Happy Friday! We were able to get away for a few days during the middle of the week...boy, those cooler temperatures in southern California really have me wishing for fall!  So... I think I'll be pulling out my favorite fall quilts today...I was going to try to wait until September to do

Happy Thursday! I'm looking forward to this weekend for sure--I have lots of sewing plans with some fun fabrics that arrived in my mailbox earlier this week!  While I can't yet share what I'm making with these...I can share the fabric eye candy! Ann's Arbor by Minick & Simpson has

Happy Wednesday! As soon as I finished my The Front Porch fabric sewing I started thinking of ways to use some of my scraps!  Because I love scrappy projects! I had quite a few 1 1/2" strips left over and started sewing them into strip sets and then made these two patchwork pieces. 

Happy Tuesday! Today I'm sharing my August blocks for the Fat Quarter Shop Patchwork Quilt Along!  These blocks finish at 5" and have been a lot of fun to make throughout the year! This month's block is a Rolling Nine Patch block, and it is super fast and easy! It's good to be caught

Happy Monday! I have another finished quilt to share...my Scrappy Patchwork quilt is back from the quilter and bound, too!  This was such a fun project.  I really didn't know how I was going to get it done with all of my Front Porch sewing that I was doing at the same time...but I'm so

Hello and happy Friday! Thank you so much for the lovely comments and feedback on The Front Porch fabric collection and patterns.  It's definitely my favorite collection so far! And I'm still sewing with it...so I'll have a lot more ideas for The Front Porch fabric sewing to share with

Hello! Today I get to begin to share what I've been working on for the past month or so...Chelsi and I have a new collection with Moda fabrics that is now showing to shop owners and which will ship in February...it's called The Front Porch! I've designed 5 new quilts + 1 new mini quilt to go along

Happy Wednesday! I hope you're having a wonderful week!  My post is up a bit late today because yesterday was spent binding two large quilts, taking photos, editing photos, and editing patterns! Whew!  But I'm happy to say that everything is just about ready to share with you! Five of

Happy Monday! I finished my scrappy sew along quilt! I was off to a great start on this quilt earlier this summer...but my sewing was interrupted by the sewing of six new quilts and a fun teaching trip.  So as soon as the last new pattern quilt was off the the quilter, I knew I was going to

Happy Friday! I've got some new fabric and patterns to share...soon!  Behind the scenes things have been a little crazy here.  On July 3rd, the sample yardage arrived on my doorstep for our next Moda fabric collection...it was everything Chelsi and I had hoped for and more! Over the

Hello and happy August! Today I'm excited to share this month's block...a variation on the Martha Washington Star!   I love the pinwheel center in a traditional sawtooth star block, and the half- square triangle corners add an extra touch of whimsy to this design.  I thought it was

Hello and happy August!  It's going to be a hot one here today...but we have chances of rain all week, so we're hopeful it will cool off a little...soon!  Today is Minis and More day, and I have some really cute quilts to share...and a really fun project for this month which will have you

Hello and happy Wednesday!  Today I'm sharing some new quilting books that recently landed on my doorstep.  There is a lot of quilty goodness and inspiration in each one! Just before I left town last week, Lori Holt's new book arrived. Her latest quilt  book, Spelling Bee is

Hello! As I mentioned in my last post, I was able to find some fun things at the quilt shop last weekend.  I absolutely love this "Live Relax Sew" t-shirt with the cute orange sewing machine logo! This is definitely my new favorite tee right now... I also found some fun fabrics...a few

Hello and happy Monday! Late last night I returned home from a wonderful quilt retreat at the Sew Sweet Quilt Shop in Brunswick, Missouri.  I had a fabulous time and was able to teach two days, give a trunk show, and spend time with fabulous quilters! There is just something about attending

Hello! This week I was able to finish a WIP...my grandmother's scrappy quilt that I shared with you recently (and the inspiration for the recent scrappy sew along here on the blog)! I chose a simple all-over orange peel design to be quilted on this quilt (quilting  by Kaitlyn of Knot and

Hello and happy Monday! Today I'm excited to share a fast and fun row quilt I recently made for the American Patchwork & Quilting publication Quilts and More! This is another project for the Scrap Lab feature in the magazine which I really love working on; these projects are always a fun

Hello! It's Patchwork Quilt Along day, and I'm happy to be sharing the blocks for month seven! This month's block is the Propeller block, and it was a simple one to make! I'm still pulling from my scraps for the blocks and backgrounds...this month's blocks feature some left overs from Miss

Hello! I'm just stopping in to let you know about an amazing giveaway from Fat Quarter Shop!  Imagine winning a special edition Cotton + Steel Hello Lovely B350! No purchase necessary to enter.  Commenting on this blog post does not count as an entry.  Fat Quarter Shop employees,

Hello! This weekend I worked on sewing up scrappy quilt blocks...and getting scraps ready to use for even more blocks! While looking for fabric scraps big enough to use for my Scrappy Patchwork Quilt I found another scrappy block project I started a little while ago--my scrappy square in a square

Happy Friday!Welcome to part three of the Scrappy Quilt Sew Along!  I'm having a lot of fun making these blocks, and I hope you are too!  While I've been using mostly scraps from the upcoming Fig Tree collection Hazel & Plum for the blocks, I've been using any light-colored Fig Tree

Hello and happy Wednesday! Last weekend I got caught up with some Bee blocks I'd fallen behind on...you see I have a lot of secret sewing to do over the next few weeks, so I needed to make sure these were finished up and sent off! The Confetti Star paper-pieced block is one I've made before.

Hello! Happy Fourth of July to my American friends!  And happy Tuesday to all!  I'm looking forward to some sewing and some fireworks later in the evening.  It will be a pretty quiet day for us since we're actually having a big family get-together on the weekend. If you're looking

Hello and happy Monday! Welcome to the July Minis and More parade!  This month we are featuring projects perfect for summer sewing and display! And we have such a fun variety of projects to share that I could hardly wait to publish this post! First up is Brenda's "Mini Camper" (pattern by

Hello and happy July!  Welcome to Mystery Block of the Month here at A Quilting Life!  The other day I sat down and finished designing all of the blocks for this quilt, and I have to say I'm super happy with how it's turned out! I'm actually hoping to finish up my quilt soon so that next

Hello and happy Friday! Welcome to part two of the Scrappy Patchwork Quilt Sew Along! As usual I had a hard time deciding on fabrics.  There are many possibilities for a scrappy quilt like this: holiday prints, completely scrappy, scrappy in a certain color way.  I even thought about

Hello and happy Wednesday! Thank you so much for all of the wonderful positive responses to the Scrappy Patchwork Quilt Along! I was excited to get sewing but had a really hard time deciding on fabrics! After looking through fabrics and thinking of several different options, I finally 

Hello and happy Friday! I'm super excited to say that I've got everything ready to start the scrappy patchwork quilt sew along I mentioned on Monday's post about a couple of my grandmother's quilts! I'm glad I looked more closely at my grandmother's quilt and found the pattern! At first glance

Hello and happy Wednesday! Today is the day I get to share my project from the new book I Love House Blocks.  I had a lot of fun making this quilt a little over a year ago with our Desert Bloom fabric collection. Now that I have Creekside fabric, I'm seriously considering making this again!