Announcing Purse Palooza 2012!!Get ready for this fun event! I will be guest posting in June over at Sew Sweetness to get you sewing a purse for the summer! Ill be reviewing Amandas Knitting Bag...
Its Memorial Day! How did May go by so quickly? Weve had a weird mix of weather this weekend. Its been great though for balancing the things that need to get done. We were able to do quite a bit of y...
Its that time of the year again! Amy is hosting the Bloggers Quilt Festival. If youre visiting here for the first time, welcome! This time Im sharing a quilt that I just completed yesterday-- my Autu...
In leiu of giving my traditional hanging flower basket to my mom this year for Mothers Day, I decided to make her some knitting accessories. She is traveling more and more for her job and g...
The top! Its done!I started this back in mid-March. At first I had a good amount of the blocks very carefully arranged on my sewing room wall. Then over the last few weeks they started to f...
Remember this? Well, the quilt is finished! I sent the top off to Krista (who now has her own blog going, so go check it out!) and she worked her long arm magic on it. She used a baptist fan pattern ...
Two more bee blocks down. Im now officially caught up on the Cocorico Bee, with a sweet little piglet made for Megan. Her theme is "The County Fair," which I love! Im trying to stop beating m...
Im feeling a bit stunted in the creativity department lately. Lots of cleaning and purging and list making is happening right now, but no sewing. Hopefully Ill feel like getting back into it this wee...
I finished up the modern crosses quilt I was working on yesterday and delivered it to my aunt, who is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. I modified the Modern Crosses pattern in Susan ...
I got word earlier this week that my two entries were accepted into the Modern Quilt Guild Showcase this November! Im still in a bit of shock-- only 33 quilts will be in the exhibit, and I know ...
Im behind on bee blocks. Very behind. One thing Im learning about myself is that I am really not good at creating blocks or quilts that look like something in real life. Im better at creating ab...
I was a sewing "machine" this weekend. he heI finally finished sewing the last of the 4" blocks for my Oakshott diamond quilt and started laying them out. This is only 135 of the 196 tria...
I mentioned when I was making my Hot and Cold quilt that it was inspired by part of another quilt top I had made. Here it is: It never felt quite right to me, so Im glad I moved on and decided to mak...
I went on a bit of a fabric bender recently, partly due to being hotel-bound on one of our rainy Hawaiian days. I bought: the new release of Flea Market Fancy from Hawthorne Threads,some yummy Japane...
Im excited to announce that Im taking part in the Zakka Style Sew Along! A group of bloggers, led by Lindsey of LRstitched and Amy of Sukie, will be making every project from Rashida Colema...
Im suffering from a bit of insomnia lately, leaving me lots of extra time in the really, really early morning hours to think of things I want to do-- baby projects, home improvements, spring cleaning...
This giveaway is now closed! Ill be announcing the winners soon. ______________________________ ______________________________ __BasicGrey, creator of some of the coolest scrapbooking and fabric design...
AccuQuilt is holding its 3rd Annual Barn Quilt Design Contest! The grand prize winner will receive a pretty awesome reward: One (1) $1,000 AccuQuilt Shopping Spree ($1,000 value)Round trip ...
In an effort to clear out the last of the Christmas inventory in my etsy shop, Im having a sale! Enter in the coupon code SPRING25 for 25% off the item prices. Ive got some zip pouches, scarves,...
We got back from Hawaii early this morning. Can I say it is so worth the price of having to pay for a seat for Cooper now that hes 2? Flying was so much more pleasant. Our trip was great in terms of ...
Thank you so much for the encouragement to get my Hot and Cold quilt done! I finished it up yesterday afternoon, took the photos today, and finally got everything submitted for the show. Phew! Now I ...
Ive been frantically working on a quilt submission for the Modern Quilt Guild Showcase at the International Quilt Festival in Houston this fall. Its due Friday. I started it on Sunday afternoon after...
I finished up a quilt that has been languishing on the shelf for months. I cut the squares over a year ago, pieced most of the top at my retreat in November, and then felt kind of blah about it....
My scraps are becoming a problem. I have 12 clear shoe boxes filled with them, separated by color. But over the last year or so Ive also accumulated baskets and bags full that I havent had the energy...
Happy Valentines Day!Im not always the best at making handmade gifts for the kids on holidays. But this year I managed to make up some pillows for each of the kids using paper piecing patterns from S...
Claire is going to a birthday party tonight, and decided this morning that she wanted me to sew her friend a bunny like the ones I made the kids for Easter. I couldnt resist her desire to give&n...
I had quite a few readers ask me to keep posting about how Im using my new serger. Ive had fails and successes. First up, the fail: I did try to make that 90-minute shirt from MADE. The issue wasnt w...
Rob surprised me at Christmas by buying me a serger! Its a Brother 1034D, which gets incredible reviews and is very reasonably priced (especially for a beginner like me). Ive been wanting to learn to...
Thanks to a quiet weekend at home, I was able to tackle two items on my to do list! First up, some bee blocks for Krista. Shes kicking off the first month of the Free Bee and has requested blocks sim...
Thank you all for the sweet congratulations. I was a bit premature in saying I was starting to feel better. Shortly after I wrote my last post, I started feeling even worse! But I turned a corner lat...
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