Capri was so, so, so happy with her face – you rarely see her smile and show her teeth! At this weekends Apple Blossom Days we had a wonderful face painter – Angela from Be Bold and Amazing.  The girls had such a wonderful time getting there face painted, getting tattooed, and of course, watching […]

Happy Saturday night everyone!  My next goal before this update was to get 3 more 8-inch blocks done for my sampler quilt.  And I did…so welcome to this Saturday’s update – I would love to hear what you think of them so far! 2012 8-inch Sampler Quilt from all different Quilt Along’s, Block’s of the […]

from Wikipedia Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.  The word derives from the Italian burlesco, which itself derives from the Italian burla – a joke, ridicule or mockery. Here’s a treasury I created […]

Since I only did one  easy-peasy sashing tutorial earlier (Four Rectangles) for the Home Sweet Home Quilt Along I figured I’d give you a bonus post and give you one more easy-peasy sashing tutorial.  This one is ingeniously named – Four Square Sashing and it’s the 4th sashing on the layout diagram.  Cutting Instructions: Cut […]

I have a super easy-peasy sashing tutorial for the Home Sweet Home Quilt Along to share with you tonight.  I’m going to try to fill in the blanks of the sashing’s in order as best I can so today we’ll go to the first one – Four Rectangles. Cutting Instructions 4 – 2” x 6.5” […]

I have created 49 different sashing designs for the Home Sweet Home Quilt Along.  There would be 25 cornerstone designs – if I was crazy.  Instead – I used a few pieced cornerstones but mostly I used fabrics that had either house or trees printed on them.  They just need to be 3.5” squares so […]

I know I’m shocking you all by doing a DOUBLE post today!  I’m actually shocking myself – but I didn’t want to forget to share this recipe, show you the photo and tell you about my plans for tomorrow… This is super easy and super delicious.  EVERYONE in the family just sucks it down – […]

  above photo’s by Friends in Photogrpahy Okay, okay – so I’m a lot late on this post.  But there just so many pictures to go through and edit!  We had such a great day for Pip’s first birthday! One year ago on her birthday – we looked like this:  and here she is today… […]

And let’s not forget – I started the day by getting Cedi on the bus and getting Pip, Capri and myself to the gym on time for BodyStep and BodyPump before the real fun even started!After lunch and of course, Word World, I packed the girls up and we headed to the Heritage Quilt Show […]

Happy Tuesday everyone!  If you’re in Wisconsin I hope you made it to your district today to cast your vote.  I was there doing my civic duty this morning to make sure everything went smoothly. I’m happy to say that Marcia from Marcia’s Crafty Sewing & Quilting put together a great Sashing Tutorial using her […]