Hello! Today I'm posting as part of the Classic & Heirloom Quilts Sew Along sponsored by Fat Quarter Shop! I was happy to be asked to participate because this is an amazing book! There are eight 1800's inspired quilts in the book, and each quilt can be made in three different sizes:

Happy Monday! It's good to be home! I was away at the Oregon coast for a few days and was completely amazed at the beauty that surrounded us there. I've never really traveled along the coast of the Pacific Northwest, and I definitely want to go back! I'll share a few photos from the trip, and

Happy Wednesday! I've been doing a little sewing but mostly a lot of designing and getting things ready to sew. I also made the cutest little patchwork heart for a quilt for a friend (someone else designed this little pattern for a group of us to use). It's the perfect little block for scraps, and

Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I've been making more progress on my market sewing...I almost have a third quilt finished, and the blocks are ready to sew for the fourth quilt. But I've been doing a few other  projects as well including trying to stay caught up with the

Happy Easter! Today I'm celebrating the Easter holiday with my family. I'm ever so grateful for my friends and most importantly for my family and my faith. I hope you'll enjoy this inspirational video that shares the Easter message in a beautiful and inspiring way! Thanks so much for

Happy Friday! First of all...I wanted to let you all know that I'm starting a newsletter. This has been on my to do list for quite some time. I won't be writing so often that you'll want to unsubscribe either...I promise. I will post once or twice a month and will be highlighting blog posts, links I

Happy Wednesday! Hope your week is going well! It's "spring break" here which for me means that I get to focus on sewing and don't have any college classes to teach or have any papers to grade. So I've really been enjoying the extra time! I even finished two market quilts and was able to drop them

Hello! Happy Weekend...it's a good day to sew since it is our national sewing day! It has been a busy week on the blog with lots of quilt along blocks to share...and I've also been doing quite a bit of sewing this week that I can't share until May (as soon as I can...I will)! However, I did make

Hello! (If you are here looking for the Farmer's Wife 1930's Quilt Along tutorial for block 6, April, go here). Today I get to share the block I made for the Splendid Sampler Sew Along! This is such a wonderful sew along, and I'm really honored to be able to play a small part in it! I came home

Hello! I'm happy to be here today to share my third tutorial for the 1930's Farmer's Wife Quilt Along which is sponsored by Angie of Gnome Angel, Fat Quarter Shop, and Marti Michell. Today's block is number 6, April, and I'm happy to say it can be pieced with a  couple of time-saving

Hello! This is a busy week for me...I was scheduled for a few different blog posts all within a couple of days for several quilt alongs I'm participating in...so here goes! First up is the Cross Roads quilt along sponsored by Fat Quarter Shop. I really loved piecing the house blocks last month

Happy Monday! I hope your weekend was a good one. As usual, I had more on my list than I could get finished up, but I'm really happy with what I was able to do! I made the most recent Splendid Sampler block which is perfectly named "Local  Quilt Shop" and was designed by Jane Davidson

Hello and Happy Friday! Today I have a new quilt pattern to share...introducing "Picnic" which I've pieced using the Vintage Picnic collection by Bonnie & Camille! This is one of those quilts I've had on the drawing board for a little while because it seems like I'm always wondering what

Hello! Happy Thursday! Today is Splendid Sampler day, and I've got today's block ready to share (I still need to catch up on last Sunday's block, but it involves handwork, so I'll get to that one this weekend).  I really had a lot of fun picking the fabrics for this block...I decided to use

Hello! Some days don't go as planned...and that's what happened over here this weekend when El Nino brought some unexpected changes to the weekend plans!  I had plans for quite a bit of sewing when the power unexpectedly went out.  Since the weather didn't seem too crazy, I figured

Happy Monday! I arrived home Saturday after being away for a few days having a fabulous time working on some fun projects with Kimberly and everyone at the Fat Quarter Shop.  We talked about the Valley fabric collection my daughter Chelsi and I    designed for Moda

Happy Thursday! A new Splendid Sampler block is being released today...and while I haven't finished it yet, I thought I would share my most recent Splendid Sampler block finish. I just really loved this pieced block (especially after all of the applique' in the previous block). I love that

Hello! Happy Wednesday! Today I thought I'd share a really fun idea for a scrap quilt project you can use to quilt your stash this year! I'm always on the lookout for great scrap projects, and when I saw this wonderful post by Anne Marie of Gen X Quilters I knew I had to share it on my blog.

