Last Saturday Capri was asked by a little boy, Wyatt, in her class to go fishing with him at his families cottage to celebrate his birthday. Capri was super excited to go since this was her first time fishing! Her grandparents had gotten her a fishing pole and tackle box for Christmas but we just […]
Beach Bag Block
This week I guess is ‘All About the Blocks, all about the blocks!’. I did get just get back two quilts from Barb Raisbeck. I have the machine binding on one but still need to do the hand stitching. I still need to get the binding on the other one and it’s king size! Yikes! […]
Blocks for a Special Project
I was asked to make two blocks for a special project my friend Trisha Frankland is working on. Along with a block tutorial of the block I show below these were my instructions: Your 3 fabrics can be any combination of lilac, powder blue, and pale mint green and think shabby chic print combinations: floral, […]
Trellis Friendship Star Block Tutorial
To go along with this months ‘Focus Through the Prism: Friendship Star’ Project QUILTING Challenge I’ve made up a block tutorial for you. This is a single large quilt blocks that measure 20” finished. Hopefully it will provide with you with a little inspiration for this months challenge. The tutorial for the ‘Trellis Friendship Star’ block […]
Monkey Wrench Focus Through The Prism Link Up Post
May Project QUILTING Focus Through the Prism Challenge: Monkey Wrench Are you having trouble linking up? Check out my post ‘How To Link Up to a Link UP‘. If you don’t have instagram/flickr/or a blog please email me: lapaceksorchard {at} gmail {dot} com a picture of your finished project and a paragraph or so on […]
Give It A Whirl!
My friend Sam Hunter has some fabulous new designs coming out. She’s slowly sharing them with you all so you get to get more an more excited about each new pattern! I was lucky to be a ‘stunt sewer’ for her pattern ‘Give it A Whirl!’. I had a lot of fun putting this one […]
A Penny For Your Thoughts
We spent another long night with Pip last night. She’s been super congested at night since I was gone at Quilt Market. It just hasn’t been getting better so my ‘Mom-o-Meter’ told me it was time to go in and just get her checked out. Sure enough – sinus infection. She hasn’t had one since 2013 […]
Friendship Pineapple Gift Idea
I realized this morning that I hadn’t shared with you what I gave my mother for Mother’s Day/her birthday. I picked up this fun little ‘Friendship Pineapple’ kit from Fabrications by Doris when I was at the International Quilt Festival in Chicago this past March. My mother’s favorite color is blue so I thought blue […]
Time to Vote at the Blogger’s Quilt Festival
Have you been able to spend some time looking through the Blogger’s Quilt Festival yet? There are quilts of all kinds from all over the world that fit into 11 different categories! It’s definitely worth the time to look around to discover new quilters/designers that you love! And of course … it’s time to vote […]
Monkey Wrench–A Focus Through the Prism Project QUILTING Challenge, May
Can you believe it’s time for the first ‘Focus Through the Prism’ Project QUILTING Challenge!? I know you’ve all been waiting so patiently for this moment and I thank you for all your enthusiasm! To go over the story behind the challenge be sure to check out THIS POST and of course the FAQ post! […]