Hello and happy Monday! Exciting new things are coming tomorrow...and today I have the third block in my 2017 Quilting Life Mystery Block of the Month! I had a lot of fun with this one...the main thing to make sure of when choosing  your fabrics is to make sure there is a good amount of

Happy Friday! I'm sure happy for the weekend...it's been a busy week, and now I get to slow down a bit and start binding the new pattern quilts that have come back from the quilter. Working on quilt binding is one of the most rewarding parts of the quilting process because you get to look at the

Hello and happy Friday! I'm always looking for fun ways to use my scraps, and today I'm sharing a wonderful scrap-buster quilt block that I'm in love with! I'm participating in the Fat Quarter Shop blog tour sharing ideas and projects about this wonderful scrappy happy block! The Happy Trails

Hello and happy Wednesday! I try to post work(s) in progress projects on Wednesdays whenever possible, and I definitely have lots of works in progress right now. I'm currently working on my third quilt with our upcoming Creekside fabric collection for Moda, and I'm just in love with the whole

Hello there! You might remember that one of my last projects from 2016 was this fun pineapple mini quilt I made to hang in my sewing room. I had a lot of fun making this fun block and mini but just couldn't seem to put my yellow and green strips back into their bins... I knew what that

Hello and happy Thursday! I have a finish to share! And I have to say this one feels great to be able to cross off the list because it sat in a drawer mostly cut out for over 18 months! I absolutely love the flowery, loopy quilt pattern and how it perfectly  complements the quilt design.

Hello and happy Wednesday! Welcome to month two of the Fat Quarter Shop Patchwork Quilt Along! Today I'm sharing my versions of the February block pattern. I was able to stitch up this month's blocks last week while attending a quilt  retreat. I took the blocks all cut out and ready to

Hello and happy Valentine's Day! Today is the year anniversary of the release of the first free Splendid Sampler block pattern. Now that all of the patterns have been released, we are gearing up for the release of the finished book which will include all of the patterns! I mentioned the other

Hello and happy Monday! I'm just a little bit excited this morning because sample yardage for our next fabric collection is arriving today. So after it arrives I'll be busy cutting out the new quilts I have designed for this fabric. I won't be able to share for a little bit, but I'll give you the

Hello and happy Thursday! As I mentioned yesterday, one of my works in progress needed a fast finish so I could use it this week!  I had read recently that  using a quilted table mat under your machine helps keep the machine from wobbling and/or vibrating when sewing on plastic tables like

Hello and happy Wednesday! I usually try to post about works in progress on Wednesday, which I'm doing today but with a slightly different twist... You see, I'm headed out to a retreat where I'm teaching three classes and also  hoping to get in some fun sewing for me...so my works in

Hello! Today I thought I'd share a new tip for string quilts. I don't know what it is about me and string quilts and February, but I seem to set to work on them at about this time every year. Part of the reason I think I work on these blocks each February is because I  head out to an

Hello! Today I thought I'd share a little bit about the 2017 American Patchwork & Quilting Quilt along. This is a fun event that I try to participate in every year. In fact, two of my favorite quilts are the result of participating in this quilt along! My "Go Four It" quilt and my "Tone it

Hello and happy Friday! Today I'm happy to share the second block in my 2017 mystery block of the month quilt! I'm having a lot of fun piecing my blocks and deciding on the design elements I want to incorporate into the quilt and can't wait to see some of the other blocks being made from these

Hello! Today I'm sharing a tutorial for my favorite way to make Log Cabin quilt blocks. Log cabin blocks are one of my favorite scrap-using blocks, and this method makes it especially easy! When I first started making these blocks I absolutely loved the technique, but the process was a little

Hello! Today I'm sharing a fun new jelly roll pattern! This super fun quilt was on my design list for a while before I decided what to make it in...and I'm already planning a second version because I love this pattern! I had a lot of fun piecing this right after Christmas, picked it up from the

Hello again! The first day of the month is always a busy day since Michele and I share our monthly parades for our Minis and More quilt along group.  This month's challenge was to share a work in progress that you finished in the month of January. I know I've shared my County Fair quilt a

Hello and happy Monday! It seems like the new year was just beginning, and here we are on the last Monday of the month already! This month sure has been a busy one for my family--my husband's younger sister passed away recently, and while it was unexpected and difficult to wrap our minds around, we

Hello and happy Friday! Today's favorites post is all about some favorite fabrics...and some favorite notions! Fat quarters of our Desert Bloom fabric always make me smile...it was fun to get this bundle in the mail the other day.  I picked out some of my favorites from the collection

Hello and happy Wednesday!  Today is the 25th of the month, and that means it's time for a "Gifts to Make for Friends" post. I'll be posting gift ideas all year on this date each month. Hopefully you can use some of the ideas throughout the year for birthdays and other special occasion

Hello! I'm excited to share a little about a couple of projects I made last fall for the Scrap Lab feature in Quilts and More magazine! Scrap Lab is a fun section in each issue detailing three different projects made by three different designers using the same fabrics. Designers are shown a photo of

Hello and happy Monday! I'm happy to say I made quite a bit of progress on my Fig Tree County Fair quilt at the end of last week...in fact, I was able to finish all of the blocks, make the sashing and 9-patch posts, and set the middle section of the quilt together. I am so glad I decided to keep

Happy Friday! Today I'm excited to talk a little bit about a couple of my favorite things...one is an amazing quilt book that you might have seen recently.  But the cover might look just a bit different because it's now available in an English translation!  A few years ago I searched

Hello! The other day I mentioned I was thinking of making a heart themed quilt. So I took a little time to play around with a few different designs to see if any of them really caught my interest... The first three blocks (pictured above) all finish at 6" x 6". I really love the patchwork

Happy Wednesday! I'm really making an effort this year to get some of my unfinished projects finished up. Of course I have several projects that are meant to be long-term projects, but I also have several I thought I would have finished up a long time ago! I'll be starting market sewing for our

Hello! Today is the first day of the Fat Quarter Shop Patchwork Quilt Along! This quilt along is the Fat Quarter Shop's annual charity fundraiser and will benefit the Make a Wish foundation this year (Fat Quarter Shop and Moda fabrics will match up to $20,000 of donations raised). Patterns are

Hello and happy Friday!  I hope your week has been a good one! We've been receiving some much needed moisture here in the desert southwest, and I've been enjoying the last little bit of my vacation from teaching by getting little things done here and there. I've also been finalizing eight new

Hello and happy Wednesday!  Today I'm excited to share my newest mini quilt, Flowers in a Row. Now this is something I've been wanting to make for quite a little while, so with the start of the new year it seemed like the perfect time to have some fun flowers to brighten up my sewing

Happy Friday! As part of my regular "Friday Favorites" series I thought today I'd share some of my favorite quilting books. And then...I couldn't narrow it down to a manageable list. So...I decided to  focus on books that help one to use up scraps/stash since it seems so many of us are focusing

Hello and happy Thursday! It's new block release day on the Splendid Sampler blog, and I have today's block and a catch-up block to share.  I'm getting pretty close to having the 50 blocks I need for my quilt, so it's been really fun here at the final stretch--a new quilt top will be coming

Happy Wednesday! I'm releasing this month's free block of the month pattern a day early because...well, I just can't wait another day! I hope you'll join in with me as we piece a fun sampler quilt this year; patterns will be released on or around the 5th of each month. I'll also be providing