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"

Happy Tuesday! I'm back with more red and green quilt blocks...yesterday I finished up the two blocks from month nine; there is just one month to go, and then I can start putting them together. I'm more than a little bit giddy thinking I'm finally going to have a red and green quilt for Christmas

Happy Monday! Today I'm happy to be sharing a quilt I made from one of Fat Quarter Shop's latest books, Fat Quarter Baby! I have a new granddaughter, so I was excited to get to make another quilt for her using one of the cute patterns from the book. I was assigned to make the "Hannah" quilt,

Hello and welcome to the Fat Quarter Shop Snapshots Quilt Along, Month Eleven. I can't believe it's been eleven months since we started this quilt along. This month's block, the sailboat, is definitely one you'll want to make. I think it might have been the easiest pattern in the quilt...it went

Happy Friday and welcome to my tutorial for the Farmer's Wife 1930's Sampler Quilt Sew-Along with Fat Quarter Shop, Marti Michell, and Angie of Gnome Angel. If you are new here, welcome to my blogging corner of the world where I have been sharing my quilting and sewing for over 7 years! I hope

Happy Thursday! I hope you had a wonderful beginning to your week! I've had a busy start to my November with lots of pattern folding and stuffing (all orders either shipped Tuesday or today), and fun visits with friends and family. It's starting to feel like the holidays here, especially with the

Hello and happy Friday! I'm still trying to catch up on works in progress here, and next on my list was my red and green mystery block of the month blocks from Fig Tree. It seems I always just get caught up just as the next month's package is about to ship, and this month is no exception! There are

Hello and happy Thursday! Today I'm sharing a little bit of my catch-up sewing for the Farmer's Wife 1930's quilt along. Market sewing and preparation really took over my schedule for a few weeks, and I struggled to keep up. After returning home some Farmer's Wife blocks were high on my to do

Happy Wednesday! Today I'm happy to be sharing a book review as part of the Free-Motion Quilting Idea Book: 155 Mix & Match Designs Bring 30 Fabulous Blocks to Life Plus Plans for Sashing, Borders, Motifs & Allover Designs  blog tour for my friend Amanda Murphy. Amanda and I met

Happy Tuesday! Welcome to my stop on the Cozy Cottage blog tour. The new Cozy Cottage 2016 Calendar by Lori Holt is much more than a delightful calendar...it's a calendar with patterns!  I was super excited to see the calendar with its gorgeous photos and fun designs. I couldn't wait to make

Happy Monday...and Hello November! I'm not sure where October went, but I love November and the beautiful weather we have been having here in southern Nevada! Today is Minis and More parade day, and I'm happy to share some wonderful projects. Michele and I chose the Fig Mini Twirl, Mini Laundry

Happy Saturday! Today I'd like to share just a small portion of the amazing exhibit, "The Making of Moda" from International Quilt Market/Festival in Houston. I didn't take nearly enough pictures, and in fact, the photos I do have don't do these quilts justice. But I hope to be able to convey the

Happy Friday! I still have more Quilt Market photos to share, but since it's Friday I thought it would be fun to do a Quilt Market edition of my traditional Friday Favorites posts. So here a few of my favorite things from market last week... Of course Valley is one of my favorite things from

Hello! Thank you for all of the wonderful comments on the last two posts--I've enjoyed reading them. Today I'm happy to be sharing the remaining Moda booths from quilt market.  First up is the lovely booth of Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts. She introduced a new low-volume collection