On Thursday, July 9th, Nichole Jeske wrote a spectacular feature on none other than little old me on handmadenews.org! I was so excited to get the email. If you would like to read the article click HERE! Thanks for all your support! http://www.handmadenews.org/article/index.php?id=906
An Amazing Papa Daddy
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! I am about to gush about how amazing my husband is. If you don’t want to listen to the gushing I would not read much farther. My husband is an amazing Papa Daddy! (I wanted the girls to call him Papa but sometimes I would slip and call him Daddy…Cedi now calls […]
Custom Orders
I have gotten quite a few requests for custom orders over the past year and I just want to let everyone know that I LOVE doing CUSTOM orders! I love trying to make what you are looking for. What I do is extremely one of a kind so I will never be able to duplicate […]
Treasury Saturday – July 18th
Happy Saturday everyone and welcome to another edition of Treasury Saturday! Lots of fun treasuries were made this past week…lets get started! The first treasury this week I’m showing to you is by SewUpScale called, ‘Music to my Ears’. My Tennis Shoe Windmill Quilt was featured in this beautiful Quiltsy-full treasury. KarolsVintageArt featured my […]
The Naming Game – Capri Grace
Round Two of the Naming Game – Capri Grace. I was in a complete panic about what to name her about two weeks before her due date. For awhile she was going to be Scarlett after the heroine in my all time favorite book. We also really liked Nala, Bianca, Gretta, Olive, Macy and Layla. […]
Themed Thursday – SUMMER TIME!
I know this week’s theme seems obvious considering it’s summer time, but it took me forever to come up with one. All my past theme’s have been easy since it’s related to something going on in my life at the time. Things are starting to slowly settle down…at least for this week. Summer Time was […]
NEW! Bright and Beautiful Buffalo Ridge Baby Quilt
Diane, my mother-in-law, made this Bright and Beautiful Buffalo Ridge Baby Quilt as a teaching sample for a quilt retreat sponsored by Quilts by Barb (quiltsbybarb.etsy.com) held at Easter Seals Camp Wawbeek in Wisconsin Dells, WI. The pattern for this quilt came from Pat Speth and Charlene Thode’s book ‘Nickel Quilts’. This is one of […]
The Baby Naming Game – Mercedi Rose
I know when I was pregnant I was always stressed about one thing: “What was I going to name my baby?!?” My husband thought I was crazy because I would literally be up until all hours of the night searching through multiple baby name books…which is a little nuts since they all pretty much have […]
Blue Hill By Hand – More Earrings
I just finished two new designs of earrings for Blue Hill By Hand. I am planning on dropping them off today and getting some new ones to make. The first earrings I made were from the IMAGINE Series. #i401 Small Beaded EarringsNatural nuts that are abundantly growing in the exotic Philippine islands are used to […]
NEW! Under the Sea Baby Quilt
This fun and colorful quilt is sure to inspire any baby to look, touch and play! This is the very first raw-edged appliqué quilt I ever attempted. As you can see I can never just sort of do anything! Crazy colored seaweed is surrounded by a wacky fish, a brightly colored octopus and a lazy […]