It'll hold your handwork. And she was a collaborative effort between myself and the very talented Anna Graham of Noodlehead. If you don't know Anna's work already, you should ...
circles.
Meet circles. Part of my slow sewing studio. Sometimes simple shapes and fun fabric is all you need. That's pretty much the idea behind this one, plus the fact that it's a ...
tools of the trade : needle-turn appliqué.
I like to slow down and enjoy each project that I'm working on, especially when it comes to some good handwork. That's the goal anyway and a big part of my slow sewing studio. But like ...
back at it.
CAMP was awesome. 4 days in the High Sierra Mountains with some awesome new friends plus totally unplugging did this body good. I'm totally stoked to be doing what I do and am ready to jump ...
architextures win and headed to CAMP.
This is pretty exciting--the architextures big win over at Fat Quarterly. Thanks so much for all the architextures love. I am truly blown away. (And honestly a little nervous for the next ...
intro to tangelo.
Tangelo is one of my recent newbies. She's a paper-pieced triangle project with plenty of sizes to choose from. I've never been one for a lot of precise pre-cutting, which is one reason why this is ...
intro to some new stuff.
Alrighty. I'm way overdue for showing some new stuff--so sorry for the delay! My latest business births have been a long time coming and certainly a lot of fun to get together. It's ...
back from Portland.
I had a GREAT trip, and I'm really excited to have launched loads of new stuff. It's always fun seeing (and making) friends in the industry, scoping out what everyone has been working on, and ...
recent weekend makings.
It's been fun slipping in a few non-market related items over the last few weekends. The first was a camera strap for my sister and her brand new camera. made from the camera strap pattern ...
a little peek.
I feel like I'm finally starting to come out from under my quilt market rock. These last few weeks have felt kind of intense as I put the finishing touches on a bunch of new stuff that I'm about to ...
and the Modern Baby winner is…
...Brigit who said, "I agree about baby quilts! My “baby” is ten, but I still love making baby quilts. Something about the size lends itself to creative design and fun palettes." I'll be ...
Babies, a Blog Tour, + a giveaway.
Welcome! I am happy to be today's stop on the Modern Baby Blog tour. I had such a great time getting involved with this project. My contribution was this one. Tiny, ...
testing a new tool. (+ bias tape tutorial)
I picked up a mini iron this week for a project I'm working on, and I'm surprised how much I like it already--she is surprisingly effective! I splurged on the upgraded model ...
hi, april.
Quilt Market is looming, as it tends to do. That's fine. I mean there are still (quite a few) logistical things that need to be worked out, and my new stuff is not quite ready to see the light of day. ...
a quilt a day: parade of houses.
I had a lot of fun designing my Local quilt, and I'm really into the idea of not only the project as a whole, but also breaking it up into fun, little flavorful goodies. I've got a few that I haven't ...
fun day at the expo.
I had a great time yesterday at the expo--especially teaching my class. Everyone caught on quickly and did beautiful work. No blood and no tears. Good deal. Deep in ...
aerial workshop this week.
And the samples are finally done. deep breath. There are two other colorways to this gang. Meet Mr. Cool. And Mr. ...
a quilt a day: sessoms + architextures.
I've always wanted to do a background color gradation with my Sessoms design. Using my architextures and coordinating Kona charm packs made it super simple. If you've already got the pattern, ...
a quilt a day: neutral stripes.
Disclaimer: This quilt was a joint effort. My mom pieced it. I quilted it. She doesn't even like paper piecing, and she managed to make it through. Well done, Mom! We went the ...
a quilt a day: from you.
I'm loving what you guys are making. It's been such a thrill to see architextures projects popping up. Kirsten at Gemini Stitches set off architextures and a beautiful quilt design with a ...