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If you get a 404 page, use the SEARCH feature at the top right of my website. You can also try the wayback machine at https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/ilovetomakequilts.com which may have something that did not come over in the move.

As you know 2025 was a dumpster fire for me.  I had my website company close and NOT move us to another location. I had 2 weeks to move my entire system, my newsletter company closed, another business service I use had a massive change, and I was in MT to help my mom move. Mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer and I spent 6 months helping her until she died at the end of 2025. (you can watch my tribute video at https://youtu.be/8uPlZEuZ7e8?si=WJ65yVdN7-LiXoAg

With 26 years in business, there is a massive amount of data that did not get moved over in the 2 weeks I had to do it. Right now I do not have plans to add things back, but I might at some point if I run the QAL again.  You can try the way back machine as sometimes the pages are still there. Unfortunately I had many website names over the 26 years and ran multiple blogs, so my data was massive and in several places.

As of right now if you can not find something, then it is out of print. Like your favorite icecream they don’t make anymore. The company won’t just produce one container of it for you, you have to wait until it is reissued by them.

Below are all the articles with the most current article at the top

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I am the host of Aurifil’s Designer of the Month program for the last 6 years. And during that time we have had so many cute projects from our fantastic designers!  I suggested to the Aurifil we run the 2012 Embroidery Block of the Month again as it’s darling and many of you might have […]

This week of the solstice what is on the top of my mind…. today is a little different…  Board Games!   Sometimes the block comes about because of a memory or something I'm doing, like block 18 is 'On the Go' and I was traveling. Block 19 'Board Games' started as I was designing another of […]

I designer this website ‘I Love to Make Quilts’ for my FREE weekly sewalongs.  The Solstice quilt is 25 blocks .. that means…  I’m sketching the next quilt!   The Theme! The Blocks! The Size! ….. OH MY! The next set of blocks will start either June 28 or July 5, i have not decided […]

This week of the solstice what is on the top of my mind….  On the Go!   This can mean so many things… Just our regular lives are ‘on the go’… We travel for business and of course.. for FUN! As you are reading this on release day I’m at my ‘mobile office’.. the car! On […]

This week of the solstice what is on the top of my mind….  Spring Fever!   One great thing about working for myself is that when spring fever hits, I can work outside! I have a small table on the front porch and then a larger one on the deck, which is right off my […]

I have a wonderful online community of over 85,000 quilters from around the world sewing with me every day.  In my Online group people share the projects they make from my designs, and they share the other projects they are doing. We see their Glorious Finishes, we hear about the fails and how they picked […]

Each week I am sharing a bit about myself with the block. I think about what's going on and it's become a journal of my 2017… which is pretty interesting!  This chunky 'plus' is called my Friendship block, dedicated to my sewing friends that I meet with once a month. We are all individuals, but […]

I am the host of Aurifil’s Designer of the Month program for the last 6 years. And during that time we have had so many cute projects from our fantastic designers!  I suggested to the Aurifil we run the 2012 Embroidery Block of the Month again as it’s darling and many of you might have […]

We all have it, that fabric we are saving, that fabric full of memories, those t-shirts or clothing or jeans … they are our 'Precious Fabrics'.  Over the years I've had table cloths, tea towels and many pieces of fabric that had memories. On my talk show this week Blair Stocker and I talked about […]

For years I’ve been sewing 2.5″ squares together at the start and end of much of my patchwork sewing. While I do this I’m actually creating a bonus quilt!  So many people have told me they didn’t know about this, so here is how I do it! If you have never thought about doing this, […]

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