Happy Friday! Today I'm sharing some of my daughter Chelsi's recent finishes for our Hope Chest Quilt Along this month! She's been sewing up a storm this week! I love seeing how the Swell Christmas collection is working with this quilt  pattern...so fun...and I love her choice of the

Hello and happy Tuesday! Today the Spring 2018 issue of Quilts and More magazine hits newsstands! And I'm pretty excited about it for a few different reasons!  Used with permission from Quilts and More™ magazine. ©2018 Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved. I have a fun jelly roll

Hello and happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  I did a little bit of this and a little bit of that the past few days.  I'm still working on cleaning and organizing and hope to have some good pictures and tips to share later this week. My biggest accomplishment

Hello and happy Friday! Today I'm sharing something really fun! Chelsi and I are hosting a quilt-a-long with Moda fabrics this month, and there is a fantastic prize package available for a lucky winner! If you would like to win a fat quarter bundle of The Front Porch fabric along with a

Hello and happy Tuesday! Welcome to the first Mini Quilts and More parade of 2018! (If you are new here or aren't sure about how to participate in this monthly parade, be sure to read the information at the bottom of this post).  Since December was such a busy month, we asked everyone to

Happy New Year! I hope you're off to a great start! I meant to get this post up a little earlier today, but I've been purging and cleaning...and organizing and labeling! I can't wait to share some of my new sewing room organization ideas! So today's pictures are of the only part of the sewing

Hello and happy Friday! Can you believe it is the last Friday of 2017?! It seems crazy that this year has gone so fast! I always love the beginning of a new year  because it's such a wonderful time to get organized and back on track with everything.  One of my surprises Christmas week

Hello and happy Thursday! I just finished what will be my final quilt top finish for 2017! I am hoping to finish up some smaller projects before the end of the year, but this is definitely the last quilt...and it's a good finish!  Now I know why I hadn't remade this pattern in a Christmas

Hello and happy Wednesday! I've been seriously working on getting organized this week...and on making plans for the blog for next year!  So I thought today would be a great day to share my top posts from this year (just in case you missed any of them...and because a lot of them do have helps

Hello! I just wanted to stop in and wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!  While I truly love this season of the year for so many reasons: the spiritual  reason for the season, the opportunity to spend time with family, the opportunity to think of giving to those I

Hello! Here we go with some fun mini quilts, wall hangings, and table runners.  I love working on projects like this because you finish fast and get a great sense of accomplishment.  I need to make more projects this size in 2018! First is Happy Days which is a wall-hanging quilt made

Hello and happy Thursday! Today I'm continuing on with the 2017 quilts.  My first finish the second half of the year was a special one.  I was able to finish up a quilt started by my grandmother who passed away a couple of years ago. Even more fun was the fact that I was able to gift

Hello! I'm continuing on today with my 2017 review and sharing quilt finishes from January to June! Actually, one of my very favorite quilts ever was finished up during this time, too, but I won't be able to share it with you until it is published some time in 2018. First up is my Dreamin' quilt

Hello! I've made it a tradition to review my year in quilts and projects as each year comes to a close.  This year I believe it will take me four posts:  Two posts will focus on the large quilts, and an additional two will share the mini quilts, table runners, smaller projects, and bag

Happy Monday! The king-size scrappy log cabin Christmas quilt is complete (wow...try to say that fast five times!). I had forgotten how long it takes to bind a king-size quilt.  Luckily I had a few episodes of  Fixer upper and some others to catch up on! For some reason,though, I'm a little bit sad

Hello and happy Friday! Today the twelfth and final block is being released for the Fat Quarter Shop Patchwork Quilt Along!  I've finished up my group for this month and absolutely can't wait to start putting these blocks together! Since we made six blocks each month I now have 72 of these

Happy Wednesday! I hope you are having a great week so far!  I have a few in-progress photos to share of my final Christmas sewing project for this season.  And I'm so, so happy with how this quilt is turning out!  Last week I shared two of my Christmas Dresden blocks with the

Hello and happy Tuesday! Thanks so much for your patience while I got the finishing instructions together for this year's mystery block of the month!  I wanted to double and triple check my math :) While I haven't had time yet to start setting my blocks together, everything is ready for

Happy Monday! Today I'm posting as part of the Fat Quarter Shop Cake Mix Quilt Book blog tour!  This has been my first time sewing with a Cake Mix Recipe set; it's definitely an easy way to make a quilt! I'm making the Creme' Brulee  quilt which requires a Layer Cake, a solid

Hello and happy Friday! Today I'm sharing the beginnings of a project...but not just any project!  And actually I was going to wait until I was a little bit further along to share.  But.  It's.  So. Very. Cute. Already!  It's not secret that I love Dresden blocks...and they

Hello and happy Thursday!  First, thank you so much for the kind comments from yesterday about my scrappy Log Cabin quilt...I'll be sure to share it here as soon as it's quilted!  When I dropped of the quilt the other day I was able to pick up a couple of things...so I have a little

Hello and happy Wednesday! I finished my king-size scrappy log cabin quilt top!  This has been one of those projects on my long-term to do list for years!!! This was such a fun finish!  Even better was the fact I was able to take it to be quilted yesterday...yay! It really did take me

Hello and happy Monday! I hope you had a terrific first weekend in December!  I was able to check a big goal off of my list on Saturday--I finished the final blocks for my king-size scrappy log cabin Christmas quilt! So...156 blocks made mostly during the month of November and finished up

Hello...happy Friday, and happy December! It's the first of the month which means I have a parade to share!  The November quilt was a fun Christmas mini (pattern information below) that is perfect for a wall-hanging, table topper, or pillow top! Leading off our parade is this delightful

Hello and happy Wednesday! Whew...what a busy week and weekend...it was all happy, fun, and hectic, but boy is it good to have a little time to catch up now! I had cut and prepped all of the pieces for some of my scrappy log cabin Christmas blocks right before Thanksgiving and finally got them sewn

Hello! Hello and happy Tuesday...it's Sew Sampler reveal day for Fat Quarter Shop!  This was such a fun box to open...from the moment I saw the cover design I knew the contents were going to be fun! I just love the "Fall in Love" design and knew there would be some fun fabrics included in

Hello! Today I'm posting about a fabulous new-to-me product...home decor Barn Blocks!  These fabulous 2x2 barn quilts are printed on PVC making them a fun decor item for quilters that can be displayed indoors or outdoors.  The PVC material is lightweight yet sturdy (10 mm thick!) and

Hello...I've been having fun sewing some Christmas ornaments!  Each year I try my hand at making a few new handmade ornaments.  I keep a few and give the others away to friends and family.  This is a tradition started by my Grandmother many years ago that I've tried to honor! This

Hello and happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating this celebration of the harvest and ode to gratitude! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because for me it really is just about family and friends and remembering to be grateful for our many blessings. I can't remember being any