Today is the day I finally get to spill the beans about a very exciting, year long adventure with Art Gallery Fabrics. A few months ago, Art Gallery asked me and 11 other bloggers to be part of a ...
Summer is here! Ok, not really, but today is Memorial Day in the United States, which is the day we set aside to remember those who died serving our country in the United States Armed Forces. It is a...
A couple weekends ago, on Mother’s Day, I spent part of the day playing with some of my Heather Ross fabric scraps. I made some scrappy log cabin blocks, just having fun coordinating colors and...
Today I am really excited to introduce you to my latest blog sponsor, Surly Sheep. If you like color (like me) or scrappy quilting (like me) or applique (like my mom) or are trying to collect a varie...
This is one of those posts that for the last 5 months I couldn’t wait to share…but then that changed to dread over the last 2 weeks. Last December I made this quilt and pattern for Issue ...
Last November I had the crazy idea that I would make a quilt for my husband. I thought I would line the back in fleece or something cozy and make the front some sort of “man design”. I ha...
This is one of the weekends of year where I obsessively watch Twitter posts to see what is going on at Quilt Market. I have a lot of friends there this year and am starting to wish I had gone as well...
Sometimes you just need to make yourself a new bag. Last Friday was one of those days. I always love Anna’s patterns so I decided on her super hip 241 Tote. It’s an instant download when ...
You know the saying “Christmas in July”? Well around here, this month is probably going to be known as “Christmas in May”. I’m starting out this week with another wonder...
After taking a breather from sewing the last few days, I decided to start on a new toddler quilt using Art Gallery’s latest line of fabrics, Rhapsodia. As usual, these fabrics feel so wonderful...
Happy Tuesday everyone! I’m excited to start out this week with an awesome giveaway sponsored by Amanda and Weston of Westwood Acres. Check out these beauties… Ok, wipe the drool off your...
Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone! Today we are going to celebrate by checking out Pat Sloan’s new book, Focus on the Center. So pull up chair, grab your margarita of choice and let’s take a l...
Believe it or not, this weekend I will be wrapping up my third quilt and pattern in as many weeks. I’m actually quite exhausted. And I can’t show any of them to you yet. It’s a bit ...
I’m having so much fun each month with The Traveling Quilts bee – both creating blocks and watching the rest of the group work. (If you aren’t familiar with the bee, see this and th...
Last week I got some really exciting mail. This is the latest issue of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks (vol 5). It is a collection of patterns for 100 different quilt blocks, designed by various quilte...
Today I wanted to take a few minutes to share with you some big news from one of my sponsors. Heather over at Lark Cottons has been working hard for several months to move/rework her online shop and ...
I am a true believer that you don’t always have to make an intricate quilt to make a beautiful quilt. I find this especially encouraging for beginner quilters who may not have mastered paper pi...
Today I’m very excited to introduce you to my newest sponsor, Westwood Acres. Westwood Acres is an online fabric shop on Etsy owned by husband and wife team, Weston and Amanda Woodruff. You may...
You may remember my post a couple months ago about a new bee I’m in, The Traveling Quilts. Well, we were going to keep our quilt additions a secret to surprise the bee member at the end of the ...
I’m working hard this week on a quilt for FreeSpirit Fabrics. I wanted to share photos of the fabrics they sent me, all part of their Essentials lines. I will be honest, I didn’t know the...
Phew! What a weekend! I spent Friday through Sunday in Cincinnati, Ohio, visiting family and going to the International Quilt Festival. I had a great time! Saturday we arrived to Quilt Fest at...
Just a quick note to let you know that today, over at the Quilting Gallery Learning Center, I am the guest blogger! Pat asked me to do a write up for beginner quilters on Piecing and Pressing. So if ...
This weekend is the annual International Quilt Show in Cincinnati, Ohio. Last year was actually the first year Cincy hosted the show, previously it was in Chicago. Both cities are handy for me –...
Today I’m really excited to introduce you to a new online sewing community, and a new sponsor of my blog, Threadbias. Threadbias was started by two quilter-sewists, Amanda and Rebe...
My daughter trying her hardest to hold up the quilt As promised, today I’m sharing the finished Candy Pinwheel quilt, made from my Candy Pinwheel block of the Festival of Half Square Triangles....
I’m happy to have you visit my blog today as part of the Festival of Half Square Triangles! Today I’m going to share a tutorial for a new quilt block and then talk about some ideas for wh...
Today is the day I know many people have been eagerly anticipating… Sewing Summit tickets are going on sale! Registration opens at 9:00am MST. (Click here to register.) The first 50 tickets rec...
My Liberated Sampler is complete! As I mentioned in my original post, I decided to make a small sampler of “liberated” or “wonky” quilt blocks as an example of a specific type...
I’m almost embarrassed to admit this here…on my sewing blog, but last year I bought my daughter’s Easter dress at Costco. I can make a lot of excuses as to why I didn’t make o...
Riley Blake’s Chevron has arrived! I missed the boat on the chevron in Moda’s Half Moon Modern collection. I couldn’t decided if I wanted it or not, and the next thing I knew the co...
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