A couple of years ago, I got ambitious and made drawstring pouches as gift wrap. At the time I didn't want to share them so they'd be a secret, but now is the perfect time since many of us are in the ...
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Hunt QAL #14 ALL DONE!
Hunt QAL #14. ALL DONE! My Hunt Quilt Along quilt is done, photographed and on my bed--a quilty miracle for sure. Binding With the binding, I was unsure of which direction to go for pretty ...
Scrap Squares.
Scraps! I'm not sure where you fall on the scrap spectrum, but for me they can get out of control. In an effort to cut down on my scrap pile, here's a new thing I've been trying this year--and I think ...
Grove Mini Quilts
How do you feel about mini quilts? I love them. There's something extra special and satisfying about making a mini, which is why I decided to add in a (literal) little bonus when giving my Grove ...
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, ...
05/04/20 What I’ve been making
05/04/20 - With so much going on, I appreciate being able to jump between projects depending on my mood. Here's a look at what I've been making lately. MeMadeMay2020 It's MeMadeMay, which ...
Hunt QAL #11 Check In.
Hunt QAL #11 Check In. Month #11?! I mean, I say that with some shock on the one hand, but then on the other hand I feel like the last couple of months could very well have been years. Either way, ...
04/10/20 What I’ve been Making
I always have my hands in several projects at a time, but lately I've been really hopping around. Do you do that? I thought it might be fun to share a little bit of what I've been ...
Hunt QAL #10 Check In.
Hunt QAL #9 Check In. My blocks are sewn together! Yay! This is an exciting step seeing it all come together. Since I've already decided that I want to put this quilt on my bed, I'm planning ...
Sewing Lotts
Lately I have been sewing Lotts lots. (I totally named the pattern so I could do that--ha!) This has mostly been because I am teaching a Lott workshop at QuiltCon in a couple of weeks. I'm ...
Hunt QAL #8 Check In.
Hunt QAL #8 Check In. With a bonus week since the last check in, the holiday downtime and a motivated eye on the finish line, it's been a productive few weeks. I have every block in play--yay! ...
Best of 2019 + a giveaway
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It's time for my annual post with my Best of 2019 + a giveaway. 2019, what a year! Where did it (and the last decade) ...
Hunt QAL #7 Check In.
Hunt QAL #7 Check In. This month's check in is coming a week early because of the holiday next week. This shortens things a smidge for December, but lengthens the time until the next one. It's a ...
Hunt QAL #6 Check In.
Hunt QAL #6 Check In. We're halfway there! I cannot believe it, and I'm happy (and surprised) with my progress and hope that you are making good progress too. My goals this month were fairly ...
Hunt QAL #5 Check In.
We're 5 months in! Crazy. It's been a good month, and I've been eager to lay everything out. Several of these blocks have been in hiding, because they use my new fabrics. Yay! I originally started ...
Hunt QAL Month #3 Check In.
Hunt QAL Month #3 Check In--here we go! I'm on track with my goals this month--yay! I've finished 1/4 of the overall blocks, and I also have a couple of others basted and ready to go for the next ...
My Arlo quilt pattern.
Now that my Instead fabric collection is shipping to stores, I thought I'd take a little time to share more with you about my Arlo quilt pattern. This project was hard to keep under wraps at the time, ...
Hunt Quilt Along: Technical and Travel Tips.
Hunt Quilt Along: Technical and Travel Tips. To start, let's talk about positioning your fabrics after you've cut them out. Because there are so many pieces, it's easy to feel like there may not be ...
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 ...
Instead Sunrise (and some minis).
It's fitting that Sunrise was one of my first patterns. I've always been a morning person, and I love watching the sun come up. There's something special and promising about a new beginning, and this ...