Author: Eileen Hoheisel



Chain of Geese

About 6 weeks ago a lady emailed me, saying she was having trouble finding a kit with the Timeless Treasures Northern Lights fabric. I gave her the name of shop I had recently shipped patterns to. The kits the shop was selling was the smallest size, but she said she wanted the larger size. She […]

My Happy Halloween

I didn’t do any tricks, but I sure got a treat!!! My husband had a dental appointment in the 50 miles away town which also has the only Husqvarna dealer anywheres near me. We were early, and had time to kill. My Sapphire 850 is almost 12 years old, and is beginning to show its […]

Crisscross Stars

Crisscross Stars is a four block tablerunner. The star blocks form an “X” when they are placed next to each other. The “X” is more obvious than the stars. I decided to play around a little in EQ7 and came up with a square version. (The EQ image looks more true-to-life than the photograph of […]

Today my grandson became a Marine!

Island Batik project

Last summer I submitted several proposals to Island Batik using their new Spring/Summer 2018 fabrics. One of them was accepted. This is Tied in Knots tablerunner featuring the Eclectic Garden line. A few views of the quilting.  The center of the runner… An end… A corner… Back in 2015 when I first designed this quilt, […]

The second finish

This is the quilt I finished Friday.  Again I’m only showing the quilting on the back. This isn’t the actual color of the fabric, but the quilting shows up much better this way. This was done entirely with the walking foot.