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 ...
Projects
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, ...
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: backbone goes grayscale.
Who knew I'd get so obsessed with black fabric? Not me. At all. But I'm a changed woman. And here's the proof. I took my backbone into grayscale territory with my architextures. ...
a quilt a day: shirts with shirtings.
Before I get rolling on Day 1 of QuiltCon, here's my contribution for Day 2 of my mini quilt show. Shirts with shirtings. I know. Just crazy. hehe. But seriously. I ...
It’s on.
And you better believe I'm excited. Right now, I'm waiting to board my flight to Austin and QuiltCon is almost at my finger tips. While I'm waiting for that. Let's kick this adventure off with a ...
happy valentines day!
Aren't I just so festive? I started the morning off with some free-spirited, free-motion. Sometimes you just need to do some doodling, and that's exactly what's been going on here. The sample ...
saturday sewing binge.
I LOVE getting totally lost in a project, and that is exactly what happened over the weekend. It all started with these guys that I'd picked up the day before at a quilt ...
envelope making.
I've been making some envelopes. With some card stock, fabric, stamps, and my trusty templates (above), I've been working to build back up my stash. I can't seem to find the exact templates that I ...
modern baby.
Oh boy. This is a fun one, and the secret is officially out. I've got a little something coming out in a book super soon! Yay. The book is called Modern Baby, and it's chock-full of fun ideas for the ...
hello new year!
I'm feeling quite refreshed after taking a break. I had my computer turned off for at least a solid week, which is nothing short of a miracle. I did sneak a moment here and there on my ipad, but ...
recently made: green topo blouse.
When it comes to clothes-sewing, there is nothing like finding a pattern that just works. It's the best, and I've LOVED this pattern for that exact reason. One of these days I'll try making it ...
recently made: clutch.
Finally a new purse. I used this noodlehead pattern and really enjoyed it. The fabrics are from architextures with the exception of the strap and flap detail. Those are a ...
Small Business Saturday.
I do love local. And of all the promotional holidays we have going on right now, this is one that I'm happy to partake of. My mom, sister, and I will be venturing off to our local, independent kitchen ...
Workshop with the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild.
Over the weekend, I did a workshop with the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild and had a great time! Here are some shots from the ...