Hello and happy Friday! I am so, so excited today to share a new pattern that I just finished up last night! A couple of weeks ago I started thinking it would be really fun to do a mini version of one of my favorite The Front Porch fabric quilts... And so I got to sewing...sent it off for

Hello and happy Thursday! I'm excited to share my most recent finish--a fun pillow that will look wonderful in any fabrics (I think you'll definitely want to make one of these, too)!  International Quilt Market is just over a week away, and I've been trying to think of some smaller projects I

Hello and happy Wednesday! As I mentioned last week (and yesterday) my plan was to do a lot of cleaning in the sewing room on Saturday.  It seems I did do some...but just enough so that I could do some sewing, too!  Oh, well.  Maybe the big clean up will come after market! One of

Hello! Today I'm sharing something I'm pretty excited about...a Christmas Log Cabin quilt along!  This is a spur of the moment idea I came up with while cleaning up in my sewing room this weekend (I actually did a lot less cleaning than planned but a lot more sewing in return)! There is a

Hello and happy Patchwork Quilt Along day! Today the pattern for the tenth set of blocks in the Fat Quarter Shop Patchwork Quilt Along is being released.  Each month you make six blocks from one pattern; they are fast and fun blocks that you'll really enjoy sewing! This month's block,

Hello and happy Friday! I'm so excited to share this quilt with you today.  I know Christmas is still a little ways off, but now is the time to start holiday sewing, right?  Anyway...this is one of those quilts that I knew I was going to make early in June--it's just taken a little while

Hello and happy Thursday! Today I'm happy to share a modern table runner I made recently that has been published in the Winter 2018 issue of Quilts and More which goes on sale October 24th! Used with permission from Quilts and More™ magazine. ©2018 Meredith Corporation. All rights

Hello and happy Tuesday! I've been working on a few behind-the-scenes get-ready-for Quilt Market projects lately, but here and there I've found time to get started on my Christmas sewing... I can hardly wait to start setting these blocks together...I'm making my  Hometown Layer Cake quilt

Happy Monday!  Recently I had to send a magazine quilt out for quilting and at the last minute decided to send along two mini quilts I just haven't been able to get finished up.  I usually try to quilt most of my mini quilts myself, but these two were sitting quite a while! Kaitlyn did

Hello and happy Friday!  Today I have a fun giveaway from Fat Quarter Shop! The folks at Fat Quarter Shop are giving away two Creekside Jolly Bars to one of my readers! But first I need to announce the winners of two other recent giveaways here on the blog!  Congratulations to

Hello and happy Thursday! It's Quilting Life Mystery Block of the Month Day...and this month's block is one of my favorites so far!  Also...I have a bonus block for you today as well.  If you set your quilt on point you'll need thirteen blocks; I decided to give you  that extra

Hello friends, today I'm sharing a step-by-step tutorial for making easy corner stems.My Maple Sky quilt pattern and my Maple Sky Mini quilt pattern both use this method for creating the stem sections of the blocks, and I thought it would be helpful to have a step-by-step visual for reference. This

Hello October...my favorite time of the year has arrived! Sadly, though, I must first say that my heart goes out to all affected by the horrific tragedy in Las Vegas last night.  My husband and I were up late last night, unable to sleep until we knew that our friends and loved ones were home

Hello and happy Saturday! I don't usually check in here on the weekend, but I have a couple of fun things to share with you today that just couldn't wait until next week!   First, I had to share Fran's beautiful version of my Favorite Things quilt that she just finished up in our

Hello and Happy Friday! Today I'm sharing my version of a fun Jolly Bar pattern from Fat Quarter Shop...Jolly Bar Jazz!  The original quilt was designed with our Creekside fabrics and is absolutely beautiful! I decided to make a Christmas version with this pattern...the big bold

Hello! The other day I mentioned I had done just a little bit of shopping while I was visiting at Hollyhill Quilt Shoppe. Today I'll share what I purchased along with a sneak peek of a new quilt book that is another one of those must-have books! I had to get a couple of these fun Grunge

Hello! Today I finally get to share something I filmed over a year ago...a patchwork Christmas stocking!  Last December while I was filming some videos at The Fat Quarter Shop, we filmed a Christmas Stocking tutorial...but of course it was too close to Christmas to have everything finished up

