Have you heard about the new gang in town? Its the Art Gallery Fabrics Fat Quarter Gang! I was so excited to be invited to join. I was first introduced to Art Gallery Fabrics when I was making ...
Help Randi celebrate the 4th anniversary of Fresh Squeezed Fabrics this week! Tuesday through Thursday, she will have giveaways on her blog. And you can get 20% off your purchase in her shop with the...
This block is for Leila in the Cocorico Bee. I love her theme. She asked us for "blocks about the everyday tasks a proper 50s housewife would perform. Doing the dishes, laundry, dusting, cooking,...
Id like to invite you to join me over at the Sizzix blog today to read about this "Mega" Grandmothers Garden quilt I designed using their Isosceles and Right Triangle Die.I love all the color...
Its Sew Mama Sew Giveaway day again! If you happened to visit my blog last time, you will remember that I was giving away a hand turned seam ripper, made by my husband. It was such a big ...
Thanks for all the nice compliments on my Seed Packets design. I am so glad that you all like it too. I had so much fun designing it and then sewing it as well. I am anxious to get my buttons i...
Ive been planning to make a Seed Packet block for my paper pieced garden block series from the start but was having a hard time working it out in my mind. Things finally clicked and I made...
Welcome to During Quiet Time! I would like to share my favorite quilt of this year. I am not very good at naming quilts so it has no real name beyond "my courthouse steps quilt".&...
Gosh, I love this pillow. It seems to me that Basic Greys Hello Luscious line and Dresdens are meant to be together. You add one of their wool flowers and it is just perfect! My tutorial for this Flu...
Today I am sharing a tutorial for a journal/composition book cover that I made using a new technique that I came up with for fabric embossing!Let me explain about the embossing first. I was smi...
Im spending "quiet time" this afternoon stitching binding. Its one of my favorite parts of quilting. I am sitting crosslegged in a spot of sunshine on my sunroom/sewing room floor...
I am so excited to announce the opening of a new Etsy shop, Sew me a Song! Recently, my friends Becca and Peg told me that they were no longer going to be co owners of Sew Fresh Fabrics due to some l...
Over the weekend, I finished up this Garden Tote bag as a donation to my childrens schools PTO (parent teacher organization). It will be part of a garden themed basket that will be up for aucti...
Well, who knew it would take me two days to get around to making the mosaic? Here is it! I like how they are working together so far. I am so anxious to work on the next pattern designs t...
Do you love the feeling of possibilities that comes along with planting seeds? I know I do. That was the inspiration behind this, the latest block in my gardening series. This...
The month of March was my month in the Stash Trad bee. Its a bee where we choose a traditional block and our bee members make that block from their stash. We specify the background color. I chose the...
This is another one of Michelle Websters patterns, the Curvy Clutch. It is sewn up in Little Black Dress by BasicGrey for their quilt market booth. I hadnt used this pattern before and I liked it ver...
A couple of days ago, I had the most wonderful mail day ever! I received these beautiful, springtimey fabric napkins with crochet edges from Caroline of Trillium Design. She was my partner in the Tab...
Here is my newest design, the fifth in a series of 10" paper pieced blocks with a garden theme. One of the five is a free download (see my sidebar--it is called "Pick Violets").&nbs...
BasicGrey asked me to use fabrics from their new line, Little Black Dress, to sew a Michelle Patterns (formerly Keyka Lou) design called the Bucket Bag. I was able to select the fabrics from th...
Over the weekend, I completed this table runner featuring Little Black Dress, a new fabric line designed by BasicGrey. I knew right away that I wanted to use the bow tie block. I divided my fabrics i...
I hope you will join me today as I have my first tutorial on the Sizzix blog! I used the Sewing Edge die to create a great sillouhette style applique on a needlebook. You are wondering what that patt...
For the sake of my new readers, I will explain that my husband makes hand turned seam rippers on occasion for my shop. This is just a hobby for him (he has an actual day job) so they come in little b...
Ive made another Basic Grey Sampler. This time, it showcases their new fabric line called Little Black Dress. Its a line comprised of neutral prints in creams, tans, greys and b...
I wanted to mention another big plus of the Sizzix die cutting system today, their clear dies. I was using one today, the half square triangle, to prepare more blocks for my bee month in the Stash Tr...
I was so lucky to receive some advance charms of Bella, the new designs by Lotta Jansdotter for Windham Fabrics. They arrived two days ago and I started cutting and sewing immediately! I paired the p...
Kerry and Pennys first set of patterns is now available in their new Sew-Ichigo shop! Its a lovely set of four kitchen themed designs. I was able to test this one for them. Its called "Ode to a K...
It is the talented Charises turn this month in the Cocorico bee, and she has requested houses. She said that any house would be ok but that her favorites were Victorian and Edwardian. I found my insp...
Yesterday my free tutorial for this placemat, "Breakfast in Bed," went up on the Basic Grey blog. It features the Hello Luscious line, perfect for spring. Maybe you will make one for your mom...
Im happy to be participating in the Garden Party Blog Hop today! I designed this 10" block with a gardening trowel and a terracotta pot. I like to label my flowers so I added a label in the pot w...
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