Dream Castle Quilt Studio

Quilt Dreams

July 31, 2025

Announcing a fabulous opportunity to see a fusion of Art and Fashion. At the Chestertown River Arts Gallery.

Featuring a couple of my creations

Opening night is Tomorrow, August 1 from 5-7 pm.

This exhibit will run through the end of August.

Find out more here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GQ1qxzBBU/

Quilt Dreams

July 10, 2025

Wearable Arts is the theme of the upcoming Exhibit August 1-31 at Chestertown River Arts Gallery located at 343 High Street.

The Exhibit is open to all types of art creations as long as it’s something you can wear!

Both my Snazzy Jazzy Jacket (shown above) and the Crazy City Vest (shown below) will be available for you to purchase.

Be sure to stop by and see what other items our creative Chestertown Artists have devised

Quilt Dreams

June 11, 2025

We are officially in Chestertown MD.

Our Queen Street house is not yet finished, so our furnishings are in storage and we are living out of boxes and suitcases until we can move in.

But I am getting more time to work.

My current project… finishing this UFO from the 90’s in time for the Wearables exhibit at Chestertown River Arts in August.

I am hosting a class called Wonderful Wearables on Friday, June 20 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at Dream Castle Quilt Studio. Sign ups being processed through the Chestertown River Arts Website.

https://www.ctownra.org/education-center

Finished for our Scrap Club Challenge

Another fun project made from leftover ties.

Quilt Dreams

May 10, 2025

We have been so busy…selling our house in Afton, and renovating our home in Chestertown, that I’ve had little time to sew.

But I’m getting excited about some upcoming events.

The Chestertown River Arts Gala will be held August 2, and I have a great idea for a Re!imagined Runway ensemble. I’ll be partnering with another quilter Christine Kamon, and we plan to have lots of fun. Be sure to visit the River Arts website for more information and to reserve your tickets. https://www.ctownra.org/events

In addition, I am curating the Wonderful Wearables exhibit at the Chestertown River Arts Gallery in August. This exhibit will feature local Fiber Artists and Jewelers, and any other artist who can create a wearable item using their preferred medium. The only rule is it must be something that can be worn…think jackets, vests, skirts, hats, gloves, bags, scarves, belts, jewelry. Be creative, but nothing offensive, please.

To help artists get started, I’m offering a Wonderful Wearables Class on two days. Friday, May 16 and Friday June 20. These will be all day classes 10:00 -3:00 held at Dream Castle Quilt Studio.

Information on how to enter an item in this Wonderful Wearables exhibit and on these two classes visit the Chestertown River Arts Website.

https://www.ctownra.org/events

https://www.ctownra.org/education-center

Quilt Dreams

March 15, 2025

We’ve been busy since we returned from our trip to the Amazon.

The renovations to our Historic Chestertown MD home are moving along. We’re hoping to be able to move in by the end of May.

So we are working to get our Afton home and vineyard ready for sale. Lots of packing up and downsizing in our future.

Meanwhile, I’ve been able to sneak in a little quilting.

I finished a little project named Pando. I was inspired by a group of Aspens in Fishlake National Forest Utah of the same name. Scientists have proven that this large group of trees actually share the same DNA. They are one very large tree all connected below ground by the same root system. Sadly it’s dying, from drought brought on by climate change and air pollution.

Pando is on display now at the Chestertown River Arts Gallery on High Street in Chestertown, MD

I also got to go on a weekend quilt retreat with the Olde Kent Quilters.

I finished this top…made from a set of jelly roll strips with white. I love this pattern.

I put together some free form circle blocks begun at a Cindy Griselda workshop.

And these gold and black blocks were from a really old UFO. At one point they were going to become a quilted jacket, with a little luck that may still happen!

Quilt Dreams

February 6, 2025

We are just back from a great vacation expedition to the Upper Amazon where we saw lots of birds, some sloths, pink dolphins and even a few snakes! While in Peru we also visited Lima before and after the cruise.

So not much quilting was done, but lots of photos were taken.

Here are just a few

Quilt Dreams

January 17, 2025

The studio is open this weekend, from 1-4, today, Saturday and Sunday.

Sign up is open for the
Winter Skies class.
Sunday, February 9
1-4 PM $45.00 plus supplies.
The class will be held at the studio.
329 Cannon Street Chestertown MD

You’ll learn some quick techniques for making 4 patches and half-square triangles. It’s very scrappy and a good way to use up your blues.

Quilt Dreams

January 5, 2025

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, and Happy New Year!

We had time to visit with both of our kids and their partners at our VA home.

And now, it feels wonderful to finally be settled in my new studio space in Chestertown. Things are well organized and the lighting is good. Stop by to see what’s under my needle.

This month, I started a new bee for the Olde Kent Quilters, here in Kent county MD. Our focus will be on Scrap Quilts and ways to use up our stashes. I was pleasantly surprised at how many other guild members are interested and we had 12 at our first meeting! We plan to meet on the First Friday’s each month in the mornings.

This group is open to any member of the OKQG guild, if you’re interested please contact me.

Some time ago I wrote down the names of my UFOs and put a slip of paper with each project into a tin.

This past year I did complete a few projects, but not nearly enough. So of course, for the New Year 2025, I am determined to get more UFOs out of the box. Today I pulled out a slip from my trusty tin. It reads Jelly Bean Quilt. Carefully smashed into a plastic container I found fabric, and a pattern in a magazine.