Hello! Last Thursday I had the opportunity to travel to the Portland, Oregon area to teach for two days at the loveliest of quilt shops, Hollyhill Quilt Shoppe, located in the Charbonneau area of Wilsonville.  I actually traveled there about a year ago to teach and was lucky to get to reconnect

Happy Friday! On Fridays I spotlight new-to-me notions, fabrics, and books of interest in the quilting world, and today I have  a fun line-up of different goodies to share! First up are these delightful Moda American Jane tins that arrived this week. The smaller one will actually nest

Hello and happy Wednesday! Our Creekside fabric collection has arrived in Dallas and is now shipping to shops! We've been anxiously awaiting the arrival of this collection and it's finally here! My orders are arriving today...so if you pre-ordered fabric from me it will be on it's way either

Hello! Today I'm happy to share something new from Moda...Moda Matchbox quilts.  These little boxes of goodness are so much fun!  They were introduced for the first time at spring market in St. Louis, and I've been anxiously awaiting their arrival! Right now there are nine different

Hello friends and happy Monday!  Guess what?! I started a new scrap project! I'm super excited about this one, and while I'm not giving myself a deadline to finish this I'm guessing I'll get it done fairly quickly because I absolutely love these blocks. I've been looking at projects, going

Hello friends! Today is the Fat Quarter Shop Patchwork Quilt Along day, and this month's block is a fun Grandmother's Choice block.  I had extra fun making my blocks this month because I was able to use some of the recently released Ann's Arbor collection for my blocks. In fact, all of the

Hello! Today I'm writing about some things I think about a lot. In fact, I've thought about all of these topics in one form or another for almost as long as I can remember.  The primary reason I started my blog over nine years ago was to keep a record of these three things in my own life. 

Happy Tuesday! I've spent lots of hours over the past couple of weeks watching the tragedies unfold because of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and I've wondered about the best way for me to personally make a difference in these two events. I did finally come up with a plan to make a donation to

Happy Monday!  Last Monday I posted about National Jelly Roll Day which will be this Saturday, September 16th! I'm definitely planning on working on a jelly roll quilt that day!  In celebration I'm giving away a jelly roll, but first... Just a few thoughts on why I love jelly rolls so

Hello and happy Friday!  Welcome to another edition of favorites where I share favorite fabrics, books, patterns, and notions in the world of quilting!  This week I have some really fun things to share...starting with one of my favorite new collections, Ann's Arbor by Minick &

Hello and happy Thursday! I'm so happy to have my Mini Pumpkins quilt all finished up (and bound, too)! While I couldn't get it finished in time for our parade last week, I did finish it later that afternoon...and by the next afternoon my friend Gail had it quilted for me (thank you Gail)! I had

Hello! Welcome to block nine of the Quilting Life Mystery Block of the Month Program!  I can't believe there are just a few months left and the quilts will start coming together!  This month's block was originally planned for the final month, but since it used bigger pieces than the

Happy Monday! And Happy Labor Day if you are in the United States! Today I'd like to give you a little bit of information about some of the events going on this month in celebration of National Jelly Roll Day on September 16th! You can find out a little bit about the thoughts behind this new

Happy Friday...and Happy September! Today I'm so excited to share a fun parade of mini Pumpkins quilts and projects!  You are sure to be inspired by every project in the parade! I wish I had been able to get mine finished up, but we had a lovely house guest this week, and I wasn't able to

Happy Thursday! I have a finish to share...and I'm so excited about it!  Last year after I finished my Maple Sky mini quilt top I went back and forth about whether to make it into a mini or a pillow.  Mini won at the time...but I knew I needed a pillow using this pattern. And then I

Happy Wednesday! I hope you are doing well today!  I'm still working on finalizing my fall sewing list...and I will share it with you as soon as it's complete.  But yesterday I decided to make some little blocks for a pillow. I used Fig Tree scraps and also used one of the prints from

Happy Tuesday! Thank you so much for the pumpkin block love yesterday!  I spent most of yesterday doing boring stuff like cleaning my house and prepping for teaching my English class which begins today (I teach one class a semester at the community college; it's part-time, but this semester I

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend!  I've been working on finishing up my pumpkin blocks--I highly recommend these blocks if you love pumpkins and fall! I've finished up all sixteen blocks needed for the Mini Pumpkins wall hanging,  and it's hard to choose a favorite!