Hello and happy Tuesday! Today I'm sharing some Bee Blocks I caught up on over the weekend--with my fall being so hectic I fell behind and was determined to finish up the final quarter blocks by the end of the year. In 2016 I participated in two different Bee groups; in 2017 I'm going to stick

Hello and happy 2017! I'm so looking forward to 2017...how about you?!  I'm hopeful that I'll be able to finish a lot of works in progress this year as well as start (and finish) some fun things I've had on my list for awhile. Of course there will also be new fabrics with Moda and new patterns

Hello and Happy New Year! I always look forward to reviewing my creative year as a new one is on the horizon. In 2016 I made 25 quilts lap size to full size and 5 mini quilts. I also made a variety of table runners, place mats, pillows and bags! As I went through my photos I also realized I made a

Hello and happy Friday! This is actually one of my favorite times of the year--with the beginning of 2017 just around the corner I'm full of anticipation for projects that can be accomplished with a fresh start! I have a few favorites to share today...beginning with a much anticipated book I

Hello! The other day I finally got a little time to work on something I've been wanting to make for the past year (or longer...it's been on the list for awhile)! A lot of quilters have been making pineapple quilts in one form or another over the last year or so, and I could hardly wait to make one

Merry Christmas! I hope that you and your family, friends and loved ones will be able to celebrate together this wonderful season of light and life! Every year I try not to get too caught up in the busyness of the season...I try instead to take some time to ponder and reflect on the Christmas

Hello! Happy December 22nd! I can't believe we are three days away from Christmas, but here we go, right...ready or not! This gorgeous red and green bundle has been begging to be made into something for the last month or so...and I think I might be able to get enough done today so I can at least

Hello and happy Monday! I had a super fun week last week...but it sure was good getting home and being able to spend time with my family this weekend.  I left last Tuesday to fly to Texas where I was able to record some fun videos in the Fat Quarter Shop studios (more on this later). 

Hello! Although I still have a few more Christmas posts to share, I thought I'd post about my favorite organizing books today. At the end of the year I always seem to start thinking about getting organized for the year to come...and these are some of the best tools I've found over the past year or

Hello and happy Tuesday! I've recently updated one of my most popular posts from last Christmas to include a couple of new projects... I hope you'll enjoy my post "15 Things to Make for Christmas!" There are now actually 17 fun projects on the page, and you can find them all here! Almost

Hello and happy Monday! Today I thought I'd share my collection of Christmas table runners. I use these runners in a lot of different ways over the Christmas season--of course I use them to dress up my tables.  But I also use them as dresser scarves and buffet decor. And this one is one of

Hello and happy Friday! Today's favorites post really is full of some favorites!  First, my Crossroads quilt came back from the quilter...   I could hardly wait to open the box to see the lovely quilting done my friend  Kait!  I asked her to make the quilting

Hello and happy Thursday!  Can you believe it's the second week of December already? It seems like  I'll need to sew faster and faster to get everything finished up in time. But while I've been working on a lot of projects with deadlines and a mix of Christmas sewing, I've also been

Hello and a good Wednesday morning! Today is the annual Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day...a fantastic chance for blog readers to visit new blogs and enter giveaways for a variety of sewing and quilting supplies and handmade items! I'm happy to be playing along this year--I feel like I've gained so

 Hello and happy December! Welcome to the final Minis and More parade of the year! Today we have some amazing patchwork pillows to share with you...I know you'll be inspired! First up is Hildy's pillow! She used her favorite red prints and did beautiful  straight line quilting! It

Hello!  It's hard to believe it's the last day of November, but here we are! I'm not as far along as I thought I'd be with my Christmas preparations right now...(thanks to a mean stomach bug that hit early Tuesday morning). But I'm on the uphill mend, so I'm not going to complain about such a

Hello and happy Monday! Today I'm excited to review a pattern for my good friend Kaitlyn.  Kaitlyn is an amazing seamstress, and I'm happy she is designing patterns now. She has helped me do market sewing for all three of our collections with Moda--sewing accessories and even piecing quilts

Happy Saturday! Welcome to my weekly favorites post...a Saturday edition because of the Thanksgiving holiday this week!  First up is this gorgeous Liberty Lawn bundle I received from Westwood Acres. This might be my favorite bundle yet...look for my project with these gorgeous prints

