Hello! Today I'll be sharing the rest of the Moda booths I was able to get pictures of! I'm starting out with Corey Yoder's (Coriander Quilts) booth featuring her new collection called Sundrops. These fabrics are fresh and fun, and I'm looking forward to sewing with them soon! Corey and I have

Hello and happy Tuesday! Today I'm going to feature some of the other Moda designer booths...and there are so many that I will have to finish them up tomorrow! First up is the Fig Tree booth...and I actually pieced two of the quilts here for Joanna. Cartwheels pictured below was a really fun

Good morning and happy Monday! We arrived home late last night from the Spring 2016 International Quilt Market in Salt Lake City, Utah. International Quilt Market is a trade show not open to the general public which is held twice yearly. Professionals from every area of the industry come to purchase

Happy Friday! International Quilt Market officially opens today. I'll be taking lots of pictures to share with you next week. But today I thought I'd share a few more projects with Desert Bloom fabric. First up is the adorable mini backpack my friend Kaitlin made for us. She used Soft and

Happy Thursday! Today I'm sharing a few of the little projects I did for the booth. I can't wait to use them at home after market!  First up is this patchwork pillow. I used my scrappy patchwork pillow tutorial you can find here. I did make one change and just added a 2 1/2" border all

Happy Wednesday! Today is travel day for us...I can't believe that after so much waiting it's finally time to share everything at International Quilt Market in Salt Lake City! Today I'm sharing the remainder of our Desert Bloom prints...first up is the  contemporary Dandelion print in

Hello! Thank you so much for all of the wonderful response to Desert Bloom! I still have a lot more to share...today I'm going to give you a peek at some of my favorite prints! We really feel like there is a little bit of everything in this line...fun geometrics, wildflower florals, dots,

Happy Saturday! Whew...the week has certainly flown by! I'm still sewing and preparing for International Quilt Market next week...my list is getting shorter, though! Early this year I pieced a fun quilt, Daybreak, using traditional Drunkard's Path blocks and our  Valley fabric. But there was a

Happy Friday! Today I'm happy to share pattern number four...Baby, Baby which is a two-in-one pattern for your favorite little boy or girl!  The Desert Bloom fabric collection has a variety of prints perfect for babies,  both boys and girls, and with so many colorway options we

Hello again...it's time for another new pattern reveal! Today I'm introducing Beachcomber which is a wonderfully fun jelly roll quilt! Beachcomber has been in my sketch book for a little while, and after we finished up the Desert Bloom collection I knew it would be perfect for this pattern. I

Hello...happy Tuesday! Today is the day I get to start sharing the new quilts and patterns from our upcoming Desert Bloom fabric collection for Moda (yes, I can let you know the name of the fabric now, too)! I'm so excited to start sharing with you...I've been sewing with these gorgeous fabrics

Happy Monday! Today I'm reviewing a new book with an interesting new applique' technique!  The book is Crafted Applique - New Possibilities by Lara Buccella, and it offers a new idea for the iron on treatment for your fabric pieces! The book explains everything you need to know for this

Happy Friday! Hope your week has been wonderful and that you have fun plans for the weekend! I'll be continuing to bind my market quilts and might even finally get to clean up my sewing room a little bit (hoping)! Today's Friday Favorites post is full of fun things I'm loving right

Happy Thursday! A couple of weeks ago I shared just the tiniest of sneak peeks of our upcoming fabric collection...  You can find that post here. Today I thought I'd share just a little bit more... Here are six of the new quilts all stacked up! I still have a few bindings to

Hello! Happy Wednesday! I just got word that I can finally share a project I did right after market last fall. There is a new issue of Quilts and More (Summer 2016) just out last week...and I have a quilt in it! "Used with permission from Quilts and More magazine. 2016 Meredith Corporation.

Happy Tuesday! I simply love house blocks in quilts. In fact (hint, hint)...I may have something of the sort coming soon!  Original "Village" quilt by Carrie Nelson I'll be sharing my house project soon, but today is all about sharing some fun  "Village" quilts from the pattern by

Happy Monday! I've been away for a little while, and though I meant to get some posts scheduled for while I was gone...it just didn't happen. But I'm home again and busy preparing for quilt market which is in 2 1/2 weeks. At that time I'll be able to share everything I've been working on since

Hello! I'm stopping in with a reminder today about the Village parade here on the blog next week...  Pictured is a lovely group of houses constructed by Michele at Island Life Quilts.  This is the perfect pattern for scraps...or choose a favorite collection as a starting place and

 One month until market...so it's time to start sharing just the tiniest of views of our upcoming collection Can't wait to share more! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Monday! Things here have been busy, but busy in the best way! I've been working on the last of the market projects and spent most of the weekend finishing up blocks for one of my favorites...sewing the blocks together this week will be first priority.  Since I can't share what I've

Happy Friday! Yesterday I got to visit with Pat Sloan on the American Patchwork & Quilting podcast. We had so much fun visiting and talking about quilts, of course. My episode will air on May 16th...and I will definitely remind you when it gets closer. I've been sewing like crazy...and I'll

Happy Monday! It was sure a busy weekend for me...we had our county fair, visits with family, and on top of that I've been trying to  keep up with the market preparations. I did spend a little time catching up with my Splendid Sampler blocks this weekend, too.  I'm still not all the

Happy Friday! Hope you are having a great week...and looking forward to the weekend! We are sure having a beautiful spring here in southern Nevada and might even be able to get some rain this weekend. I plan on doing a lot of sewing!  My friend Joanna at Fig Tree & Company is having a

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