It looks like it will work, my friends! Im juggling polaroids as we speak. More soon!psst... blocks by the Love circle of do. Good Stitches. Tossed in Kona coal and Kona medium gray.
Once upon a time, I pinned this lovely image to my Patchwork Pinterest board. My exact comments, "easy is good." by Cassandra EllisWhenever I develop a class, I really stretch mys...
Delighted with fabric mail from Lark Cottons! Prewashing today. Oooh, that pastry voile in marine positively slays me. The color is perfection. (Was considering ordering more,...
This weekend is Memorial Day weekend here in the states, which means there are lots of sales going around! I know that many of you are shopping for fabrics for Handstitched Class, so I thought ...
So, heres the thing - I rarely give the quilt back any thought until my quilt top is completely finished. Nope, I dont plan ahead. Ill actually say to myself "tomorrow Ill baste this ...
Early this week I received a swap gift in the mail and so did my swap partner! That means I can publicly thank Des for this pretty hexagon pouch, featuring Heirloom by Joel Dewberry, a collecti...
If you had this waiting for you on your kitchen table, wouldnt you be eager to get out of bed? I was! I literally woke up this morning and thought, QUILT! Last night I pulled strip s...
Im baaack! And it feels good. I have big plans, BIG plans for my time today, starting with sharing some pictures from our weekend with you. Our annual weekend camping trip to Hunting Isla...
Wow, yesterday completely got away from me. I shipped packages all day! About 1/4 of the packages were ready by the time the mail carrier came around noon, so many of your student kits ar...
Happy Wednesday to you! How bouts a giveaway?Hurray, its Denyse Schmidts new book! The good folks at Freespirit sent a copy for me and a copy for you, so heres your chance to win this newly rel...
Ive been tasked this week with making a zip pouch from scraps. Yes, its a swap, so I cant tell you much more, but it all started here... This is my gnarly pile of triangle scraps. They mo...
When you make something, is it important to you that it be a creative act? In todays sense I mean, do you hope it is unique, original, creative? In a way nearly every quilt or potholder ...
To me summer is synonymous with ocean, camping, kites, sand and surf. My favorite family tradition is our annual beach front camping trip at Hunting Island, a South Carolina state park. E...
***Sorry, all classes are sold out.***Hooray!!! Today registration opens at my shop for Handstitched Class at Stitched in Color! Class begins June 4th. Oooh, I am so ready to tell y...
Ok, its been crazy around here. Between getting ready to open registration, hubby running off on a backpacking trip and Grandma on vacation, I have been mother 24-7 and I need a break.Today Id ...
This summer Ill be making a wholecloth baby quilt. Its something thats been buzzing around my mind since I first set eyes on Joelle Hoversons Follow-the-Lines baby quilt from Last Minute Patchwork + ...
Sometimes having the right supplies makes all the difference. Have you ever tried to work with pearl cotton, only to discover that you havent a single needle on hand thats reasonably willing to...
Im so happy to host a giveaway from Moona Fabrics of a collection that needs no introduction! Moona is dishing up this 8-piece fat quarter bundle of some of the very Flea Market Fabric prints t...
Every Wednesday afternoon is playgroup. Its an essential part of our homeschooling rhythm, where the kids (and mom) get to connect with friends and benefit from group activities like art experi...
My youngest is 5. Hes an artist for sure. Unlike his mother, who was terrified of drawing as a child, Liam loves to doodle and keeps a blank spiral sketchbook close at hand. How I l...
Hello everyone! Our recent chat stirred up lots of thought, one of which was a reminder to get back to the basics. Many of you may be newer to the online sewing scene and curious about ho...
When I returned to my sewing today I snapped a picture of How I Left It.Sometimes the fabrics are so refreshing a sight on return that Im tempted to just stare at them in a warm and fuzzy kind of daz...
What is it that makes me hesitate to share personal things in this space? And its not just me. Some of my favorite reads also tiptoe around their personal lives. In my case its not fear f...
Over the weekend I cut into my Saffron Pastry Voile by Anna Maria Horner to make this skirt... I hadnt planned on using anything in particular for the waistband, but it had to be cut on bias, so some...
Have you read Kisses from Katie? Its an amazing story of a young woman who allows her life to be used for healing and redemption in Uganda. Katie is only 18 when she first goes to Uganda ...
I definitely squealed when my Alabama Chanin DIY dress kit arrived. I was so desperate to see if Id chosen the right color that its amazing I had the willpower to snap this photo before digging...
Sometimes stitching takes gumption. Like when you dont really know if its possible to finish in time. When false starts equal hours and hours and hours of "invisible progress" jus...
I just got a shipment from Pink Chalk Fabrics, actually. And its for my upcoming class! I ordered some Anna Maria Horner Pastry Line Voile in sunny, vibrant, totally-gorgeous Saffron Yell...
Our house is dark today. Storm clouds have been sitting in the sky all morning long, trying to decide to rain. I placed some finished bee blocks on the brightest part of our table to snap...
My friend Debbie from the Faith circle of do. Good Stitches, recently sent me this question...Q: I really like how you did the loose grid quilting on Oodalolly.Can you tell me how you went abou...
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