I made this Maker's Tote for my Mom. She's also a maker and so a handy carry-all seemed like a great idea. The pattern is this new one by Noodlehead. I used fabric from all four of my ...
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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 ...
Satellite 5 Quilt by Lynn Harris.
The Satellite 5 quilt by Lynn Harris is truly a stunner. Especially considering how few fabrics went into the making of it. I challenged Lynn to create a quilt using only the large-scale ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fabric collection #4: carkai.
Introducing carkai... Bones are beautiful. At least I think so anyway, and that's where this story started. When I submitted the line, I simply titled the submission "collection #4" ...
Trail Tote pattern for Doe by Noodlehead.
I'm such a fan of Anna Graham of Noodlehead. And so is Nichole, which is the first thing that we talked about when getting together at Quilt Market. See Nichole's bag? Yep, that's an Anna, ...
New Pattern: Catenary Quilt in Doe Fabric.
Catenary. Some design ideas get kicked around for a while, and this is one of them. The name catenary refers to the natural arch that's created by a cord ...
Happy Memorial Day and a giveaway!
Happy Memorial Day, friends. Who's sewing or up to anything else fun? Yesterday I sewed--all day--and it was great. I had some fun with konas. I've had this idea in my mind since ...
Yellow clam bag.
I made this recently for a buddy. + Tote pattern here. + Clam inspiration and process here. + Fabric: I used plenty of Botanics and lots of yellow for the ...
clammy cargo.
Thing have been a bit nuts lately, but here's something I managed to slip in last week thanks to some late-night, extra-curricular sewing. There were a couple colliding factors at play that resulted ...
booth pics and new stuff.
Finally, some pics from Market. But first, I've got some new stuff. + Two new patterns, Focal (a new paper piecing project, on left) and Botanics (new to my Slow Sewing Studio, on right and in the ...
botanics preview.
I'm feeling mostly visual today and thought I'd share some quick peeks at my new fabric line, Botanics. More to come ...
hello hello.
Not sure where the time is going, but I guess that's to be expected in the weeks before quilt market. It's felt jam-packed to say the least. Sneak peeks of my new fabric collection with Robert ...
recently made: ledger top
As we get closer to the release of my next fabric line (this fall), I've been scoping out new clothing patterns to try when it's here. I've already been working on some new quilts, but clothes ...
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. ...