Recap: Indy Modern Quilt Guild Retreat
I’m now fully recovered from the crazy fun quilting weekend! Remember when I told you I was hosting a retreat for the Indy Modern Quilt Guild at my house? We started off Friday night with dinner and a little show and tell. Here is Lindsay L.’s second Friday Night Brights Quilt. She’s teaching a class […]
Traveling Stash Winner + Updates
Congrats are in order, because the lucky winner of the Traveling Stash Giveaway is . . . #2, Diane of from blank pages . . .! I wish everybody could win a prize this fun, but if you want another chance, feel free to follow Diane’s blog and you can enter when it goes […]
If It Makes You Happy . . .
It can’t be that bad? Three scrappy granny square blocks. Just for me. Just because. Favorite one. Photographed in my new DIY lightbox. Getting ready to . . . Host the Indy Modern Quilt Guild retreat (next weekend!) Teach a beginner’s sewing class (late March) Sew along here and here What are you gearing up […]
Giveaway: The Traveling Stash!
The other week, I was surprised with a happy e-mail from Toni saying that I had won the Traveling Stash Giveaway! Oh my, I was so excited! If you haven’t heard of this, it’s a giveaway that travels from one blog to another. The recipient wins a Large Flat-Rate box filled with fabric, sewing patterns […]
Announcing a Sew Along!
So excited to share this with you! All of the sew along details (including prizes!) are at Craft Buds. So get your scraps together, download your free pattern, and we’d love to have you join us in March! Craft Buds and My Shop
Jewel Tones Mini Quilt + Retro Flowers Block
Today I finished a mini quilt for my solids swap, that will serve double duty as my entry into the Modern Mini Challenge. I free-motion quilted everything but the colored triangles, which was a fun way to add depth and dimension. My husband is in shock that I spend so much time making things to […]
Get Ready for the New York Beauty Quilt Along
My Sew-perbowl sewing extravaganza was actually a practice run for . . . For this quilt along, I’m excited to teach you how to make a New York Beauty block with a 3-D shadow effect! If you have never tried foundation piecing, or are just looking to brush up your skills, this is the quilt […]
A Furry Weekend + Winner
I’d like to say I got some sewing done this weekend, but I didn’t. Instead, we adopted this little girl. Meet Chloe! Apparently I have a cat “type” because she looks like a smaller version of our little guy Murph. 🙂 Does anyone have tips on introducing a new cat to your current pets? It’s […]
Sew-perbowl
Over the weekend, I stitched up some New York Beauty blocks and learned some new techniques in foundation piecing. It was so fun to see these come together, and incredibly rewarding! Then, I decided to turn one into a small item for a solids swap I’m in. It’s a custom size to match my starting […]
4×5 Bee Blocks
A friend snapped a photo this morning, and I thought I’d share. That’s my husband and me in the bulls-eye of this huddle. This is a snapshot of the church community that was formed eight years ago, and today we shared the news that Matt would be stepping down as the pastor to move on […]