Quilts in the Show – Quilt Con 2015
Hey ya'll ← Look! I'm ready to go South! Put me on a jet plane! I hop on a plane down to Texas tomorrow morning. Before I go, I wanted to leave this post here with a little guide to…
give the past the slip (you must WIP it!)
In the continuing adventures of #youmustwipit Phase 1, I pulled out the bits of a quilt top last seen 69 weeks ago. Okay, so if memory serves, what was going on was that I had bought a fat-eighth bundle of…
When a problem comes along, you must WIP it!
I’ve got a fun new addition to my sewing room… …it’s a BabyLock Jane. This high-speed, straight-stitch machine is on loan to me from Baby Lock while I prepare for Quilt Con. You see, this machine will be in the…
Emily’s Nonsense
I’m so excited to be able to share my quilt “Emily’s Nonsense” with you today! This quilt is in the new Quilters Newsletter issue, "Tradition with a Twist Quilts," available wherever quilting magazines are sold. My initial inspiration was…
Infinite Fun – Improv Curves Quilt
My friend Brenda over at Pink Castle Fabrics recently handed me a stack of fabric and asked me to play with it and make a bit of something that she could hang in her shop for a while. What fabrics,…
Books to watch out for in 2015!
A few books I've been excited about have shown up on Amazon.com for pre-order, so I wanted to bring them to your attention! (1) My dear friend Lynn wrote a book on scrap quilting called Every Last Piece. It's available for…
Winged Pillow
I just got COLD in Michigan. All in one day, Wednesday, it snapped to winter weather. Frankly, I'm a little peeved about it as I really enjoy fall weather and would like it to come back! Oh well, the cold…
Autumn Columns (the Oakshott Blog Hop)
I love autumn and Michigan is having a truly beautiful one this year! I’ve also been excited about shot cottons since I first laid eyes on them over five years ago. And I really enjoy mixing shot cottons with modern…
Gardening tote
This post was on Sara's blog exactly a year go http://www.sewsweetness.com/2013/10/purse-palooza-pattern-review-lotta.html. I reposting it here for posterity. Purse Palooza :: Pattern Review : Lotta Jansdotter's Gardening Tote While I'm usually a quilter and not a bag-maker or garment-sewer, I jumped…
Studio Renovation: The Beginning (post 1 of 4)
I’d be putting it mildly to say that it’s been a big year for me/us. We got married, Jon took a fancy new job, I left my job at the University (long story short: they added so much to my…