This summer I made a couple of colorful quilts for my niece. It was a treat for both of us. To start, I picked up a couple of adorable mini charm packs from Bunny's at QuiltCon back in February. ...
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cf Hearts quilt pattern.
My new cf Hearts pattern is finally here! I love simple shapes, and the heart is lovely one to take on. While thinking about projects to make to show off my new (old) fabrics, I kept ...
Meet Babson.
Last up of the newbies is Babson, a very graphic and fun-to-sew project. This quilt is kind of like Eads in that it's super mix and matchable, works with a bunch of different fabrics, can be ...
Sessoms Quilt In Gleaned Fabrics.
My Sessoms quilt was one of my very first patterns. It's a design that I've enjoyed making through the years, as well as one that I've enjoyed seeing others make. For many reasons, it's been a long ...
Ebb sham in Friedlander fabrics.
While compiling my newsletter last week, I realized that I never shared this Ebb sham in Friedlander fabrics that I made awhile back. I love making pillow shams for so many reasons. They make ...
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 ...
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 ...
Bartow Quilt for Kona 30th Anniversary + giveaway.
I hope y'all had an excellent Thanksgiving! Mine was great. I ate, spent time with family, and just generally unplugged. I also managed to start in on some home improvements, which is what I'll ...
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 ...
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 ...
Modern Sewciety and an extra hour.
First, it was such a pleasure being on Modern Sewciety this week. You can find the Podcast here. Stephanie was easy to chat with, and I really hope to get a chance to catch up with her one of these ...
alturas.
Meet alturas. Named after a nearby town where my great-aunt (a.k.a. Granny) lived, this project is another newbie to the slow sewing studio. I thought of Granny often while making ...
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, ...