Something about the New Year has had a positive influence on getting some WIPs back into rotation. My Scrappy Collection and Liberty Aerial Grove quilts are two of my favorites. Both of these are ...
my patterns
Local Quilt 2016 and Blake with Highlight.
Highlight is the 2016 Kona Color of the Year, and it's safe to say that I like it quite a lot. It's a yellow that is exuberant and not afraid. Plus, as someone who is very familiar with a Kona card, ...
Best of 2015 + a giveway
It seems like every year goes by in a flash, and 2015 was no exception. While wondering where it all went, I took a look back through my archives to find the best of 2015--an excellent exercise ...
Everglade Pincushions and some Carkai Cards.
When it comes to pincushion making, I have a hard time making just one... Gift sewing is upon us. And even though I can't always promise punctuality with my gifting, I am a big proponent of the ...
New Quilt Pattern: Everglade.
Like my Botanics quilt pattern, new pattern Everglade quilt pattern is a design set where I let myself get carried away with possibilities. It started off with the larger (throw-sized) one, ...
New Quilt Pattern: Ebb.
A colorful array of stacked crescents is where my Ebb quilt began. I'm ALWAYS a fan of projects where you can use little bits of a lot of different things. (E.g. this ongoing Arcs project, any of ...
New Quilt Pattern: Envelopes.
First up is new Envelopes quilt pattern. My new patterns seem to be on an E theme... Envelopes, Ebb and Everglade--these are the new guys. I'm a paper person and a letter person, which is exactly ...
In the studio: Sept 2015.
I took this picture 2 weeks ago. My sewing room faces west, so it's not uncommon to get a little bit of (sun-setting) drama towards the end of the day. This afternoon was one of those nice ones when I ...
Doe fabric Big Stitch coasters.
More big stitch coasters. But I gave these away, which is why I wanted to make myself some to keep. Tutorial: By me and found here. Fabric (fronts, binding): Doe Fabric (back): Atelier ...
Scrappy Collection Quilt: blocks are complete and attached.
As promised, I'll continually be checking in and sharing the progress of my second Collection quilt. Based on the pic I posted on IG when I first cut it out, I know that it was something like 8 ...
Big Stitch coasters to keep.
I've been wanting to make myself a set of these big stitch coasters ever since I made them for this tutorial, and I finally got around to doing that recently. I love projects like this, because ...
A new Collection quilt.
Spoiler Alert: I've been on a making binge lately. In all ways and with all things. Does that ever happen to you? A few weeks ago, I looked in to my closet and felt completely sick of ...
QuiltCon West.
Hi hi! Well tomorrow (June 25, 10am EST) registration opens for QuiltCon West. Because of that, I thought I'd share the three classes that I'll be teaching. It should be fun! + 632 Facing East . ...
Post Quilt in Essex Linen.
I've been going through some Essex linen lately. The texture is really nice, Robert Kaufman just added a bunch of new colors, and I've been loving the versatility of it. It works for clothes and ...
You Inspire Me to Quilt…Dinosaurs.
This was a really fun project. When Cheryl approached me about participating in her next book, I didn't hesitate too much, because I was intrigued by the premise, which was to find someone to ...
Collection Quilt Participating Shops
Howdy, friends and happy Friday! As promised here are some of the shops who are planning to carry my Collection quilt (Block of the Month) in some form--some will be selling the pattern outright, ...
New Pattern: Austin House
Up next for my new releases is my Austin House pattern. It debuted at QuiltCon this year in one of my classes. In the class, I walked students through the design process from initial idea, site ...
New Pattern: Collection Quilt Block of the Month
Meet the Collection quilt. Collection is my new block-of-the-month pattern and part of my Slow Sewing Studio. I've been teaching hand appliqué more and more over the last couple of ...
New Site, New Shop.
Well, welcome! There's been a lot happening behind the scenes recently, and now you can see the results of some of that. The site has a new look, and on the back-end it's entirely new. This means ...
Recent workshops in Colorado and Virginia.
Update on the teaching front: I've had some really great students. Here are pics from some of my recent workshops. + Aerial Grove (from Savor Each Stitch) with the Front Range Modern Quilt ...