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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I promised you all a tutorial a while back for the profile quilt I made for a school auction for my daughter’s Montessori school…and I’m finally here to deliver. This idea is perfect for charity quilts like I did, teacher’s gifts with her students, a family tree sort of quilt, or really any way you
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This past weekend I had the pleasure of presenting and teaching to the Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild. It was a fun and busy weekend and I loved getting to know the women and men of the guild. I had some of the crazy tales of travel including a mad dash across an airport to
Goodness! When it rains, it pours! Ironically today ANOTHER great free tutorial/pattern of mine is also available now. This time it is with Pellon and their EZ Steam II product plus some fabulous Anna Maria Horner fabric from Free Spirit fabrics. I take you step by step how to apply the EZ Steam II to
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I was looking recently for a project to kind of move me out of a sewing slump and so I decided to drink the kool aid over on IG and participate in a QAL going on there. People are coming in droves to make an epic quilt (as they all are) of Jen Kingwell’s. It
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I don’t know if anyone is still looking for gift ideas for your teachers for this year, but hopefully this will help someone. I searched and thought and searched and thought about what to do for my daughter’s teachers this year. I know everyone says to just get them a gift card and be
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I’m excited to share this quilt pattern with you all that has been floating around in my brain for so many years now. I’ve shown versions of it before and had requests for the pattern, so here is your chance to finally get it. It is featured in the McCall’s Quilting July/August 2015 issue. It will be available
Well what can I say? Life has been busy and then exhausting. I feel I have so many things to blog about but I just haven’t had the time or energy. I hardly know where to start. But I figured I should share one of the bigger trips that I’ve been on lately…and perhaps you’ll
Spring Quilt Market 2015 Read More »
I haven’t made too many items for the year long birthday swap I’ve been a part of since July. But every once in a while there is a project that I want to tackle…and it’s usually crafty and involves paint and glue rather than thread or yarn. So when Anna had a striped canvas with
