Lately, it's been just the right speed to do some simple sewing with Liberty Fabrics. I love a project that can challenge me, but a good, simple project has its place too.Liberty fabrics are such a ...
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Fabric Choices and Gaining Focus
It's week 2 in the Alphabet and Shirts Quilt Along. This week, let's settle into our fabric choices and really get going on our projects. Here's a look at some of what I've pulled over the last ...
Pine + Bow Quilt Along Post #3: Pine Tips + Tricks
It's Post #3 in the Pine + Bow Quilt Along, and I'm excited to share more about my Pine project, give you some tips and tricks and show you my sewing space! Here's a look.Making your sewing space ...
Pine + Bow Quilt Along Post #2: Meet Bow + Fabric Pull
Pine + Bow Quilt Along Post #2: Meet Bow + Fabric PullWe're in week #2 of the Quilt Along! This week, let's take a look at Bow.The Bow quiltBow is my homage to a rainbow, and it's such a fun project ...
Pine + Bow Quilt Along Post #1: Meet Pine + Fabric Pull
Pine + Bow Quilt Along Post #1: Meet Pine + Fabric PullLet's look at Pine!I'm thrilled to kick off this Quilt Along with this first post about Pine. Since we're featuring two patterns (Pine and Bow), ...
Pine + Bow Quilt Along
Are you ready for a Pine + Bow quilt along?While at QuiltCon, I got excited to do another quilt along, and many of you seemed interested too. We did some polling on instagram to see what folks would ...
QuiltCon Atlanta 2023
It's been almost a month since QuiltCon Atlanta 2023--what a rush! For the first time I had a booth and it was a ton of fun. Here are some highlights from the show.Booth BuildingThere's always a lot ...
Slow Stitching retreat in Maine
Last month I taught at the A Gathering of Stitches Slow Stitching retreat in Maine. In my workshops we explored machine piecing techniques with my Long Leaf, Frond and Slash patterns. It's always such ...
Basting my Blue Slash Quilt
Before leaving to teach in Maine recently, I basted my Blue Slash quilt. I finished the top much earlier this year, and so the basting was overdue! A Gathering of Stitches hosts these beautiful ...
Takeaways from Me Made May 2022
Me Made MayAnother May is over, and I have plenty of takeaways from Me Made May 2022. Like previous years, it's been a good, creative push. And no surprise, I've added more garment patterns to my ...
Long Leaf Baby Quilt
A couple of months back, I made this Long Leaf Baby Quilt.The Colors and PrintsI auditioned a lot of different things when pulling fabrics for this project. Sometimes I have a palette in mind or maybe ...
Long Leaf Technique Tips
I had my first in-person event last week since the start of COVID. While it presented new considerations (like teaching masked), it was really fun sewing with folks again, and I was eager to see one ...
Clay Mini quilt.
Despite this Clay mini quilt being my most recent Clay finish, it was actually the quilt where it all began.It all started with a mini charm pack from a Quilt Market years ago. The pack included 2 ...
Hunt QAL #12 Check In.
Hunt QAL #12 Check In.Month #12, we did it! It's been a year of Hunt, and I appreciate you following along and joining in. At the start, I really just thought I'd make a quilt top by this point, but ...
Meet Spools, my new quilt pattern.
Meet Spools, my new quilt pattern and tribute to an iconic sewing essential.Spools is very literally a celebration of sewing, with all kinds of color, fabric and print possibilities. Fabric and ...
Safety, Sanity and Sewing.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Safety, sanity and sewing have been front of mind lately. I hope that you and your family are staying safe and taking care wherever you may be. I am grateful for ...
Hearts behind the scenes.
Here's a little Hearts behind-the-scenes action. I was looking back through some photos, and found these shots from when I was making my new Hearts quilt. At this stage, I'd gotten all of my hearts ...
Hunt QAL Month #1 Check In.
Hunt QAL Month #1 Check In. I have two questions for you. (1) How has it already been 1 month, and (2) how are things going with you and your project? For me, this month developed in ways I ...
Hunt Quilt Along: Project Overview.
Hunt Quilt Along: Project Overview. Yay, I'm so glad that you're joining in! And I'm really excited to hear that many of you are happy about the year-long format. It'll be good! This week I'm doing ...
cf Mini QAL #5: Gradation.
cf Mini QAL #5: Gradation. How was last week? Here's what I made. This week, my focus was on Davie. With last week's challenge being about all colors, I tried not to over think my fabric ...