 2006 when I joined the Maple Leaf Quilt Guild. Since joining the guild I have learned to hand applique, machine applique, English paper-piecing and I have even started doing some machine quilting using my home sewing machine.

I am no longer a member of the guild, I appreciate all the skills I learned and the encouragement I received.

After spending so much time at home during the covid pandemic, I decided to keep staying at home so I could accomplish more with my time.

 I'm basically a hand quilter but do utilize the skill of long-arm quilters.

If you wish to contact me, you may e-mail me at villacrestfarm@gmail.com.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your pics of farm life are enjoyable.. and reading of your hand quilting is wonderful..hand quilters are similar to four-leaf clovers..rare and collectible. Machine quilting is faster.. if faster is the goal. Nice to stumble onto your blog.

Gretchen Weaver said...

Thank you for stopping by.

LES is More said...

I just found your blog and realize you live where I grew up! I'm from Middlebury, and the Maple Leaf Quilt Guild sounds like Goshen! What a small world. I love the tulip churn and dash quilt, which is how I found you after linking to Fiber Tuesday on The Quilting Room with Mel. I'm a follower now, so can't wait to see what you are up to! I would love the pattern!

eyestitch said...

I love your quilts. I am in awe of your productivity. I am wondering about Star Dance. How big is your finished quilt? I also love Nearly Insane. Yellow and blue make such a pretty quilt! I started following your blog because of Sweet Surrender.

Kayaking quilter said...

I love your string quilt projects. I follow your blog. Not just because we have the same first name 😂.

Nini said...

Looking at your quilts is very inspiring! And reading your blog makes me wish I lived in Indiana too.

Unknown said...

Thank you for your blog I finding really interesting. It drops into my email box and I read it first amongst all emails! Robyn Sydney Australia