Hello and happy Friday! Last weekend I was able to make 22 more string blocks for my on-going scrappy string quilt!  And it really didn't take that long!  In fact, If I had prepared just a bit more fabric before I started sewing I could have made a lot more! I'm pretty excited to get

Hello and happy Thursday! And happy February! On the first of the month I always share small projects and mini quilts, and this month's parade features my Hometown Mini quilt!  I have to say it's been really fun to see all of these quilt photos come in this month!  There are always so many

Happy Tuesday! I was able to do a lot of sewing over the past week, for which I'm really grateful!  Sewing really is so good for the soul!  I've got a lot of sewing in the near future for an upcoming fabric collection, so I took the last weekend before the fabric's arrival to work on fun

Hello! Last week my Fat Quarter Shop Sew Sampler box arrived--it's always so much fun to see the cover paper which gives a little clue to what is inside... With the "Butterfly Kisses" cover page I knew the contents were going to say "spring!"  I know a lot of people all around who are

Happy Friday! I've got some fabric and pattern inspiration to share today!  I guess I didn't make it very far into the new year without purchasing a little fabric; I had so much fun sewing with the Sweetwater black and red prints for my Valentines pillow that when I saw these fabrics I had to

Hello and happy Thursday! Today is the official launch day for this year's Fat Quarter Shop charity quilt along, the Clementine quilt along!  I had so much fun making two different blocks this month.  You will actually be making the same block in two different sizes! I'm mixing a few

Happy Friday! Today is the first post in my 2018 Mystery Block of the Month series.  The series will run very similar to last year's.  I'll post a block each month around the 20th.  There will be twelve blocks this year; however, this year's block will just be presented in one

Hello and happy Wednesday! It's work in progress day! Yesterday I shared a bigger finish I had over the weekend, and today I'll share some of the smaller finishes...along with some soon to be works in progress! Last weekend my daughter Chelsi and I were able to do a fun weekend takeover of the

Hello and happy Tuesday! I'm so excited to share that I finished up my 2017 Mystery Block of the Month quilt top! This is my third finish so far this year (but all of the blocks were finished for two of them before the end of last year). When I finished all of my blocks I still had several of

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