Welcome to my stop on the Fabulous Summer Sampler 2018. This year, the focus is on blocks designed by travel inspirations. I must admit that I have never been to my inspiration location China, but I have long admired the architectural beauty of buildings and furniture indigenous to the culture. Perhaps someday I will […]
Summer Sampler 2018 – Block 2: Shenzhen Read More »
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
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When I found out that my sweet friend Penny was writing a book, I immediately knew that it would be a great one. Truly. It may seem like I review a lot around here, but I really try to focus on the items that are definite moments of special work. And Penny’s book does not
The Paper Pieced Home – An Interview with Penny Layman Read More »
So if you caught my last post, you know that I recently had an epic quilting week that I keep describing in my head as the “what the what?!” week. Because it was hard to take it all in and just roll with everything. Today I want to share with you my experience filming with
Epic Quilting Week – Part 1 : Filming with Quilting Arts Read More »
Hey All! I meant to post this yesterday but crazy deadlines have me hiding for cover in my sewing room for the next week. But I’m really excited to share that Sara, SewSweetness, is currently hosting a sew along on her blog for my book. Each day, a different blogger will share there a version
A Quilter’s Mixology Sew Along! Read More »
Today I’m excited to share with you all the beautiful book Beyond Neutral by the talented John Q. Adams aka Quilt Dad. This is not John’s first book nor his last I expect…he is a man of many talents and one of the forces behind the Ezine Fat Quarterly. (And they have a couple of
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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
Tips & Tricks – Quilting with 12 Wt thread Read More »
The Schedule is up! I’m not exactly sure when we sign up for classes, but it’s so fun to see what the weekend will look like. There are so many awesome classes this year. You can catch the schedule HERE! I suggest printing it off and figuring out what your top two classes would be
Sewing Summit Schedule is up! Read More »
Last year I started a little group called Project UFO. Our goal was to attack (yes attack!) as many of our Unfinished Projects as possible. These older projects, once the darling of our eyes, get set on the back burner for one reason or another. And then they start to pile up. Because once you
Sitting here trying to work up the energy to type up a post on Monday Morning and I think I’ve become inspired to start one of those blogging days where you just post a picture and let it speak for itself. So let me introduce Monday Moments. I’ll be sharing a picture or two from
