Thanks so much to everyone who visited the May Day Schnibbles parades on my blog and on Sinta's blog. We had over 60 entries! And as usual we have some prizes to announce (all prizes picked by the time-tested method of Random.org). If you are a winner please email me your mailing address. Carrie

Happy May Day! And welcome to a Parade of Vintage Schnibbles..."Hat Trick!" First, though...I need to announce that next month's pattern will be "Gentle Art." This is a pattern I've been wanting to make for a long time...and while mine isn't finished yet, Sinta has a beautiful version on her blog.

Welcome to my Block 5 post of the Blogger Girl's Block of the Month! (If you are looking for the Schnibbles parade...that will post later this afternoon, so be sure to check back). To download the pdf for Block 5 click here. Remember...Monique is only going to have the patterns available

It seems like just the other day I couldn't believe that April had already arrived--and now it's nearly over! During April we have beautiful weather here in southern Nevada, so I'm trying to take a little time each day to sit outside and enjoy the spring before it's time to hibernate inside for the

Hello! Welcome to the third post in the Solids Along (a series of quilt block posts using the Moda Friendship Block patterns)! I hope you're planning to make some or all of these blocks with your favorite solids--it will be so much fun to see the finished projects in the parade. This weeks

. Since I'm frantically trying to finish up the last market quilt, today seems like a good time to mention some of the things going on over at Craftsy. I've been writing articles and posts on a variety of quilting topics, and many of them have now been posted. Here is a link to the quilting

It was one of those whirlwind weekends...crazy and busy in a fun way with lots of time with friends and family! The beginning of this week is going to be more of the same as I'm finishing up the last of my quilt market sewing. (I can't believe I'll be leaving for market in just over three

I hope you are okay with still another post on this quilt. It arrived back from the quilter this week, and I had to take some photos. It really is one of my favorite quilts of all time. There are so many of my favorite fabrics in this quilt. I think I know either the designer, manufacturer or

The other day I pulled out a work in progress from 2010. At least I think it's from 2010--the pattern is Elizabeth Hartman's "Small Plates" from her book Modern Patchwork which was published in '10. When I started work I had twelve completed blocks, and now I have forty blocks! They go

I have two quilts to bind this week...yay! Maybe I can find something to watch on television while I get these two bound. Some Happy Go Lucky arrived at my house last week; I shared it on Instagram but never shared it here. As you can see I've already pulled out two fat quarters from the bundle

Hello and Happy Monday! As you can see I've been making more Moda Bella solids blocks and having a lot of fun! I appreciate all the input from this post and this post--and I've decided to have a solids along parade. I'll post the links to  block directions along with the color

Have you ever had one of those days where you wanted to sew...but didn't quite know where to start or what you wanted to work on? Yesterday was one of those days. I decided to just "sew something" until I figured out what the "main" project for the day would be.  Well that "something" turned

Introducing "Newport," another quilt from my book A Quilting Life: Creating a Handmade Home. I love every piece of fabric in this quilt. This quilt is "on tour" right now, and I can't wait for it to come home! I fell in love with Sandi Henderson's Secret Garden collection a couple of

Today I'm happy to announce a giveaway for a $50 gift certificate from Jenny to her on-line shop Sew Fabulous. Sew Fabulous offers colorful, cute, fun and fabulous quilting fabric at affordable prices. Jenny recently redesigned her shop, and it looks wonderful! You can shop by collection,

Over the weekend I did a lot of sewing by hand--eight hours worth to be exact! Now I'm not normally a television kind of person (especially now that White Collar and Downton Abbey have completed their seasons), but twice a year I love being a couch potato and watching the inspirational messages

I'm trying to get caught up on my Barn quilt this weekend (Lori Holt is at it again with a fantastic tutorial for the barn blocks). I think we are supposed to have 4 barns by now, but I have 3 1/2 in various stages of completion. This is one of my favorites...the backgound for the quilt

I've had so many projects on my list lately that I made a goal to finish up something every week. For this week, at least, I'm on track. Yesterday I put the outer border on my Bee in My Bonnet row quilt. The polka dot on aqua from Bonnie & Camille's Vintage Modern seemed to be

I've been wanting to share a few more of the projects from A Quilting Life: Creating a Handmade Home. Not only does the book contain quilts and two bag patterns, but there are also pillows, 3 table runners and a table topper (because I love to give quilted gifts I thought it important to

I've been working on quite a few things the past week or so...trying to finish up some projects and get them to the quilted stage! First up, I finally decided on an inner border for my Bee in My Bonnet Row Along quilt. I went with Moda Bella Aqua...it just goes really well with all of the

Hello...welcome back if you've already stopped by once today for the Blogger Girls Block of the Month (if you're looking for that post, you can find it here). Sinta and I are happy to announce a return to the Schnibbles parades and will be making a "vintage" Schnibble for our first project. You

