I absolutely love giving gifts. Seriously. I’m the person that shops for folks all year round. The tricky part for me is to actually save the gifts (in a place I remember) until a special occasion … I tend to just hand them out willy-nilly! Gift giving is definitely my “love language” which is a […]
Week 8 of the Perfect 10 Quilts Along–Rainbow Sherbet and Rocky Road Blocks
Rainbow Sherbet and Rocky Road are definitely not two flavors I’d put in the same dish together but both of these blocks look great in the Perfect 10 Quilt book sampler! I messed up on the schedule of this quilt along just a bit … I didn’t realize we had off for the week of […]
Cider After Dark
This post is a cross over between here and my families apple orchard – Lapacek’s Orchard. I’ve talked a lot of my mother-in-law, Diane Lapacek on here. She started Project QUILTING with me, taught me how to quilt (properly), and is always supporting my ideas. Well – my latest idea was “Cider After Dark. It […]
Strip Trees and Snowflakes
Last week I did a fun blog post on how you can combine my Deco Foil snowflakes with my Strip Tree Tutorial to create this fantastic placemat (or wall hanging)! I love it when I can combine two different methods to create super fun results! See how I made this by heading over to Therm […]
Caravan of Geese–Quilt by Diane Lapacek
When I first started designing patterns for the “book I was going to write” I had some folks do some pattern testing for me. One of those folks was my mother-in-law, Diane. I gave her my pattern “Caravan of Geese” in extremely rough, rather large form, and let her do her magic. Just as a […]
#31DayBlogWritingChallenge – 2018
Once again, Cheryl Sleboda of Muppin.com is hosting the #31DayBlogWritingChallenge. And once again, I’m going to join in the fun! I love this challenge. Apple season is over now and Project QUILTING starts in just over a month. This challenge helps me get back into the swing of things and starts getting my creative mojo […]
NEW Strip Tree Tutorial and some Black Friday specials
Happy Black Friday everyone! I hope you all are enjoying this day. Mercedi and I are heading out to the new Fantastic Beasts movie this morning .. yup an 8:45 am showing. I love that I can go in the morning and still have most of my day ahead of me! Before we head out […]
Week 7 of Perfect 10 Quilts Along–Neapolitan and Peaches ‘n Cream Blocks
Two (well, technically seven) more blocks from the Perfect 10 Quilt book are completed! After this week there are just two more to go! First, we had to make six Neapolitan blocks. These are small and went together fast. I even used up some of my layer cake scraps to make three of them. The […]
Week 6 of the Perfect 10 Quilts Along–Lemon Sorbet and Mint Chocolate Chip Blocks
If it weren’t for the Fat Quarter Shop’s Perfect 10 Quilt Along I don’t know if I’d have the energy to sew at all. I love that it’s getting to my machine for at least a little while each week. The blocks from this Perfect 10 Quilt book are fun with high impact. This week […]
Month 11–20 Days of Christmas for the Dresden Neighborhood Sew Along
I know you all were expecting me to wait until December to pull out the Christmas-themed Dresden Neighborhood BUT I thought by pulling it out a month early it would give folks a little kick to think about what a fun Christmas gift this mini quilt could make! This is not my first Christmas Dresden […]