Happy Tuesday! It's quilt your stash day! Throughout the month of January I've done quite a bit of organizing for the new year including some cleaning and list-making. I've also decided how best to work my stash sewing into my schedule and chosen some scrappy projects I want to make this year.

Happy Monday! It's great to be back...I was away for a few days attending the Road to California Quilt Show in Ontario, California. While I was there, I was also able to visit a few quilt shops that had been on my "must see" list for quite a while! One of the highlights of my trip was being able

Happy Friday! I hope you have a had a wonderful week and are ready for a great weekend! I have just a few things to share today...first up is the new Strawberry Fields Revisited Frivols set.  I know Frivols have been out for a little while now, but this is my first one, and I really love

Hello! Last spring I had a lot of fun stitching a binding kit...perfect for holding scissors, needles, thread, binding clips, and with an extra pocket to spare! This is a free PDF pattern designed by my friend Vanessa Goertzen. You can find the tutorial for the binding kit on her blog, Lella

Hello! This was actually supposed to be my first thing in the morning Friday post...but somehow the end of the week just flew by, so I'm a little late! I've been doing quite a bit more organizing, a little secret sewing, and a lot of prep work for upcoming projects...and in the midst of all of that

Hello! It's Tuesday and the second week of my Quilt your Stash series! I've been pleasantly surprised at how the small changes I've made already have really been helping me stay more organized! Last week I presented just three steps to take to get going: first, clean off all of  your

Hello! Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I spent more time organizing this weekend than sewing, but I know it will make for a lot more sewing and quilting time soon, so I figure it was time well spent! I was able to finish up four more blocks for my half-square triangle scrappy

Happy Saturday! I'll be back with regular posting on Monday, but I wanted to drop in and let you know I added some fun Bright Sun Bundles to my Etsy shop.   Along with a couple of fat quarter bundles, there are some fun polka dot bundles in fat quarters...  some Bright Sun

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Hello! Welcome to week one of Quilt Your Stash 2016! I'm looking forward to this journey of getting and keeping organized and of using and sewing and quilting the fabrics I have in my stash. During the summer of 2014 I spent a little time really trying to get organized  and wrote a series

Happy Monday! Today is Minis and More day for the December projects.  We had a few project options for December since we knew it was going to be a busy month. You can see last month's parade and read about the project options here. At the end of today's parade is a new mini quilt I've designed

Happy 2016! I'm always ready for the New Year...it's such a great time to reminisce, evaluate, and look forward with fresh plans and ideas! I have lots of ideas for getting my household organized, and that includes plans to stay on top of organization in my sewing room and even plans to use my

Hello! As 2015 is winding down, a lot of my retailers are clearing out inventory with terrific savings...here are a few you might want to visit... Fat Quarter Shop has their fabulous end of the year sale now with up to 60% off on fabrics, patterns, and more! Green Fairy Quilts has a spectacular

Hello! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! The last week of the year is when I typically post my "year in review" posts of projects. This year I made a good assortment of small items (mostly gifted) like bags, pillows, pincushions, place mats, table runners and table toppers; since a lot of these

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I'm ever so grateful to be able to be spending this wonderful holiday weekend with most of my family. My best wishes to you and your family for a joyous holiday season!     Merry Christmas!

Happy Wednesday! It's getting down to the wire for gift making! I'm almost finished...I think (although I keep thinking of more things I could do)! But at some time I'll have to decide I'm done for this year...in the meantime, though, I made a couple more of the Project Bags I shared a couple of

Happy Tuesday! I realized while looking for a photo the other day that while I frequently share my smaller Christmas pillows, wall hangings, and projects, I haven't shared my larger Christmas quilts in quite a little while... so I thought today it would be fun for a Christmas quilt parade!

