Welcome to the March addition to the Modern Quilt Along with Simple Simon and Company. Liz and Elizabeth invited me to be part of their year long journey with Modern Quilting and I happily accepted. I took on the task of Bold prints and I won’t lie…that can be very a difficult task to …
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One of my major projects this summer ended up being the creation of this moss covered Arm Chair. I needed it as a prop for my photo shoot for my fabric line, Curious Dream. And I decided that I should be able to create it without too much effort. Now I often underestimate the amount …
I’m so excited to FINALLY share with you a bookmark that I made for a Valentine’s day swap. I had to keep it a secret until my partner received it. But clearly we are past Valentine’s day now and I can share it now. My partner requested a bookmark that she saw on Pinterest which …
So I finally decided to join in on the bristle brush tree bandwagon! I bought some last year with the intention of attempting to hand dye them but I chickened out. This year I was determined to try it myself and gathered loads of information via pinterest. But as always, somehow I can’t just straight …
If you followed along with my LAST POST, then you know that I was in the process of creating a mini ironing board for myself. And then I got myself distracted with exciting chalk paint and decided to paint the legs of the table first. This is not a necessary step obviously for creating the …
I was feeling all crazy yesterday and decided to try a new to me technique: glue basting on a quilt binding. I know, I know. I’m probably WAY behind the times on this one. But just in case you are like me and haven’t given this a whirl yet, I thought I’d share what I …
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 …
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 …
One of the many things I’ve been doing lately is this new birthday club I started with 11 other ladies where each person gets a month and will be inundated with birthday packages from the other 11. I had the first month and got loads of lovely crafty goodness and cuteness. So now I get …
Today I wanted to share with you some quick tips for quilting with 12 wt thread. My thread is from Aurifil and the 12 wt is a THICK thread. It’s almost a floss honestly. And it can be a little scary to think about using it for quilting when you compare that to what I …
