I have another quilt finish to cross off my list! My Aurifil Mini Quilt designed by Kimberly Jolly. I’m calling it ‘Hydrangeas and Apple Blossoms’. I quilted this with an invisible thread to just pull out texture in the fabric instead of adding yet another design element. I used two of my original spoonflower fabrics […]
Crazy Quilters and Courthaus Quilters – Review
Over the last two weekends I’ve displayed my quilts at a couple of local shows. The first – was a the Mukwanago Crazy Quilter’s Show. I had met many wonderful women from this guild on my bus trip to Houston and they had said wonderful things about the show. I managed to get my application […]
Fabrics N Quilts New Website Giveaway Winner
I bet you thought I forgot that I was going to announce the winner of the big Fabric N Quilts giveaway since I posted about my anniversary giveaway earlier! But I didn’t forget! 160 folks entered the contest! woohoo! Random.org choose … Comment 148 which is Kath! Here’s what she had to say for the […]
1 Year Anniversary Giveaway
What!? Only a 1 year anniversary celebration!? Well … I did technically start blogging back in November of 2008 for my crafty business. But the year anniversary is celebrating my switch back to blogger from wordpress. Every moment I was at wordpress I missed the comfort of blogger and I finally decided to come back. […]
A New Ruler Station
“Okay Mama! You can open your eyes now!” Pip was so excited to bring me downstairs to show me what her and Papa had made me for my birthday! A new ruler station for my cutting table!!! and the pure excitement and joy Pip has from helping Papa with it (she decorated it) makes it […]
Apple Tree Planting at Lapacek’s Orchard
I’ve gotten quite a few new followers since last fall so you may not know that after raising my kids, my main job is our family apple orchard – Lapacek’s Orchard. I’m mainly the ‘shop girl’ and I do my best work selling the apples and promoting our shop. Turns out that this city girl […]
The Stained Glass Quilt
For the past couple of years I’ve been a teacher for the 4th grade CCD Class at St. Thomas in Poynette, WI. During the Lenten season one of the things we try to teach the kids is to think about others and ways they can help them. Which of course means … we make a […]
Butterflies for Vivi Quilt and a Giveaway
I teamed up with Therm-o-web and Pat Slaon’s new fabric line – A Sweet Life from Moda – to create this fun quilt for my friends beautiful baby Vivi. Butterflies for Vivi To read the story behind this quilt, find the tutorial and get a chance to win a great prize – hop over to […]
Fabrics N Quilts Revamped and a GIVEAWAY!
I’m so excited to share with you that one of my favorite fabric sites and good friend has recently released a revamp of her online store – Fabrics N Quilts! I’ve just spent a little time doing some browsing (and perhaps a bit of shopping … it’s my birthday month so that’s okay right!?) and […]
Penny Arcade Quilt Block
I can’t begin to tell you how hard it I for me to not immediately sew up the latest block that Pat Sloan releases for her Mystery Vacation Quilt Along. But – I have to use some self control and get the things that I HAVE to finish done first and THEN I can sew […]