Happy Monday...It's been a little of this and a little of that around here as I try to finish up the last minute gifts and preparations for the holidays.  On Friday my No Bake Jolly Bar quilt arrived in the mail, and I couldn't wait to get started on the binding. This isn't actually a Christmas

Happy Friday! Today I'm reviewing the OttLite 3-in-1 Craft Lamp. I received the lamp for free from the OttLite Company; however, all of the opinions in this blog post are my own. I've been using this light in my little sewing area in our family room for a couple of months now, and I don't know what

Happy Thursday! The other night I finally started (and finished) something I've had on my list for quite a while... Back in September I had some scraps left over from my Strawberry Fields  Revisited sewing that I knew I had to save for a new pincushion pattern I had seen. But then market

Happy Wednesday! As I mentioned yesterday, I'm sharing some more gifts perfect for giving to friends (or for making for yourself). I have a couple more projects I'm working on that I'll share later this week...but for today, here are some of my favorite gifts I've made over the past few

Hello! I thought it would be fun to post a few more gift ideas this week...not necessarily Christmas themed, but perfect for giving at Christmas and at other times of the year! Since I just finished some little bags, I thought I'd give you my thoughts on my two favorite small bag patterns. For

Happy Friday! Well...I set everything aside and put the red and green blocks together! I wasn't sure about the setting at first, but I really do think this setting lets each block shine on it's own. The sashing sets everything off beautifully, and the four-patch blocks add just the perfect pop of

Happy Thursday! On Monday I received my final package of instructions for the Classic Yuletide Block of the Month quilt I've been working on since March. So as you can imagine, I put everything on hold to get back to work on this! I know this is going to be a favorite quilt, so it was fun to be able

Happy Friday! Today I'm sharing a new fast and fun quilt pattern from Fat Quarter Shop. A couple of months ago I was asked if I'd like to make and review this new pattern. Since I'm always looking for easy patterns for a quick gift and to recommend to beginner quilters, I agreed to do some Jolly Bar

Hi, and Happy Thursday! It's full-swing Christmas gift sewing mode over here, and this week I tried a new-to-me pattern for vinyl front quilted project bags.  There are lots of patterns available for these bags (including several free tutorials); however, I finally settled on this design because I

Hello! Happy Wednesday! I was planning on posting my Snapshots finished quilt on the 15th, and then yesterday I realized the final pattern is now available! Luckily I was a little ahead of the game and have my quilt back from the quilter! The machine work on my binding is finished too, and I just

Happy December! December...really?!!! I do love this month, and I'm happy to begin here on the blog with a Mini's and More parade. We offered a free choice of patterns last month, and it really has been fun to see the projects come in...I know I have some new things to add to the list! The first

Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! We had a wonderful time with family and got to see all four of our children...yay! But today I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that it is the last day of November and that Christmas is just three weeks from this

Happy Wednesday!  We're getting ready for our Thanksgiving celebration tomorrow along with some Christmas decorating this weekend (yes, I'm one of those people who doesn't decorate until after Thanksgiving, although this year I did put a wreath on my front door just a few days ago).  I

Happy Tuesday! Today I'm excited to share a few things I've been keeping "under wraps" since last spring! I was absolutely surprised and honored when the editor of American Patchwork & Quilting called to ask if her team could come to my home and take photos for a profile article on me and my

Happy Monday! I've been doing a little bit of cleaning and organizing in the sewing room as well as a little bit of sewing. I've been trying to finalize my Christmas gift-giving project list so I can get all of that sewing finished up by the end of the month. First I made a new Stash & Dash

Happy Friday! Today I have some fun Bright Sun eye candy to share with you! This is actually something I've known about since quilt market in Minneapolis last spring! Kimberly of Fat Quarter Shop designed and pieced a beautiful Dresden pillow using our fabrics...her design is a fun "double Dresden"

Happy Wednesday! I've started my Christmas gift sewing, and recently did a tutorial for a Christmas Log Cabin table topper that I've shared over at the Accuquilt blog.  I used the Log Cabin die which cuts perfect 1 1/2" strips in the exact lengths needed for log cabin blocks. A 12"