I didn’t think I would make the deadline for the Modern Mini Quilt Challenge. Two weeks ago I came down with a decent cold. One week ago I was in PAIN with an ear infection. Man – adult ear infections are the worse! Once the pain was under control I was left with a plugged […]
Scrap Quilt Challenge–Prizes Up for Grabs!
It’s about time! Let’s see what great prizes are up for grabs for randomly drawn winners of the Scrap Quilt Challenge. Haven’t started your quilt for the Scrap Quilt Challenge yet? No worries! You still have plenty of time! Go HERE to find out all the details. ~~~ This post contains affiliate links and I […]
Baby Lock Lyric WINNER!
Last November I finished my quilt “Sake Bomb” for the Modern Quilts “Unlimited Everything Old is New Again Challenge”. There was voting and I hounded everyone for their votes, and my friends hounded their friends for votes for me and then their friends hounded their friends for votes and so forth. The team effort paid […]
Toe Shoes–A Quilted Art Piece
This past weekend we celebrated Cedi’s 6th recital, Capri’s 5th recital and Pip’s 3rd recital with Miss Erin of Center Stage Dance Academy. It was an amazing (two) recitals and I can’t say enough good things about the girls’ teacher – Miss Erin. She gave an amazing speech before the first recital and my favorite […]
Aurifil Artisan – 2017
Woot! Woot! I’m super excited to announce that I’m officially an Aurifil Artisan for 2017! I LOVE Aurifil Thread and I couldn’t be happier! Check out who else will be working with Aurifil this year on the AuriBuzz!
May I–A May Off Season Project QUILTING Challenge
Hello everyone! Happy Cinco de Mayo! I realized this morning that I completely spaced to post the May Project QUILTING Off-Season Challenge for Project QUILTING. We’re going to keep it simple and stick with the wide open theme… May I? That’s it – May I? Simple. Feel free to interpret “May I” however you’d like. […]
Month 4–Flying Geese–Bella Skill Builder Quilt Along
Happy May Day! When I was a kid we would fill a basket with flowers and treats, leave it on the neighbors doorstep, ring the doorbell and run away. Instead of flowers and treats I’m going to share with you the blocks for the 3rd month of the Fat Quarter Shop “Bella Skill Builder”. The […]
The Promise of Spring–A Quilt Finish
Hello everyone! You may have noticed that I took a few weeks off from blogging. I had my birthday in there, a couple of teaching/talk gigs, and a quilt retreat with 13 friends from all over the US. It was great! But I’m back and I have a new quilt finish to share with you! […]
Cake Mix Recipe Bake Off with the Fat Quarter Shop–Week 2
Happy Monday everyone! (and happy birthday to my dad if he happens to be reading this) There’s a fun “Bake Off” happening at the Fat Quarter Shop for the next few weeks that use the new Cake Mix Recipe books. Of course – I knew I wanted to be one of the “Bakers”. Essentially you […]
Month 3–Pineapple–Bella Skill Builder Quilt Along
Happy April 1st everyone! I don’t have any great “fool” ideas for you but I do have something to share with you today. That little something is a couple of blocks for the 3rd month of the Fat Quarter Shop’s “Bella Skill Builder”. I’d actually never traditionally pieced a pineapple block before! I know! Crazy! […]