It's super hard to believe that Spring Quilt Market 2016 was more than a week ago. Here's the booth shot. Let's just say it was part closet, part living room and full-on fabric and quilt ...
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Euclid Fabric
Good news, I have a little something to share. Meet, Euclid--my newest fabric collection for Robert Kaufman. Euclid is quite a bit different from my other collections. First, this is an overprinted ...
Scrappy Collection and Liberty Aerial Grove Quilts.
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 ...
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: 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Nest Egg tote meets Alturas.
I made this for a friend... ...using my new nest egg tote pattern and a block from my alturas quilt. The fabrics are a mix of things that I pulled on the fly. There's some doe, botanics, and ...
Sewing for baby: Totem quilt.
Almost any day now, my sister will be giving birth to her first kid. I'm excited to be an aunt again. My brother has two little boys, and they've been a great joy in my life as ...
Doe Shirts Quilt.
Doe clothes week? Yep, I think so. For this next week, I'll be recapping some wearables or (in today's case) clothing-inspired projects which use Doe. Today's featured project is ...
Doe Fabric Makes A Couch: Part One.
Time to talk about my new couch. This was a fun project to think about--and I thought a lot about it! For months. + Base goods acquisition: Finding the ...
New Pattern: Outhouse Quilt in Doe Fabric.
My third and final new release this fall is the Outhouse Quilt. Outhouse is new to my paper piecing line, and honestly, it's just a fun pattern. I had the idea of simple but quirky little ...
New Pattern: The Nest Egg tote in Doe Fabric.
Remember the Nest Egg? Well, it's back in print form and officially part of my own pattern line. Plus, I've got all new versions made up in Doe. Here are the new three that I ...