I love creating things by hand. Handmade ornaments in particular are my favorite. Every year my family has to make an ornament to bring to my mom’s side Christmas party. You see – there are over 100 people in the family so instead of exchanging presents, we all bring an ornament that we made. We […]
Log Cabin Christmas Tree Quilt
We are just a week out from Christmas – are you ready for it yet? I have to admit without any snow on the ground it’s hard to get in the Christmas mood. Do you have anything you do that makes you feel like the holidays? Maybe some Christmas quilts would help me get in […]
Quilt Con 2016–Not Chosen
I received the email that many other folks in the quilting world received yesterday … Dear Kim, Thank you for entering your quilt to QuiltCon 2016. There were many outstanding quilts submitted and Technorati Tags: quilt con,quiltcon,quilt shows,rejection,juried quilt show unfortunately we couldn’t accept them all. We regret to inform you that your quilt, Fen […]
House of Foil – December Thermoweb Block of the Month
The third block of the Mystery ‘Block of the Month’ featuring iCraft Deco Foil from Therm O Web was revealed yesterday! The tutorial for ‘House of Foil’ can be found HERE. Here are the two blocks together so far! Aren’t these fun!? I’ve created a flickr group so you can share your blocks with us too! […]
Ugly Sweater Competition
You read the title correctly! I’m having an Ugly Sweater Competition! Head over to Kid Giddy’s etsy shop and purchase the Christmas Sweater Paper Piecing Pattern. Download it, print it and get working! The goal is to make the UGLIEST Christmas Sweater you can! When you’re finished with your sweater … link up below. Voting […]
Sew Mama Sew GIveaway Winner
My Sew Mama Sew Giveaway is closed and it was time to choose a winner. I went on over to the trust random.org to help me out. 673 comments were left for the giveaway and random.org chose comment 162 to WIN! Congratulations Amy Allan! I’ll be contacting you ASAP to get your address so I […]
Gift for Stitchers
Today I’m going to share with you a great gift for stitchers! Heather Lins Homes has these fabulous ‘The Year in Stitches’ Calendar Kits available in her online shop. You get to cross stitch each month of the year! How much fun is that!? And to top it off … it’s on sale right now! […]
November Winners and Prizes for December
It’s time to announce the random winners for the Focus Through the Prism Challenge – Snowball. 51 quilts were created for the Snowball Challenge which brings our overall total for all seven challenges to 411 quilts dreamt up, created, and finished within a month! Seriously!? This is incredible!!!! I took some time to organize all […]
‘Martapura’ Bow Tie Block–Everything Old is New Again Block Challenge
Happy 11th day of the month! It’s time to vote for your favorite block for the ‘Everything Old is New Again’ Block Challenge. This months inspiration was the ‘Bow Tie.’ My block this name is – Martapura – once again named by my friend Trish the Quilt Chicken. Here is the thought process behind the […]
Quilts in the Wild
I don’t know about you … but I’ve made a lot of quilts. I still have a lot of quilts … I need to keep a bunch so my trunk show is even more exciting. But I have also given away a lot of quilts. I always love seeing my ‘quilts in the wild’ because […]