Hello! Today is my turn on Pat Sloan's fabulous tour celebrating her new book, Teach Me to Machine Quilt.  I've had the chance to look over this fabulous book over the past week and can't say enough good about it! Pat's book is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to learn

Hello! I hope that you are having a wonderful day--Happy Thanksgiving if you are celebrating Thanksgiving today! I'm just dropping in to share some fantastic Black Friday through Cyber Monday sales! First up is Lady Belle Fabric's "best sale of the year." It is live now and will continue through

Happy Tuesday! I've started the yearly gift-making mad dash once again. This year I've been going about it in a little more organized fashion, though. And it seems to be working so far. First I made a list of simple gifts I wanted to make this year. I also added notes about what fabrics I

Hello and happy Friday! Today I'm happy to introduce you to one of my go-to on-line shops, Westwood Acres. Westwood Acres is owned by husband and wife team Amanda and Weston Woodruff, and they have curated a wonderful collection of fun modern fabrics and patterns. Keep reading for a free pattern and

Hello and happy Friday!  I've been really motivated lately to work on my Splendid Sampler blocks...maybe because I can see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. Whatever the reason, I made one block a day four days in a row this week and thought this would be perfect material for a

Hello! Today I'm happy to share one more work in progress that arrived home from being quilted this weekend! And...as a bonus...I have a free tutorial for making this runner! I have been wanting some table decor using our Desert Bloom fabrics, and  thought of this tutorial I did a

Hello and happy Tuesday!  I was able to finish up some works in progress this week end...and while it was fun to finish up every one, the first one I'm going to share was extra special. A couple of years ago I received a layer cake of the "Oink-a-Doodle Moo"  collection by Jen Ski

Happy Monday! I got a lot accomplished over the weekend...task one was to finally get the borders added to my Crossroads quilt I've been working on all of 2016.  I last posted about this quilt back in August when I finished putting the blocks together with the sashing (see that post

Happy Friday! This has been kind of a whirlwind week, and I'm happy for the three day weekend to be able to catch up! Of course I'm thinking about Veterans today and am ever so grateful for their sacrifices and their service! First up for Friday favorites is the upcoming 2017 Mystery Designer Block

Hello and happy Thursday! I've been working on my Splendid Sampler blocks a little over the past few days and have a few to share with you! I've also finally decided on the number of blocks I'm going to make and have  my setting arrangement figured out! After adding four more blocks to

Hello! Today I'm writing about something I've been wanting to write about for some time. This is a requested topic every time I've asked for suggestions to post...and so I hope you'll enjoy some of my thoughts on time management for quilters. Of course some of my thoughts are about time management

Happy Friday! I'm so happy for the weekend...we're enjoying temperatures in the 80's which is pretty warm for November, but at least it's cooling down in the evenings!  The warm temperatures haven't prevented me from getting in the holiday spirit...or from wanting to sew more red and

Hello! Part of my October was spent doing some  fun, super secret sewing for my friend Joanna Figueroa.  Since our next fabric collection isn't a market release, I was happy to be able to still be doing some market prep...but without all of the stress that comes with doing a lot of market

Hello! I'm pretty excited to share a new pattern with you today..."Sugar Pine Stars" which is a fun, fat quarter friendly quilt in two sizes! I made my cover quilt in reds and greens, but this pattern is perfect for any color combination or for scraps!  I used both an ivory print and some

Hello! Happy November! And welcome to a little parade of patchwork gift bags! It's been really fun to see all the cute versions of this tutorial that have been made from this tutorial. I'm starting off my parade with one of  Hildy's bags...I love that she used a left-over quilt block for

Happy Friday! It's favorites day, and I sure have some fun things to share! I've been doing a little more sewing with Desert Bloom (it ships very, very soon!) and have just been having so much fun with it. I love the fact that this collection is so very versatile depending on which

Hello! I've recently been doing a little birthday sewing for my oldest daughter (I'm really thankful my girls both like hand made gifts)! She requested a couple of items I've previously made and like to make, so that made it even easier. First she requested a new iPad case. A few years ago I

Hello and happy Wednesday! I've been meaning to do a little Splendid Sampler sewing for so long...and the other evening I finally sat down and made two more of these fun blocks. One of the most recent blocks required foundation paper piecing, so I paired  that block with a super simple