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Happy Zombie
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Quilting Modern

I’m so excited to be a part of Jacquie Gering and Katie Pedersen’s Quilting Modern book party! Jacquie and Katie are two women who I so greatly admire and am in awe of. Both of them in th...

18 h ago

My little apple

My youngest son asked if he can use my sewing machine. Whhhhhaaaaaaa? I heard what he said, but what *really* I heard was, “Mom, I think it’s so awesome that you sew, and like you I think...

5 days ago

Sew,Mama,Sew! Giveaway Day!

Fresh off a giveaway, I’m doing another one! This little bundle is like the last giveaway, it’s been set aside and waiting for today’s Sew,Mama,Sew!’s epic Giveaway Day - the ...

21 may 12

Winterkist: Market, Goodies and a Giveaway

I’m ready to go to Market - all my Winterkist samples sewn, all my photos taken, all my lovely email answered, all my clothes packed and all my hairs dyed. I even managed to get my freebie patt...

16 may 12

The Traveling Quilts Bee - Round 4

Round 4 of the Traveling Quilts Bee has again made it’s way to my house. I now have Alissa’s quilt-in-progress with the addition’s of Elizabeth’s quilt-werks and Heather’...

14 may 12

Gran Flakes

Last February the Portland Modern Quilt Guild had a very special visitor - Kathy Miller of Michael Miller Fabrics. It was a fun and so very interesting evening, but nothing could top the excitement w...

10 may 12

The Traveling Quilts Bee - Round 3

Round 3 of the Traveling Quilts Bee has made it’s way to my house. I now have Elizabeth’s quilt-in-progress (here) and the addition of the dazzling blocks Heather made in Round 2 (sorry -...

24 apr 12

Progress

I have to throw something on my blog so the first thing I see is not me with a toilet seat cover on my head. Speaking of which, my mom told a lady at her gym what I and my girlfriends did, and the l...

21 apr 12 1 person likes this

Self-Portraits: Potty Shots

Last week when my friend Mo told our sewing circle about Nina Katchadourian and her Lavatory Self-Portraits blog post, WE KNEW WE HAD TO DO IT TOO. In a nutshell, Nina’s ridiculously awesome po...

16 apr 12

This is not a cry for help

This is not a cry for help. I repeat, this is not a cry for help. At least not for now at this very moment. Starting back when Lori and I did our iPhone sew-along (Lori’s, mine) with Ayumi̵...

09 apr 12 1 person likes this

Winterkist

I’m so excited I can hardly stand it! Next month in Kansas City at the International Quilt Market my Winterkist line is going to debut! Not only is Gnoma Claus coming back (ish), he’s goi...

03 apr 12

peeping gnoms

30 mar 12 1 person likes this

Taking Turns

Whoo whoo - I’ve got another quilt pattern in Quilts and More! Ok, so the Spring 2012 issue has been out for a while - but I do like to wait until I actually see the issue on the newsstand be...

17 mar 12

The Traveling Quilts Bee

I’m in a bee. Seriously! My first bee (I’m SUCH a bee-newbie that I still have that new bee smell), and wow… what a bee to be in! I’m thrilled and terrified at the same time....

07 mar 12

Funky Wrench - Nuts & Bolts

My friend Jane recently asked me to participate in her Desperate Housewife’s Quilt project. 50 of Jane’s blocks, 50 from guest bloggers, and all over a period of 50 weeks - holy S-balls, ...

23 feb 12

Winner, winner!

Winner, winner! The fat quarter bundle of HMYY give-away has now ended. Thank you all for joining in on the give-away! Using random.org for comments 1-551, the winner of the bundle is: #415 (which ir...

21 feb 12

Hello, my name is Luggage

I’ve either made a super mini-quilt or I’ve made a super-colossal, gargantuan nametag. Lots of nametag making going on at guild (Portland Modern Quilt Guild) and I couldn’t wait to ...

20 feb 12

Friendship + Sewing + Giveaway + Tutorial!

A while back ago I saw my friend Megan sporting the cuuuuuu-test little bag she made. And when I say saw - I mean I was formulating a plan on how to swipe it from her. But it turns out, Meg tells me...

17 feb 12 2 people like this

100 Days of OhMyGoshing!

Oh. My. Gosh. I love the Modern Quilt Guild’s out of this world 100 Days of Modern Quilting epic event! I’ve never been so excited about a blog series as I have the 100DoMG. It’s ...

21 jan 12 1 person likes this

New Year’s Resolution #1…

… sew more. Sew lots, lots more. Less iMac and more iSew. And boy have I been true to my resolutions. Resolution. The key keeping to resolutions is to set the bar low. Or really, not to ...

11 jan 12

Merry Everything!

To all my awesome friends who come to my blog, tweet me on twitter, pin with me on Pinterest, photo with me on Flickr - my heartfelt and warm mushy holiday greeting and wishes for a joyous holiday se...

25 dec 11

Hey girl

Hey girl - you can never be too rich, or too thin, or have enough access to Photoshop or have too much Ryan Gosling in your life. So I’m jumping on Ryan on the Hey Girl Train. (I feel bad for n...

17 dec 11 1 person likes this

Sew,Mama,Sew! Giveaway Day!

I love Sew,Mama,Sew’s Giveaway Day! LOVE it. I love giving a giveaway goodie and I love going to all the giveaways. In the years past, I’ve met and made some really good friends through S...

12 dec 11 1 person likes this

Bam.

Sewing machine & gear: naked Large blue cooler: $6.99 at Trader Joe’s in Portland. Helper: comes with slobber Helper: seeking approval Bam: $6.99 sewing machine travel bag The goods + fol...

08 dec 11

Sparkle crack

I love the holidays. LOVE them. I LOVE the hustle and bustle, the merriment and merrymaking, the making and the sewing, the gifting and the prezzies, the ornaments and decorations. Most of all I love...

06 dec 11

Twelve Days of Fabulous Holiday Giveaways!

Where Women Create + 12 Days + 48 artists + Holiday magic + prizes galore = A W E S O M E N E S S! I’m so freaking thrilled to be included again in the WWC Twelve Days of Fabulous Holiday Give...

02 dec 11

Quilting From Little Things blog tour

Welcome to my day of Sarah Fielke’s Quilting From Little Things blog tour! I’m so honored and excited to be included in this tour, especially since I had the privilege of making a quilt ...

01 dec 11

My new toy + give-away!

It’s like someone crawled into my head - and designed a product just for me! I must have been sending signals out to the universe - and Panasonic must have had their aluminum foil hats on. Or...

27 nov 11

Sammer Time

I made a feast for dinner last night - 22 lb. turkey, stuffing, cranny cran crans, mashed potatoes, gravy and yams. Just the three of us. No greens. No veggies. No pies. Pretty much just the meat n p...

25 nov 11

Kids’ Crafternoon Blog Party & Give-away

Shortly before I started “crafty blogging” (my blog has a past), one of the blogs that inspired me to make the switch was WhipUp.Net. WhipUp was one of the handful of sparks that made me ...

20 nov 11

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