Hello! Well...as I've mentioned a few times, I'm anxious to get going on holiday sewing. But I knew I was going to make one more fall project...ever since I finished up my Maple Sky quilt I knew I needed to make a mini version...it was just a matter of finding the time! So this week I got it all

Happy Friday! It's hard to believe just how fast this month is flying by! I've definitely been thinking about time and organization a lot lately since I've had several things going at once lately. I was able to finish up a few different projects recently, though, and now it's time to get organized

Hello! Happy Tuesday! It's really a happy day for me because I received news in my in-box this morning that one of my quilts is gracing the cover of the Winter 2016 issue of Quilts and More! "Images used with permission from Quilts and More magazine and Meredith Corporation. Copyright 2016.”

Hello and happy Monday! This year has been all about scraps for me...I've tried to focus on finishing up projects, continuing long-range works in progress, and organizing and using my scraps. I've posted quite a few times about this topic and thought it would be beneficial to put my best ideas on

Happy Friday! Hope you're having a wonderful day! The other day I was doing a little organizing and arranging of some of my quilts and pulled out one of my favorites... I made my Scrappy Trip Around the World quilt a few years ago, and it's still one of my favorites...you can see one of my

Hello and thanks so much for visiting! I finished a pretty big market quilt project over the weekend and shipped it off on Monday...I'm now working on another one...but I'm finding a few minutes here and there to work on a few projects of my own. I'll have a couple of new patterns ready by the

Hello and happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and got to do a little sewing. I have some fun events coming up over the next few months and thought I'd share them in case you are in the event areas and are interested in attending. Photo courtesy of Quilted Works First up is my

Hello! Happy Thursday! First of all...please know my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina  as the hurricane approaches tonight and tomorrow and also with all of those who have already been affected in the Caribbean. Today I have another pattern review

Hello! Today I'm happy to share just a little bit about a fun new book with 15 wonderful mini quilt projects, the Moda All-Stars Mini Marvels book.  And, I have a favorite project included that I've been waiting to share for quite a while! There is a wonderful variety of projects included

Hello! Happy October! Fall is definitely in the air, and I have some fun fall projects to share which are all variations on a tutorial I did a few weeks ago! My original tutorial was for a set of fall place mats which included a small maple leaf block design (see the full tutorial here).

Happy Friday! I've been doing a bit of organizing in the sewing room and some secret sewing this week...can't wait to be able to share it all with you; however, I do have some things to share today including some fun fabrics that recently arrived. First up is this fun bundle of fabrics curated

Hello! As I was making up a couple of my favorite zipper bags the other day I realized I'd never done a review for the pattern here on my blog.  Since this is one of my favorite bag patterns...I thought I'd share all the details today. If you make just one of these bags you'll want to make

Hello and happy Friday! I'm hoping to get a bit of sewing done this weekend, how about you?!  But first...some Friday favorites. A few years ago I was absolutely smitten with Sandi Henderson's Henna prints,   and I was happy to learn she just recently came out with some mini versions

Hello and happy Tuesday!  A little while ago I was asked to quilt along and make a project using Fat Quarter Shop's new pattern, Summer Breeze. After seeing the pattern, I knew it would be just beautiful using our Desert Bloom fabric! I'm a little late with my post, but so, so happy with

Hello! Last summer I did a fun series on the blog with 6 different star blocks that could be made into a small sampler quilt. For quite a while I've been wanting to make it a little easier for you to find the tutorials... so...I made some new graphics for each post and have compiled them all

Happy Wednesday! Today I'm sharing a little bit of my weekend sewing! One of my goals last weekend was to get caught up on a few quilting bee blocks I'd fallen behind on! This strawberry block from Lori Holt's Farm Girl Vintage book was the first one I made. I've had this book for a little while

Hello and happy Thursday! On Saturday I had the chance to work on my Splendid Sampler blocks! I have 29 finished now, and there are some really fun ones coming up that I can't wait to make! This weeks blocks are both pieced blocks that are fun to make. Up first is the Traveler block by

