Happy June … 2nd! Whoops! I completely spaced and forgot to share with you my blocks for the 5th month of the Fat Quarter Shop “Bella Skill Builder”. I used a lot of different scraps of my bella solids to make my half square triangles. It was a great way to help bring unity to […]
June Buggy–An Off Season Project QUILTING Challenge
I can’t believe it’s already June! My girls have 3.5 days of school left so I have 3.5 days left to sew and write uninterrupted! Right now I’m rushing to get teacher gifts made. You can watch the progress I’m making on the handprint quilt for Pip’s teacher in my Instagram Stories and photos. (I’m […]
The Chaos of Spring–A Finished Quilt
I didn’t think I would make the deadline for the Modern Mini Quilt Challenge. Two weeks ago I came down with a decent cold. One week ago I was in PAIN with an ear infection. Man – adult ear infections are the worse! Once the pain was under control I was left with a plugged […]
Scrap Quilt Challenge–Prizes Up for Grabs!
It’s about time! Let’s see what great prizes are up for grabs for randomly drawn winners of the Scrap Quilt Challenge. Haven’t started your quilt for the Scrap Quilt Challenge yet? No worries! You still have plenty of time! Go HERE to find out all the details. ~~~ This post contains affiliate links and I […]
Baby Lock Lyric WINNER!
Last November I finished my quilt “Sake Bomb” for the Modern Quilts “Unlimited Everything Old is New Again Challenge”. There was voting and I hounded everyone for their votes, and my friends hounded their friends for votes for me and then their friends hounded their friends for votes and so forth. The team effort paid […]
Toe Shoes–A Quilted Art Piece
This past weekend we celebrated Cedi’s 6th recital, Capri’s 5th recital and Pip’s 3rd recital with Miss Erin of Center Stage Dance Academy. It was an amazing (two) recitals and I can’t say enough good things about the girls’ teacher – Miss Erin. She gave an amazing speech before the first recital and my favorite […]
Aurifil Artisan – 2017
Woot! Woot! I’m super excited to announce that I’m officially an Aurifil Artisan for 2017! I LOVE Aurifil Thread and I couldn’t be happier! Check out who else will be working with Aurifil this year on the AuriBuzz!
May I–A May Off Season Project QUILTING Challenge
Hello everyone! Happy Cinco de Mayo! I realized this morning that I completely spaced to post the May Project QUILTING Off-Season Challenge for Project QUILTING. We’re going to keep it simple and stick with the wide open theme… May I? That’s it – May I? Simple. Feel free to interpret “May I” however you’d like. […]
Month 4–Flying Geese–Bella Skill Builder Quilt Along
Happy May Day! When I was a kid we would fill a basket with flowers and treats, leave it on the neighbors doorstep, ring the doorbell and run away. Instead of flowers and treats I’m going to share with you the blocks for the 3rd month of the Fat Quarter Shop “Bella Skill Builder”. The […]
The Promise of Spring–A Quilt Finish
Hello everyone! You may have noticed that I took a few weeks off from blogging. I had my birthday in there, a couple of teaching/talk gigs, and a quilt retreat with 13 friends from all over the US. It was great! But I’m back and I have a new quilt finish to share with you! […]