Hello...and Happy April! I meant to post a Happy Easter post this weekend; however, we had family visiting and I never even made it to the computer! I did have a chance to finish up my May and June blocks for the Blogger Girl's Block of the Month, so I'm all ready to start setting them

Happy Thursday...the week seems to be on fast forward as I'm trying to hold on to every spare minute of spring break! I've decided I probably won't finish even half of the things on my list, but that's okay. First I want to share a couple of book project photos from A Quilting Life: Creating a

Welcome to the S is for Stitch: 52 Embroidered Alphabet Designs + Charming Projects for Little Ones blog tour! I'm so happy to be here today to tell you a little bit about my friend Kristyne's wonderful book! If you don't read Kristyne's blog, Pretty by Hand, I must let you know I highly

Did you follow along with the Moda Friendship Quilt Along? I followed along and printed and saved my favorite blocks to make a solids quilt. You see, my very first quilt was made with three solids: a sky blue, a grass green, and a bright white. The quilt was a Double Irish Chain from

I had a few minutes to make some 9-patch blocks the other afternoon. The 9-patch was actually the first quilt block I ever made. When I was about 12, my mom picked up some charm squares from Cloth World for me.  I made two 9-patch pillows and used them as decorations on my bed...I'd

I finally had the chance to sew on the "next to last" border on my "Marcelle Medallion" quilt. The little cross blocks were so much fun to make, and the colors in this quilt just make me happy! I need to decide on an outer border and then I can finish this up. I really, really thought the Half

About a month ago I made a fun hexie pillow using Lori's "Hexie Half" ruler sized for charm packs. You can find the tutorial to make your own version of this pillow here. I thought it would be fun to have a little parade of a few other pillows made using my tutorial and Lori's rulers, so I

I really have been sewing--although it's mostly stuff I can't share yet. But I do have a photo to share of one the quilts from my book A Quilting Life: Creating a Handmade Home. I needed some photos of a few of the quilts for an upcoming magazine article, and my wonderful friend Korindi

Happy National and Worldwide Quilting Day! Of course I had to celebrate by working on a quilt! My row-along rows are finally out of their project box and sewn together. I love each and every row, but I do believe the tulips are my favorite (with the baskets and houses following close

Happy Fabric Friday! I have a few pieces of "fabric inspiration" to share today--and then I have some informational links at the end of the post. So here goes! First is this lovely bundle of Avalon by Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree and Company. I've made a few projects for Joanna using these fabrics,

Happy Wednesday! I'm finally feeling like I'm doing a little better--thank you for all the well wishes. Last night I finally had a little energy to sew and added two more borders to my "Marcelle Medallion" quilt. The border after the flying geese border is comprised of 92 "bricks," and I was

Lori's latest row features very cute tulip blocks--I couldn't wait to get started! Tulips have always been one of my favorite flowers, and these were fun to sew! I'm kind of sad this row-along is almost over because I have had so much fun combining fabrics and putting it all together. I'm

The Marcelle Medallion quilt from the book Liberty Love: 25 Projects to Quilt & Sew Featuring Liberty of London Fabrics is one of those quilts that you just can't stop working on. I wish I had a whole day to do nothing but work on this quilt, but my progress has come in bits and pieces over the

    Hello, and welcome to the Virtual Quilting Bee hosted by my friend Amy of Diary of a Quilter! If you are new to my blog please stay a while and take a look around, and thanks so much for visiting! I was absolutely honored to be asked to join in the Quilting Bee and had fun creating

Imagine being stranded while on a quilt cruise!  Actually, being stranded while on a cruise with unlimited Moda fabrics and basic quilting supplies soundls like the ideal vacation to me!  Of course, I would need my favorite notions with me too... First of all, I

Today I have a bundle of Locally Grown fat quarters to give away to one of my blog readers! The bundle includes 11 fat quarters of soft beautiful prints perfect for a little one's quilt! There are soft little chicks, sweet lambs, strawberries and flowers along with a couple of soft blender

I've finished up a few little things over the last week or so, and I thought it would be fun to share them together. Sometimes sewing little things is just what I need...small simple things are perfect for sewing when life is busy and schedules are tight.  I love making the Sweetwater

My scrappy trip around the world is a finished top! I LOVE this quilt. I had so much fun sewing the blocks together the other night. At first I was just going to sew a couple of rows, but you know how that goes...it really wasn't taking that long so I decided to finish it up! Here are blocks

 A week or so ago, my friend Camille wrote a post titled "Just Because." I thought it was the perfect title...because...well, sometimes you need to sew for no other reason than "because." Thursday was one of those days for me. I just needed to sew. To be surrounded by beautiful fabrics, to sort

Hello, Happy March 1st, and welcome to the third installment of the Blogger Girls Block of the month! Here in sunny southern Nevada March is coming in like a lamb which means we might be in for some windy weather and cooler temps at the end of the month--but that's okay because I'm never ready