Longsmith Cottage
handcrafted quilts and quilting services
Longsmith Cottage Custom Quilts
Whether the quilt is a special birthday, wedding, or graduation gift, or is in memory of times and people past, a Custom Quilt will become a legacy of love.
Longsmith Cottage Quilting Services
Turn your quilt top into a completed quilt, with beautiful and affordable long arm machine quilting – because the best kind of quilt is a finished one!
Longsmith Cottage Quilt Shop
Quilts for sale! A good quilt always has a story to tell, so stop in for a visit to see what’s sewin’ at Longsmith Cottage!
The Cottage Journal 09.24.2020
This summer, I invested in a used (but new-to-me) embroidery sewing machine. I’ve been staring at it for a couple of months now – totally intimidated to the point of paralysis. It is a bit humbling to be a beginner at something again, after…
The Cottage Journal 09.14.2020
Several months back, I was chatting with a quilting customer who told me about a miniature cedar “hope” chest she had received upon her high school graduation (I’m guessing in the 1970’s or 80’s). Next thing you know, she had gifted me with one…
The Cottage Journal 06.15.2020
I had the high honor to quilt a Red Work quilt top, embroidered in 1892! The quilt top is also a friendship (or signature) quilt, with each block “signed” by the family member or friend who embroidered it. Since the date, January 19, 1892,…
