The last few days I have been busy packing and prepping for the very first ever Project QUILTING Retreat! I’m super excited about it and can’t wait to spend an extended weekend quilting in the luxurious Woodland Ridge Retreat! And a bonus – the weather is going to be just fine for driving! Everyone attending […]
Down By the Boardwalk Quilt Blocks
You read it correctly – Down by the Boardwalk Quilt Blocks. I had to make two of the Down by the Boardwalk Blocks for Pat Sloan’s Free Mystery 2015 Quilt Along. I had to make two blocks not because I couldn’t follow the instructions and I constructed it wrong … it was because I went […]
How to link up to a Link Up
Looking back, I probably should have done this step by step post a few weeks ago and I apologize for those who were confused when trying to link up to the Project QUILTING Challenge. Please remember though if you ever have any problems you can always email me your projects picture and description and I’d […]
Tree Challenge–Time to Vote!
TIME TO VOTE! Choose your SIX Favorite Quilts below that were created for the Project QUILTING Tree Challenge and click on the heart to vote (upper right corner)! You can click on the photo’s themselves to read the ‘story’ behind the quilt – my favorite part! Vote by clicking on the heart in the upper […]
Curvy Geese Trees Quilt
At this point this post is going to be fairly bare bones … I’ll come back and add more details in tomorrow or Sunday. I was super lucky to get a go through a great 2015 cleanse this morning via the stomach flu. But – I really wanted to share with you my Project QUILTING […]
Quilt Challenge Updates
I LOVE challenges … I’m sure you all know that by now. Of course I’ll be participating right along with Project QUILTING Challenges but I’ll also be squeezing in other challenges when possible. Here are a few that I’ve found to join in with lately … Heart’s Content Challenge What do I need to do? […]
January 2015 Goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes
I almost forgot to set my goal for this months ‘A Lovely Year of Finishes’ link up party! That would be horrible! My husband’s grandma is turning 90 in February! My sister-in-law, Karma, pieced a quilt top for her and my goal for this month is to get it quilted and ready to gift on […]
Balance Quilt
A lot of people like to decide on a ‘word’ each year to help keep them focused on a particular goal. I have decided to join in the fun this year and to celebrate my word – I made a quilt! My word is: Balance When I get in to something it seems to consume […]
Room Revamp
Last week I shared with you the ‘before’ pictures of my sewing/creating area – unedited. With promises of showing you the revamp. I would say these are the two areas that are most impressive. The ‘Before’ drafting table was completely full. Now you can at least see my Go Baby cutter and there’s room to […]
Trees–Season 6, Project QUILTING, Challenge 1
Welcome back to another fun filled, inspiring season of Project QUILTING! I hope you are all as excited as I am to get started quilting and FINISHING too! photo by Kim Lapacek I just want to remind everyone that these challenges are meant to be inspirational and FUN! I know it can be stressful making […]