"Used with permission from Quilts and More magazine. 2015 Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved." Yesterday my "Splash of Sparkle" mini quilt arrived home along with my complimentary copy of the Spring 2015 Quilts and More magazine where you can find the pattern. This quilt is pieced using

 Hello Wednesday! Today I'm finally going to share a bit more about those strips of fabric I've been sharing here and there for a little while now. I've mentioned I'm cutting strips from my Fig Tree scraps for a king-sized scrappy quilt with a quilt along...here are a few more

Happy Monday! And it's a "scraps Monday" too! I've really been trying to work on scraps this month. Slowly, but surely I'm making progress. I've doubled my string blocks...and they were started a couple of years ago, so I'm feeling really hopeful about them. I just need to keep working. I just love

Happy Friday! This favorites edition is brought to you by the colors red and white! I really do want to finish my Moda Modern Building Blocks quilt before January comes to an end...or at least by the first week in February. So I pulled it out again earlier this week and started working on the next

Happy Wednesday! I actually meant to post most of this on Monday since its for a scrap quilt project...but I had saved so many things to do on the "holiday" that before I knew it the day was gone. I'll be sharing more about this scrappy project soon...it's going to be a king-size quilt

Hello! Welcome to the first month of the Fat Quarter Shop "Snapshots" Quilt Along! The first pattern and video tutorials are available today, and the rest will follow each month on the 15th. When I first received patterns I hurried and made the first three blocks...I just couldn't stop sewing. I

 I almost didn't get this post up...one of those "stop you in your tracks" sinus infections took over the first part of my week. Of course that's the way it goes when you have a week off with no commitments...and I shouldn't complain since I rarely get sick. But it sure put a damper on my

 Hello Monday, and welcome to the second Scraps Monday post. The end of last week was busy for me as I taught three classes at a new to me event, "Quilt St. George," in sunny St. George, Utah. It was a wonderful event, and I met some wonderful quilters from several states: Utah, Nevada, New

 Happy Friday! I finished up my Starlight quilt (pattern by Camille)...and right now it's pretty much my favorite quilt. I don't want to let it out of my sight! This is my second time making this quilt and  I think I had even more fun making it this time around! I really love the

One of my weekend projects was to piece my Pot Luck pattern using Fig Tree's Somerset collection. The original quilt was pieced using Feedsack by Sweetwater. Even though the two collections are entirely different, I love this quilt with both fabric lines. (You can see the original quilt

 Happy Monday! Today is the first official "Scraps Monday" post, and I'm super excited to begin a year of using my scraps! At the end of each "Scraps Monday" post I'll set up a link tool so you can link up if you've sewn with your scraps in the last week! This week I thought we could

Happy 2015! I actually meant to have this post up yesterday...but I spent the whole day cleaning, organizing, and putting away Christmas decorations. By late afternoon I was exhausted and did a little hand-sewing while I watched some football. But I'm in love with every one of these "Mini Shine"

It's hard to believe that the last day of 2014 has arrived. It was kind of a different year for me and was actually filled with a mixture of life experiences both good and a little on the difficult side (I'm a "glass half-full" kind of person). I'm grateful for many things, and I'm filled with hope

Happy Monday! There are just a few more days left in 2014, but I've already made some plans for the blog in 2015. While reviewing my posts from this year (I'll do a recap post later this week) I realized that I really need to make more scrap quilts in 2015. So I thought it would be fun to post about

 I always love the days after Christmas. It seems like not only a good time to rest up from the holiday season but also a time to get organized for the new year. I have some fun things coming up in 2015, and so I will be taking the next few days to do a little planning! But first I want to

Merry Christmas! I love this video...it shows and shares what Christmas is truly about! I love the hashtag, too...#ShareTheGift! May you have a wonderful Christmas holiday and peace and joy in the coming year! Thanks so much for stopping by!

 Today I'm sharing my version of Fat Quarter Shop's most recent pre-cut pattern, the "Mini Charm Mix" which uses 3 Moda Candy packs. This was a fast and fun quilt to make...the hardest part was deciding on fabrics. I was going to use holiday fabrics at first, but then I thought a nice spring

Happy Saturday before Christmas! I went out shopping yesterday with the hope that it might be my last excursion for store-bought gifts (and I think I accomplished that goal). I still have some things to sew and quilt, and of course I'll be doing a bit more grocery shopping, but I'm home for the

I'm happy to announce that I'm participating in the Fat Quarter Shop Snapshots quilt along benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital! (For information on donations, go here). The Snapshots quilt along will feature Day Sail fabric by Bonnie & Camille, and you can now pre-order kits and

