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For those of you who havent heard theres a new quilting book coming out that those of you enamored of modern quilts are going to want to check out. Now, Im partly saying that because Im in this new b...
Proof positive that eventually everything gets finished.I dont even know how many months ago I posted a picture of this quilt top, but it wasnt yesterday Im pretty sure. Its not that the quilting was...
If you visited here before, you know I can be a pretty selfish seamstress. I have, in the past, the very distant past, made clothes for my girls, but their level of enthusiasm didnt match my degree o...
If youve stopped by here recently then you just might have seen this quilt. I made it as a free pattern for Moda to help promote my line, a stitch in color. Well, I also teach the pattern at Stitch L...
Im working on a new class series for my local and lovely, Stitch Lab, and wanted to present a bit of a teaser for you folks close enough to attend.The focus of this class series is essentially a bloc...
When my middle daughter was little she used to mispronounce the word, remember, as mender. I loved it for all the reasons a parent finds their childs quirky takes on things endearing. I still occasio...
Ive been finishing up a sample for an upcoming class at Stitch Lab and thinking about a new project. This is not exactly the one I mentioned in a previous post, but it is new and big and pretty excit...
A couple of you have asked if I have a pattern for this block. Well, the answer is, not yet. Im working on a big, big project (no, not another book) and this will definitely be part of that. The beau...
This morning I was at Stitch Lab teaching a class...to one student. That might seem like a bit of a bummer, but, in actuality, a couple things made it otherwise.The first thing that made todays class...
A free, downloadable pattern and purchased fabric does not make for a finished garment, but a little cutting and sewing do.And by little, I mean this pattern is super-quick to put together and sew up...
Before I get into my newest sewing project, I wanted to answer a question several folks posed about the skirts I featured in the last post. I made them from a pattern, New Look 6843, but I modified t...
With this:and this:The first image is obviously newly blooming poppies in my garden and the second? Newly sewn spring skirts on my line. Both the poppies and the skirts have definitely benefited from...
I spent the morning teaching the first half of my Fish Baby Log Cabin class. The design was originally created as a baby gift for my swim coach, Andrea Fischer, also known as Fish and eventually made...
Yoohoo! Remember me? I havent been in this space for a couple weeks, but I thought Id pop beck here today to tell you about a fabulous new book by an amazingly talented and local gal, Laurie Wisbrun....
For anyone other than my Mom who would like to hear me go on and on and probably on about fabric and quilts, Ill be a guest tomorrow on Pat Sloans American Patchwork and Quilting radio show.Tune in h...
I wish I could come up with a more clever title than that, but the magic aint happening today.Anyway, our winner is... Molly said...Such pretty fabrics! Love the pillow!Alright Molly, I think you kno...
I wasnt planning on doing a giveaway so soon after the one last week, but the opportunity presented itself. And then it inspired a project...sort of. So, another giveaway it is.Before I get to that t...
...and told me the comment #120 is the winner of the puzzle and to post a totally random, yet crafty picture to illustrate the announcement of the puzzle winner. Dont ask me what the reasoning is beh...
If a marker of penultimate success is having one of your designs made into a puzzle then Im inviting you all to my retirement party because, folks, that day has come.In all honesty, I knew it was com...
New palette chosen. Selected designs weeded out from rejects. New collection just about ready to be sent off. I used my macro lens to give yall a hint without hopefully revealing too much.
Yes, I know. Ive got chutzpah making this post part of my 30-day challenge when I havent posted for a week. Well I do have chutzpah, no doubt about that.These are images from an event I attended this...
...stock in the sense that Ive had this photo for a while and just didnt post it. Along comes this morning when I realize that I have now missed 2 days in my 30-day challenge and, voila, stock photo ...
My buddy, Jeff, took some pictures of me the other day and, other than the typical profile shots there were some opportunities to be silly. So, first off, Im just pretending to be angry in this pictu...
Its short and, hopefully, sweet today folks because, sometimes, when you stop talking, writing, and thinking and start doing, you might just see something quite beautiful.I was doing something as mun...
On Monday I got an email from Leslie Bonnell, owner extraordinaire of Stitch Lab, letting me know that some of my newly arrived prints were already sold out. I assumed she was referring to the stock ...
I was chatting with someone this morning about the role of handcrafted items in contemporary lives. As a sidebar: this was part of an official interview, not the stuff of everyday banter. Anyway, I w...
Whenever I unwrap an arashi pole (what that is is the makings for a different post), Im always wowed by how pretty the thread thats been immersed with the fabric is. It almost seems a shame to throw ...
Though I know for a fact that my fabric line, a stitch in color, will be available at three different local fabric stores, Walker Hall Design on 12th street sent me an email yesterday letting me know...
...thats the only thing that theres just too little of....Sing it with me. But, these two seem to have plenty. I shot this picture last night on South Congress avenue. For those of you not familiar w...
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