Tutorial: Brackets Baby Quilt + Giveaway
Would you like to learn how to sew this Brackets quilt pattern? It uses the HST 8 at a time method! This is a crib-size quilt pattern using 4″ half-square triangles. Brackets quilt top in the snow Materials: – Two 9″ x 9″ squares of 8 coordinating fabric prints (16 squares total) – 1 […]
Tutorial: Quick Triangles Baby Quilt
Happy Friday, friends! I wanted to pop in and share my free tutorial for the Quick Triangles Baby Quilt, which is now up at Craft Buds. I finished this quilt in December, just before Indiana was pummeled with snow. This is my fabric bundle from Sew Lux fabrics, which includes grays, yellow and aqua fabrics […]
Sew Lux Design Challenge Bundle
Good morning friends! I just wanted to let you know that I’m over at the Sew Lux blog today, chatting about my favorite color combo (can you guess?), craft room organizational tips and my very first quilt. I had so much fun picking out a designer bundle from their lovely fabric shop, and here are […]
Count Your Lucky Stars
Happy New Year! I hope your New Year’s Eve was fun or relaxing, whichever you prefer. 🙂 I spent the day sewing, made some buffalo chicken dip (mmm…) and didn’t do anything too wild and crazy. Though I did get some fun mail yesterday, which I had to instagram right away! This is an Octopurse […]
Sewing 2012: Year in Review and Looking Ahead
It’s this time of year that I like to look back at my sewing and see how I did with my crafty resolutions. When I look at my list of goals for 2012, I think I did pretty well! I wrote my first quilt pattern, sewed some shirts for myself, branched out into free-motion quilting […]
On Encouragement . . . and an Epic Giveaway
I’ve been doing a little scheming over the past few weeks, and I’m excited to share with you the epic giveaway I’ve put together with Rachael at imagine gnats and Mary at Craft Buds! We started with a simple idea, and by contacting just one or two sponsors. Before we knew it, this giveaway had […]
Free Quilt Pattern: Equalizer Quilt
Remember the Equalizer Quilt? I had the best intentions of writing a free pattern or tutorial for this quilt, and never got around to it . . . until now! It’s been nearly a year in the making, but I’m happy to say that I’ve written a pattern for this beginner friendly quilt, which I’ll […]
Turntable Quilt
You know when you’re just not sure about something? Until you’re done . . . and then you look at it and still wonder what you think? This Turntable Quilt (like the Equalizer Quilt) was my husband’s idea. He got REALLY into it, and actually started threatening to “sell the idea” on my Facebook page […]
Giveaway! Bella Solids ‘Brights’ Fat Quarters
Today is Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day, and to celebrate, I’m giving away a stack of Bella Solids ‘Brights’ Fat Quarters. There are 8 colors and they come from Moda’s Fall 2012 collection. How lovely, right? They are in stock at Westwood Acres. We’ll keep this short and sweet. 🙂 To enter to win, leave […]
Today’s Mail: Pillow Talk Swap
Today was an incredibly happy mail day! Look what arrived from the post . . . A stunningly beautiful pillow cover and goodies from Holly at Bijou Lovely! I spied this pillow cover in the Pillow Talk Swap Flickr pool, and it was one of my favorites. I fell in love with the rainbow of […]