Be honest. How many of you thought that I was completely crazy when I claimed that I would put up a new ‘Twisted Traditional Block’ tutorial every week for a year!? I’ll be honest…I didn’t feel like it was crazy at first…until I got about a quarter of the way through the year…it was a […]
Laundry Basket Quilts with a Giveaway
I am a member of the Lodi Valley Quilt Guild…the best quilt guild EVER! (Yup…I’m biased). This group of ladies just has it together and it shows. In the small community of Lodi, WI over 100 women gather monthly for the quilt guild meeting. Last night – this number reached well over 200 to see […]
American Brand Solids Farm to Fabric Challenge Complete!
I love a good challenge and being a farmer, Clothwork’s ‘Farm to Fabric’ challenge was 100% up my alley! Fabrics N Quilts asked me to team up with her to do some extra promotion of the challenge and to add more prizes to make the pot even a bit sweeter! She put together some fun […]
Project QUILTING July Winner!
For each off-season Project QUITLING Challenge Marcia Wachuta of Marcia’s Crafty Sewing & Quilting has generously offered a prize to one randomly drawn winner. Everyone’s name went into the magic hat…and little miss Capri picked our winner – Terry Truesdale of ‘Fostering Others’. Be sure to hop over to Terry’s blogpost and check out what […]
August Goals
It’s that time…time to set my August goals for ‘A Lovely Year of Finishes’. I’ve debated this one a lot. This is my last chance to do something ‘big’ for awhile. Apple season officially starts on the 15th which means that sewing/quilting will be pretty minimal for September and October. But, even though I technically […]
Red and White Off Season August Project QUILTING Challenge
It’s August!?! Already! That means I have just two weeks of summer left and only two weeks of productive sewing left! Ahhh!!!!! But it also means just two weeks until I get to munch on a delicious, fresh apple…or 3…daily! AND it also means that it’s time for another off season Project QUILTING Challenge! Red […]
July Finish, 2014
My ‘A Lovely Year of Finishes’ goal this month wasn’t glamorous…but it was necessary. That’s right – I needed to add hanging sleeves and labels to my quilts for the fair and shows I entered them in. I did it though! I hand stitched five sleeves on to the follow quilts… and it was a […]
Mosaic, Spools Block Tutorial
Nope! I didn’t forget that it is Wednesday! I just was teaching a class at a local quilt shop this morning titled, “Wanna Be a Blogger?” One of my tips was to post in the mornings…if at all possible…I knew this one was going to be a night post though. Without further adieu…let’s check out […]
Wanna Be A Blogger?
Beth Anderson’s beautiful Row By Row Quilt. Beth is currently taking my ‘Wanna Be A Blogger’ class and I’m showing them how Windows Live Writer Works.
Free Form Super Mini Spool Quilt
This month’s Project QUILTING Off Season Challenge was ‘Independence” One could interpret the word however they seemed fit. I went the ‘independence from traditional 1/4″ seams…or I guess…seams at all!’ route. This quilt is tiny! it’s just a 13” square. I had a lot going on this month but I really wanted to at least […]