 My Red and White (and low-volume) Moda Building Blocks quilt has been a lot of fun to work on during the Christmas season. I first posted about this quilt here and here. It's been hard not to work on it more frequently, but I still have gifts to make! This weekend I promised myself that if I

Happy Saturday! Today I have some fun small quilts to share made with my Candy Box Table Topper pattern. This time of year is always busy, and it's been fun to see the different versions--many of them made especially for this time of year! First up is Sue's Christmas version...so fun! Next up is

 Happy Wednesday...for just a little longer...today was supposed to be my Simply Small post; however, this is the last week of my semester, and I have final papers, re-write papers, and final exams to grade. Then there are grades to figure and get turned in. So since I had my favorites post

 My weekend quilting consisted mostly of finishing up five "Sew Together Bags" (pattern available here) that I had started a few weeks ago. I think I pieced together the outer bag patchwork pieces a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, but then things got a little crazy! So it was a high

I usually plan on doing works in progress posts on Wednesdays, but we've had a bit of rain and some gloriously cloudy skies (living in the desert one comes to truly appreciate overcast days). So, with the rain and the clouds there wasn't an opportunity for good photos, and it seemed like the perfect

Happy December! And welcome to the monthly parade of small quilts. This month's parades feature the most wonderful versions of the Fig Tree pattern "Stems"...I can hardly wait to share.  But first...next month's pattern reveal...my Mini shine pattern. My mini quilt (along with the big

 I'm always ready for Christmas as soon as the dishes from the Thanksgiving meal are cleaned up and put away. And I couldn't wait to add the borders to my Instagram Sew Along quilt (pattern and sew-along by Lori Holt of Bee in My Bonnet).  I had so much fun piecing this quilt from

Happy Black Friday! I'm going to be spending the day doing a little decorating and a little sewing. If you're doing any on-line shopping today here are some great deals you should know about. Fat Quarter Shop: We have 25% OFF the entire store for 2 days only! Starting on FRIDAY, November

I finally had a chance to start piecing my Moda Modern Building Blocks quilt. The pattern is absolutely wonderful, and Moda has also created a kit using Bella solids to make the original project. I've been wanting to make a red and white quilt for a while, and after seeing the Ruby exhibit of red

photo courtesy ©Lucky Spool Media, LLC Meet Richmond, one of my most favorite quilts! About a year ago I was invited to contribute to a compilation book, Scraps, Inc.Vol.1: 15 Block-Based designs for the Modern Quilter, that would have fifteen different scrap quilt projects. I didn't even have to

Photo Courtesy of Martingale and Brent Kane, Photographer Happy Monday! Today I'm happy to posting for the Vintage Vibe blog tour! Vintage Vibe is a recently released quilting book written by my friend Amber Johnson. It's a great book with 14 projects in a variety of sizes, all pieced in fun fabric

 I've been playing with a lot of my scraps this week: I'm making my Christmas sampler from Lori Holt's Instagram quilt along with scraps from several of Kate Spain's Christmas collections along with just a few other prints. I've added in some DaySail, some Moda Dottie, some Central Park and

Happy Wednesday! On Wednesday I try to share what I'm currently working on, and along with today's post I'm sharing some of my tips for efficient project sewing! First up...the stack of fabrics above will soon be on the Moda Bake Shop. I'll be sure to let you know when that project post is up and

 Over the weekend I was able to catch up on the #haveyourselfaquiltylittlechristmas Instagram sew along. I shared my first four blocks here. There are a total of nine blocks now; we added cocoa stir sticks to the mug blocks and pieced an ornament, candle, and star. I was behind on my Christmas

Happy weekend! Today I'm excited to have a giveaway from one of my new sponsors, Lady Belle Fabric.  Lady Belle Fabric is an on-line shop based in Tennessee and owned by Brooke and her husband Rob. They specialize in modern, fun and bright fabric and love fabric bundles and precuts! Brooke

 What I'm sewing with this weekend: Gardenvale by Jen Kingwell for Moda For a little while now, I've been thinking of doing some video tutorials for the blog. It just seems like some quilting techniques and topics are better presented visually. Using video tutorials will especially allow me

I spent a little time cleaning up in the sewing room over the weekend, and it has been amazing to see the effect it had on my quilting! I'm more focused and have been getting things finished up in a pretty timely manner; if only I could remember to do a major clean up a little more often! I've

Happy Monday! I'm sneaking in just under the wire tonight with the Simply Small parade and new project post. First up...the new project...the Candy Box table topper or mini quilt...perfect for last minute holiday making and gift giving. The design also works well as a pillow top, or keep making the