Happy Sew, Mama, Sew! Giveaway Day everyone! I’m happy to be participating in the fun today! In fact…throughout this week there will be LOTS of giveaway’s happening on my blog – it’s going to be FUN! What am I going to giveaway today in honor of this fun day? Two things actually… One yard of […]
Sunday Sewing Haiku – Oh Christmas Tree Skirt
Oh Christmas tree skirt, Oh quilted Christmas tree skirt, Happy you are almost done.
Home Sweet Home – Tetris Sashing Tutorial (29)
I’m chipping away at the final few sashing tutorials for the Home Sweet Home Quilt Along. Here’s another for you already! 29. Tetris Sashing Fabric Requirements Fabric 1: 2 – 3.5” x 2” rectangles Fabric 2: 2 – 3.5” x 2” rectangles Fabric 2: 2 – 3.5” x 2” rectangles Fabric 2: 2 – 3.5” […]
Happy 6th Birthday Mercedi Rose
This week Cedi is the ‘Star of the Week’ in her class. She got to bring in her favorite books, stuffed animals and other fun things to show off to her class. One of the things the teacher asked us to send is a letter about why Cedi is special to us. I feel like […]
Home Sweet Home – Stacked Modern Pine Sashing Tutorial (27)
There’s only a few sashing tutorials for the Home Sweet Home Quilt Along for me to show you. I figured I should get a few more posted asap since it won’t be too long for my next Quilt Along to start up! 27. Modern Pine Sashing Fabric Requirements: Fabric 1: 1 – 3.5” x 3.5” […]
Scrappy BOM, QAL and other Random Block Quilt Update
I recently posted about the completion of my Craftsy BOM blocks (nope – I still haven’t decided on what to do about sashing). Well – I’ve finally taken a few hours to complete the blocks of two other quilt alongs and a personal project of mine for my 8 inch scrappy sampler. First I’m going […]
Sunday Sewing Haiku
Mariner’s Compass paper pieced block fun today blocks for my sampler
Project QUILTING Off Season Challenge, Happy Holidays
Happy Sunday everyone! I have been itching to have some challenges to motivate me into creating something super cool again so I’ve decided to hold an ‘Off Season Project QUILTING’ Challenge. It’ll be a great warm up for us all to get ready for the start of Season 4 of Project QUILTING in January. You’ll […]
Project QUILTING It’s Never too Late
The other day I was starting to get things organized and ready for Season 4 of Project QUILTING to start in just over a month. I had some housekeeping to do since I recently rebranded myself from KimsCraftyApple to Persimon Dreams. I was fixing the Project QUILTING Flickr Group and renamed it to Project QUILTING […]
My Favorite Block Quilt Along – Recruiting Designers *FULL on 11/24
It is time for me to announce the next Quilt Along that I’ll be running via my blog. This past year I once again fell in love with Quilt Alongs. It’s been a great way for me to use up my scrap stash and I’m having lots of fun learning new techniques and honing the […]