Did you know that heart disease is the number 1 killer of women? Heart disease causes 1 in 3 deaths every year – approximately one woman every minute. Wow – this started out as a completely different post than you probably expected to see from me. Today I am launching something I’ve had in the […]
A Lovely Year of Finishes–August Goals
I can’t believe it’s August 1st! That means in just two weeks we’ll be opening our orchard up for apple season. There’s still so much to do get the shop and the place ready! That being said, I’m keeping my goals for this month pretty minimal. Goal 1 – Bind my Scrappy Trip Along My […]
Project QUILTING June Off Season Challenge Entries
1. Project Quilting – June Texture, 2. Every Fiber of Her Being, 3. Sweet Bass, 4. hide your love away (detail 2), 5. Project QUILTING Texture Challenge Five quilted creations were made for the Project QUILTING Off Season Texture challenge. Let’s take a closer look at each and then find out who ended up winning […]
A Lovely Year of Finishes–July Goals
As most of the summer has been July will be a busy month for me. We have a mini family vacation planned, one wedding to attend, another wedding my three girls and husband are all in, and a big craft show for me to vend at. That being said – I still want to finish […]
July Off Season Project QUILTING Challenge–Independence
Happy July 1st everyone! Just because you all have until tomorrow to finish the June challenge doesn’t mean I’m not going to post the July challenge today! I don’t know about you but it’s been a challenge for me to just find some time to sew this summer. With the girls, the beautiful weather, a […]
Port Washington, Wisconsin
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! This post will have LOTS of pictures! This is why I don’t scrapbook – I can never decide which ones are ‘the best’ and need to be shown…so you get to see lots of them! When we were enjoying our time at the beach in North Carolina back at the end of […]
A Lovely Year of Finishes–June Completions
It’s time to see how I did on this months ‘A Lovely Year of Finishes’ goals. It’s summer break and lots of fun things have happened – including mini trips, an anniversary celebration, amazing quilt classes, oh and we got a pool! All of these things have had an impact on my sewing time but […]
15 minutes
that is all you need. Just 15 minutes a day and you can create things you never imagined. This was what Victoria Findlay Wolfe taught us at her workshop ‘15 Minutes of Play’ that was held at Mill House Quilts in Waunakee yesterday. I was super lucky that my friend Trisha told me about it […]
8 years
I haven’t looked at pictures from our wedding in quite awhile. I’ve been looking them over and reminiscing all morning long and it just reminded me of how truly wonderful that day was. Our wedding day was the best day of my life. It was a hot day but it was June 25th..what else could […]
City Sampler Sew Along–Blocks 8 through 18
I have quite a few blocks for the Tula Pink City Sampler Blocks and haven’t shown you a close look in awhile. Let’s see what’s happened since I last posted them… Block 8 Block 9 Block 10 Block 11 Block 12 Block 13 Block 14 Block 15 […]