*the giveaway has ended* My dear friend AnneMarie Chany has a brand new book out and boy is it pretty!! It is full of great block patterns to make the most interesting samplers. I think my favorite blocks might be her inverse pattern blocks. You can see an example of those in the bottom pictures […]
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The past few years, I have taken on the habit of adopting a word for the year. I have never really understood New Year’s resolutions and waiting until a new year comes around to start changing. I’m just not wired that way. But a word. A word that describes my goals and my heart. That
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I’m so excited to finally share my Craftsy class with you all! It is a really fun technique class that makes use of lots of precuts. I show you how to create all different kinds of disappearing blocks. What is a disappearing block? It is a block that you sew together, then bravely chop up,
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December always ends up being a SUPER busy time for me. I know…it is for everyone. But we’ve got some family birthdays in there that just make my life extra crazy, including my daughter. She turned SIX yesterday! Oh my!! We did our annual mother/daughter manicures and pedicures (you know, so that when she is
I never intend to be gone long from here…but sometimes life just seems to move along faster than I realize. I went to Denver recently to film for Craftsy. I’ll let you know when I can tell you about my class and its release date. But I do have a funny/pathetic story to tell you
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I’ve been dashing from event to event this fall and barely have time to catch my breath. In fact, I’m off to Denver in two days to film a class. But I’ve missed connecting with you all during this time and wanted to share some of the glimpses I caught at market. Quilt Market is
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So a group of friends and I have gotten together from across the country and started a sewing bee for our children. This is month two and the kids are still in the “it’s really exciting” phase 😉 Hopefully they can keep that up. We all know how attention spans can become limited. But I
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Sometimes there are moments when you decide to be vulnerable. And this is one of them. I’ve decided to share a dream that I have with you all. It’s scary for me to share because I’ve kept it close to my heart for so long. But I realized that I was holding it close, practically
I did it! I bought my first vintage quilt top the other day. I got a random phone call from a totally random person I know (who I’ve probably never talked to on the phone) telling me about a garage sale in her area. The woman running the garage sale was selling a bunch of
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To all my US friends, I hope you have a safe and happy 4th of July!! Oh and just bc I know I’ll get asked… yes, this pattern is available! You can find it now in the most recent issue of McCall’s Quilting Magazine. More details HERE. Sorry for the quiet over here lately. My
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