Tutorial for the Home Sweet Home Quilt Along BUT actually works really well for fun sashing ideas to any quilt. I’m pretty sure that I’ll be doing one or two (or five) of these crazy sashings on my Christmas In July Block-a-thon Quilt. I just love the pizzazz they add! I know the picture isn’t […]
Fabrics N Quilts Scrap Quilt Contest 2012 – Free Form Quilt WIP Report
Fabrics N Quilts Scrap Challenge Quilt Contest 2012 I’m so excited to be sharing you the progress I’ve made thus far on my scrap quilt contest challenge for Fabrics N Quilts. Right away I knew that I was going to use all the scraps that I sorted out earlier this year. I’ve […]
Spoonflower Fabrics for Sale – Cone Flower Collection and Fabric Giveaway
I have LOTS of fabric for sale on my Spoonflower site – I’m going to featured different collections for the next few weeks and then just miscellaneous fabrics after that. Today – I’m going to show you all the prints from one of my favorite collections – the Cone Flower Collection. At the end of […]
Adventures in Free Motion Quilting – Continued…
In the last ‘Adventure’ post I left you trying to figure out if you could see anything wrong with the picture to the left. A couple of people figured it out – do you see it yet? Here’s a picture of my machine working really well – because I had the quilt loaded properly! When […]
HOT is the Word
Happy Fourth of July everyone! I hope you are enjoying the holiday. I have to admit – we’re not doing too much to celebrate the holiday here. It is HOT outside and when I say HOT I mean HOT. Right now, at 4:52PM my thermometer is reading 102.6 degrees. Have I mentioned that I live […]
Fabric Dyeing With Quilts by Barb – RESULTS
Last week Diane brought over the stack of fabric that I dyed at the Quilts by Barb Dying workshop in June at my orchard. She does the ‘wash out’ for them because the stray threads tend to jam up my front loader and cause me to have to have the service man come – not […]
Free Spirit Christmas in July Block-a-Thon Has Begun!
I’m sure you’ve all realized by now that I LOVE Quilt Alongs! I’m so excited that the first block of the Free Spirit Christmas in July Block-a-thon has been posted! Before I get to revealing my first block I have to share with you the fabrics I pulled for my quilt! So…I’ve decided that my […]
Week in Review
Happy Monday everyone! Does anyone have plans for the 4th of July? We’re going to be laying low with the heat and dry weather – most of our local fireworks have been cancelled. Who knows – we may figure out something fun yet 🙂 I’ll just give you a quick review of the highlights of […]
Owl Be Yours Quilted Log Cabin Pillow
I’ve mentioned before – I’ve become obsessed with printing my own fabric on www.Spoonflower.com. I just ordered another large back of swatches so I’ll have some new fabrics to show off in a few weeks. Today I’m going to show you some of the things I’ve created using my ‘Owl’ fabric. Owl Fabric from […]
Where Have I Been?
Well – I made a big decision. I’m re-branding myself from Kim’s Crafty Apple into ‘Persimon Dreams.’ I’ve been contemplating this for quite awhile now and a few things that have happened recently encouraged me to make the move – and it’s done! You can now find me at: www.PersimonDreams.com www.facebook.com/PersimonDreams www.twitter.com/PersimonDreams www.pinterest.com/PersimonDreams www.PersimonDreams.etsy.com (and […]