I’m still loving spending my downtime browsing through instagram under the hashtag #IGQuiltFest! There are so many amazing quilt and so much talented all over the world that I had not discovered yet! Do you have a favorite quilt you’ve discovered because of the festival yet? I’m keeping tallies and will reveal my favorites at […]
#IGQuiltFest–Woven Wonder
All this week Amy Ellis of Amy’s Creative Side is hosting the #IGQuiltFest (aka, Instagram Quilt Festival). Typically Amy hosts two Blogger’s Quilt Festivals – one in the spring and one in the fall – right around Quilt Market. As I get farther into the industry I can’t imagine how she manages to have a […]
A Goose in the Monkey Wrench–Time to Vote!
And with that the sixth and final Project QUILTING challenge for Season 7 is over! There’s still one more thing to do for this challenge – It’s time to vote! Please take a minute to do so as your vote does matter! Choose your FOUR Favorite Quilts below that were created for the Project QUILTING […]
Garden Refraction–Quilt Finish
I have finished a fun little sampler quilt that I worked on throughout the Focus Through the Prism Series. Each month I put up a 20-inch quilt block tutorial for the challenge block of the month featuring fabrics I designed on spoonflower. In the end I had all these huge blocks that I needed to […]
Tricks of the Challenge
Tonight I’ll be giving my first “Challenge Quilts” Lecture. I’m really excited to go more in depth on how I tackle a challenge and share with the group some of my secrets/tricks to creating a quilt with just a little extra “Wow!” factor. Because it’s next to impossible to put all the links to all […]
Scrap Quilting with Celine Perkins of Perkins Dry Goods
Good morning everyone! It’s a stormy, rainy day here in Wisconsin – some of my favorite weather for quilting. I’m excited to introduce you all to to the next designer in the “Scrap Quilt Challenge Designer Showcase” – Celine Perkins of Perkins Dry Goods! Before we find out what she’s sharing with us to get […]
Hidden Moments
I am having a really good time with the Modern Quilts Unlimited Block of the Month Challenge. The most recent challenge block was “Rail Fence”. Our challenge was to make the traditional block – feel modern. Here is what I came up with – Hidden Moments. I used the same Asian Tea Time panel I’ve […]
A Goose in the Monkey Wrench–Challenge 6 of Project QUILTING Season 7
With this post … the final challenge of the seventh season of Project QUILTING is revealed. If this is the first time you’re seeing the Project QUILTING Challenges – don’t worry. You can still join in the fun! All you need is to finish one challenge of the season to have your name in the […]
Random Prizes for the Final Project QUILTING Challenge of Season 7
It’s a bittersweet day – the day before the final Project QUILTING Challenge of season 7 is posted. I’m happy because there’s still one more challenge but sad that there is just one more challenge. Another happy thing is that there are still a lot of prizes to win! The sixth challenge Season 7 of […]
Winners! Winners! Chicken Dinners!
Actually there are no prizes of chicken dinners for this challenge but I really like saying that so it had to be the title at least once this season. As soon as my girls woke up I had them pick the random winners for Challenge 5 of Project QUILTING. Capri did most of the picking, […]