Catherine M. Tullos's Page

Good Morning everyone..I have been home from my vacation for a week now...things are starting to become normal again. We got lucky and cool front passed thru the northern states before we arrived. The temps in Ohio and Pennsylvania were in the 70's during the day and 50's at night. I thought we were in Heaven. I was able to hand deliver the quilt that Dad and I made to my sister. She seemed to like it, but did not dote over it much, which dissappointed me, but maybe because of the memories that… Continue

Well, I took everyone's good advise and put it to work over the weekend. I put the mirror in my sewing room and then started pulling out material and laying it on the quilt. I tried black, which was really my first thought. It was too drastric. I put the border fabric against it, too plain. I had a strip of the sashing and WOW!! it jumped out at me. My husband walked in about that time and said "that's the one". I agreed with him and then told him that was the only piece that I had...he realized… Continue

Thank you all so much for the comments...believe it or not, my dad and I really never had much of a relationship. Through my mother's illness, we depended on each other to get through it. I told my mother before she died that it was as if God was using her to make the relationship between my dad and I happen.

It is sad, but in a way serene. I spend Thursday nights with my Dad, we talk about quilting and he is teaching me how to use the long arm quilter. I work 40 hours per week and work 50 mile… Continue

Hi everyone! I am new to the the website and to quilting. I have been sewing for years, but never took the time to learn how to quilt. I feel impelled to tell my story....

My mother was a quilter off and on for years and the last 3 years she really got going with it. She made my brother and myself a quilt (made by hand). She also made quilts for my nephew from Germany, who came for a visit, and two of the great grandchildren. Her goal was make everyone in the family a quilt. She was piecing a q… Continue