Happy March! Really...I can't believe it's March already...spring is definitely just around the corner here in the northern hemisphere! It's been very spring-like here already with temperatures in the 80's the past few days! Today I have some fun versions of the Thimbleblossoms Mini Clambake

Hello! Today I'm happy to introduce you to Cotton Crates, a new subscription fabric service I think you're going to love! I just received a Cotton Crates delivery the other day. It came beautifully packaged with a little treat included. My collection box included 12 fat quarters of Lori Holt's

Happy Friday! Today I have a few favorites to share with you... I've been working on a few projects with Little Ruby which is a new fabric collection that will be available later this spring. I've also been working with Vintage Picnic for a few projects and will be able to share a new quilt

Happy Happy Thursday! Today is definitely a happy happy day because the fourth block in the Splendid Sampler series is called "Happy Happy!" I had so much fun picking out fabrics for all of the circles for this block...it really was like planting a little flower garden...and flowers are the

Happy Tuesday! I can hardly believe it's been nearly two months since I began writing the Quilt Your Stash posts! Today I have a couple of fun ideas for quilting with your stash...  Recently I posted about a new quilt along, The Splendid Sampler, hosted by my friends Pat Sloan and Jane

Hello! This weekend I finished up a project with the smallest of scraps...and it was just a terrific reminder of how even the smallest scraps can be saved and used to create something you love! I've been challenging myself to use more of my stash this year in projects big and small...and this

Happy Saturday! I hope your week has been a good one...mine was super busy, so I'm definitely looking forward to the weekend! Right after Christmas I pieced this fun wall-hanging for Fat Quarter Shop from  the "Canning Season" pattern by Lori Holt and the Farm Girl collection by October

Hello! Today I'm happy to let you know that I have a new pattern for release. This is actually a quilt that was published by American Patchwork & Quilting in their April 2014 issue. This quilt is perfect for scraps or for a fat quarter bundle...you can even make the scrappy binding from the

Happy Wednesday! Spring is definitely in the air around here, so I thought my   table needed a little spring update with a Strawberry Fields Revisited table   topper. I just made a favorite 12" block pattern, added borders, quilted, and bound. I love it so much I think

Happy Tuesday! On Tuesdays I post ways to use your stash, ideas for scrap quilts, and my thoughts in general about quilting those fabrics you have and love!  I've had a few emails asking for a way to access all of these posts more easily, so I've created a special page for them.  Each

Happy Valentines Day, and welcome to my stop on the Scraps, Inc. Vol. 2 blog tour! The projects in this book are amazing...I know you'll find several you'll want to make. I was absolutely honored to be asked to contribute with such a talented group of quilters! When I began thinking about what I

Hello! I'm excited to be quilting along with the Crossroads quilt along this year! I love the Strawberry Fields Revisited collection being used, and I love everything about the quilt...so it's a win-win project. It was a real treat to get to make the house blocks first...houses are one of my

Hello! I'm back with my second tutorial for the Farmer's Wife 1930's quilt along sponsored by Angie of Gnome Angel, the Fat Quarter Shop, and Marti Michell!  While I've fallen a little bit behind in my block making, this tutorial was just  what I needed to get me back on track!

Hello! The first project I worked on at my quilt retreat last week was this little mini quilt. I thought it would be fun to take a little quilt to work on that I might be able to finish while away! I did get all of the blocks done on the retreat and just had to decide on an outer border and

Hello! Today I'm super happy to be sharing my red and green quilt I finished up just before Christmas. It's a favorite!!!  I went back and forth about the quilting; I had an amazing long-arm quilter  who said she would do custom quilting for me and have it ready for Christmas, but

Hello! It's Tuesday, and that means it's time for Quilt Your Stash Week 6. As I mentioned yesterday, I was away at a quilt retreat last week, and so I wasn't able to work on my latest strip pieced scrap quilt. But I did spend a good part of one evening working on my string blocks. I thought it

Hello! Happy Saturday! I've just returned home from a lovely four days of sewing and visiting with like-minded quilting friends, and I'm preparing lots of blog posts to share everything with you. Today, I thought I'd better let you know about a terrific Sampler Sew Along that is starting

Hello! Welcome to the fifth post in my Sew Your Stash series. Today's post is  part one of a scrappy strip quilt idea. I've been wanting to start this scrap quilt for quite a while now. A couple of years ago I saw a wonderful strip quilt while I was attending a quilt retreat. While the

Happy Monday! Today is Minis and More parade day for the mini Hope Chest quilt pattern! This little pattern is one of my favorite mini quilts to date...it's perfect for any fabrics and is fast and fun to make! We have some fun versions of this little quilt to share today... First is Hildy's

Hello! As I mentioned earlier this week, I had a wonderful time visiting the Road to California quilt show in Ontario, California last weekend! My earlier post shared some of my favorites from the show. Today I thought I'd share a little bit about some of the other aspects of the show...first

Hello! Happy Wednesday, and welcome to my stop on the Sister Sampler Quilts blog hop! I was happy to review this terrific quilt book for Anne Marie Chany whom I met when I attended International Quilt Market in Portland a few years ago. AnneMarie's book, Sister Sampler Quilts: 3 Modern