I'm back from another great trip to Quilt Market. Woohoo! It's hard to believe that I now have 3 markets under my belt. Time sure is flying. It was really awesome having my ...
my patterns
Georgia Quilt Show.
I got some awesome news this week. My Palmetto (not the version pictured above, but this one) won 2 awards at the Georgia Quilt Show--second place and judge's choice! I'm super thrilled and ...
feeling wild about texture and wildly strong.
Ah, texture. Such a wonderful thing. And one of my favorite things about quilting. It's been nice to be able to enjoy some of my quilts since getting them back recently. I ...
freshly photographed.
I finally got around to some photographing this week. Here are some shots of a little aerial sample from market. Enjoy! ...
lots of quilting.
It's Thursday already? Like my thread, these last couple weeks have disappeared. And there's probably some correlation. The spool on the left was brand spanking new one week ago, which means that I've ...
winter stitching.
Just got a copy of the latest Stitch Magazine and... I've got a new project in there--my snowflake pillow! Hoorah. The design is inspired by Hawaiian quilts (a personal ...
aerial eye candy.
For whatever reason I'm having a difficult time focusing today, so I thought I'd share some (slightly random) eye candy from one of my newest patterns, aerial. Enjoy! ... First is an early sketch. I ...
sweet surprise.
I had a nice little surprise land in my mailbox last week. My sweet baby sessoms made it into American Quilt Retailer! Woo hoo! What a lovely magazine (and spot) to be in. Thanks American ...
herringbone card tutorial.
Here's how to make this sewn stationery in my Herringbone card tutorial, a free and quick project that makes use of extra quilt blocks and scraps of fabric. I thought I'd share this fun, little ...
catching up on some quilting.
I'm in the mood to catch up on some quilting. First on the agenda is to finish up this sessoms sample. There's not much of a plan other than feathery-ish goodness in the border and heavier ...
sessoms blast from the past.
With the giveaway I have going on, I thought I'd take a quick trip back to the (almost) very beginning of my Sessoms throw. Other than some sketches and a few lone blocks, it all started with this ...
post-weekend fabric + pattern giveaway.
It's Monday, and time for a giveaway... plus equals Check out the Sessoms sample from Quilt Market that was made up by the team at Robert Kaufman using their latest fusions ...
making my way home.
k Market was awesome. I had such a great time and am currently making my way back to Florida with a few fun stops along the way. I'll definitely be posting lots of pics and comments about ...
day 1.
Here we go. ...
miniMINI sunrise update.
Remember this weekend project from a little while ago? Here's an update. She's all quilted, bound, and photographed. The orderly 1/4" quilting, via my walking foot, gives ...
grove of one.
Sometimes it takes me a little while to photograph things after I've finished them. It's just something that I tend to put off. Sound familiar to anyone else? Last week, I finally tackled ...
just got a copy.
Hoo-rah! The summer issue of Stitch is here, and I've got a project in it. Check it out. Fabric rings with vintage buttons--exactly my kind of bling. I've never ...
Sessoms hits the road.
I recently packed up my Sessoms throw to send to my new friends at Intown Quilters in Decatur, Georgia. She'll be hanging there proudly for the next few weeks while they host what sounds like ...
let’s take this show to the beach.
Vero Beach, here I come. Tomorrow, 10:00-3:00 I'm helping celebrate the grand opening of the Dragonfly Quilt Shop. They are all settled into their new location at ...
love jill’s herringbone.
Here's a little eye candy from someone else. After swapping patterns recently, my friend Jill Wolfe made this Herringbone runner. Jill is a very talented designer out of ...