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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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
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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
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Back in the Spring, Laura Gunn sent me some fat quarters from her latest line for Michael Miller fabrics, Vignette. Those fabrics have been sitting in my sewing room, mocking me…telling me to get a move on and DO something with them. So I finally did. I decided on a simple four patch quilt from
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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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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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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