Hello and happy Wednesday! 2016 has been a year for me to get organized and try to use my stash as much as possible in fun scrappy projects! Lately, I've been sewing up some churn dash blocks which are perfect for scraps of all kinds! I thought you might want to sew some too, so I have a

Hello! Today I'm very excited to share a review of the new Reliable Velocity 2001R Compact Sensor Steam Iron! While this iron was provided to me at no cost, all opinions expressed in this post are my own. My most recent iron is less than two years old and is already leaking and having issues

Hello and happy Monday! I finally got around to putting away all of my Americana quilts that I decorate with from Memorial Day through Labor Day this weekend. I really have a lot of quilts and quilted home decor items that I use throughout the summer, so things always look a little bare when I

Hello and happy Friday! It's time for a giveaway! Today's giveaway will be a Fat Quarter bundle of the new Wing & Leaf collection by Gina Martin for Moda! Clint and Judy of Green Fairy Quilts will be sending this lovely bundle to one of my readers!  I've seen gorgeous photos of this

Hello and happy Wednesday! I'm excited to share what I've been working on today because I have a very fun finish to show you! Today I'm happy to introduce you to Maple Sky, my newest pattern! I pieced Maple Sky to capture the essence of fall. I wanted leaves going in all different

Happy Friday! I'm looking forward to the long weekend, and since it's officially September, I'm going to change out all of my summer quilts for fall ones...I can hardly wait! I have just a couple of things to share today...first up are some fun quilt blocks  I made for one of the on-line

Hello and happy September! Fall is my favorite season, so the arrival of September is always a good thing! I don't think I've ever been more ready for fall than I am this year--we had the hottest summer on record, and I'm hoping things really start to cool down soon! Today is Minis and More

Hello and happy Monday! I've been doing a little of this and a little of that this weekend in my sewing room, so I have kind of an eclectic mix of things to share this morning! One of my weekend must-makes was the latest Splendid Sampler block, block 57 by Lissa Alexander.  Lissa's block

Hello and Happy Friday! I really can't believe it is the end of August already...just a few more days and it will be September. I had this crazy thought the other day that maybe if I made a fall quilt it might feel a little cooler around here (we'll see about that cooler part, but at least I'll have

Happy Tuesday! Over the weekend I had fun making some half-square triangles for a project using Desert Bloom fabrics. I love making half-square triangles and have written several times about different ways to make them. These half-square triangles needed to measure 2 1/8" x 2 1/8", so I used

Hello and happy Monday! This is the last official week of summer vacation here, so I hope to be busy checking off a lot of things from my to-do list over the next few days! I've spent most of my time working on quite a few behind the scenes type of projects, but I do have some weekend quilting to

Hello and happy Friday! I'm super excited today to share my latest pattern--a mini version of my Mahalo quilt. I've wanted to make a mini version of this quilt for quite a while, but it took a little while before I finally settled on which fabrics to use. Since I'm going to hang this mini in my

Hello! Thanks so much for stopping by for my day on the Farmer's Wife Quilt Along sponsored by Angie of Gnome Angel, Fat Quarter Shop, and Marti Michell! I'm happy to share my thoughts on making Block 54, Magnolia. I have to say, this block is one of my favorites so far; it ended up being super

Hello! Happy Tuesday (even if it is a bit later in the day)!  Today I'm going to talk a little bit about the half-rectangle triangle; this is a shape that has intrigued me for a bit, and I could hardly wait to have a little play time to work with it. While working up my tutorial for my day

Hello and happy Monday! Today is Crossroads Quilt Along day, and I'm happy to report that I've been able to put my blocks together with the sashing and post sections. I always get the best feeling when a collection of blocks becomes a quilt center! And I'm just in love with the chain

Hello and Happy Saturday! I've been cleaning and organizing and re-arranging...and I've decided to have a little sale to make room for some of the new quilts I get to make this fall! I have an inventory of quilts I use, quilts I use for teaching and for trunk shows, and quilts for samples of my