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Our friend Dierdra shared this wonderful quilt she made using the Garden Patch Cats and Bloomin' Dogs patterns.  Dierdra made this quilt for her sister who absolutely, seriously LOVES dogs! Garden Patch Cats? Look again, she altered the cat patterns to look like dogs as a surprise for her very fortunate sister. Great job Dierdra! and here's her smiling sis: P.S. We would love to see and share your finished Story Quilts projects as well.  You can email your pictures, and the story behind them, to danny@storyquilts.com, or you can post them to our Facebook page, or connect with our...

We have several requests for ideas on how to put together a Garden Patch Cats or Bloomin ' Dogs into a quilt.  Here is one that we put together here at Story Quilts. 

We are excited about the latest addition to Helene Knott's Bloomin' Dog Collection. This is an elegant pup with a little attitude.  The petals of the Calla Lily give him a jaunty air, ready for whatever the day may bring.  Or perhaps he is a sophisticated pup preparing to head out to explore the garden, while a string quartet plays in the background. Either way Calla Pup will be a great addition to your collection or quilt. Click here to buy Calla Pup today!

So, our in house designer comes in from her studio the other day with this fun and beautiful panel.  It looked really familiar. It was in fact a colorized version of our Redwork pattern - Easter Morn. I asked her about it, and she told me everybody loves the new adult coloring books. The only problem is that once you color the picture it just sits there in a book. Being a quilter that kind of time, energy and creativity must have a quilting counter part. So, she transferred one of our Redwork Patterns to a piece of fabric and...

T'was the night before Christmas and all of the cowboys were in a hurry to get ready for a visit from Santa.  The only problem was that when they took off their boots the socks that they were going to hang by the fire had holes big enough to drive cattle through. There was no way Santa would be able to fill those.  And if he did, the goodies would all fall out and the critters would get it. Thus was born the cowboy tradition of setting out boots by the fire on Christmas Eve, in hopes that Santa would...