Earlier this week, I finished sewing The Honey Blouse, a pattern by Make It Perfect. I won this pattern as part of Celebrate Color last fall! As part of my prize, I got to pick out two patterns, so you might remember when I made Make It Perfect’s Shearwater Kaftan back in January. Between the…

Do you know Terri of Sew Fantastic? I have been following Terri’s blog and recently found her on Instagram, so my heart has been all aflutter since I saw her working with a stack of fabrics that looked just like my For the Love of Solids inspiration mosaic. When I saw her adorable little spools,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…