Modern quilt teacher and patterns
Voting opens today for the Blogger’s Quilt Festival! As always, there are some amazing quilts entered! But should you wish to support me, these are my entries: I’ve entered my original Bright Sky quilt in the Large Quilts category. And my Kokka quilt market Lighthearted Geese quilt is in the Original Design category. Don’t forget to vote for your 3 favourite quilts overall from any… Read More
Almost four months ago (wait, what?!), I booked my QuiltCon tickets. It was one of the most nervous nights of my life – all that adrenaline waiting for registration to open and the race to select the classes and lectures and events and pay for them… Only those who experienced it can really understand what it was like! I am… Read More
Seriously, thank goodness it’s Friday. I don’t think I’ve stopped for a week… Last Friday, my husband was supposed to return home after a week away but plane issues led to a delay, than a plane change, and then a cancellation. So he arrived home Saturday afternoon instead. Without his luggage. That was couriered out to us on Sunday, though,… Read More
When the Fat Quarter Shop contacted me about joining this blog hop, they asked us to try something new and different with our sewing – us quilters should try something different like bags or garments. And that was my plan! A new dress for me, but as you know, I hurt my shoulder earlier this month, just after my Cotton… Read More
I have been slowly working on adding a pattern shop to my actual blog! It was a huge part of my reason for moving to WordPress last year, it just took me a while to get around to setting it up. But set up it is, and you can now purchase all my patterns right here on the blog! When… Read More
I’ve been sharing some progress pictures of this pillow cover on Instagram over the past week, as I’ve has some fun experimenting and trying out some new free motion quilting. It is seriously so much fun gettin’ my FMQ on for a small project like this! No giant roll of quilt to drag around… But that’s not the point of… Read More
(Alternative title: Best Laid Plans) This Cotton + Steel voile finally arrived last week. Four yard of it to make a dress for the first time. And it’s on a black background, not navy, like I had thought! And the light blue voile solid is blue, not aqua, to match the C+S print (although it photographs similar) and thus won’t… Read More
This was something that had been on my mind for a while, but after Diane’s post, I knew I needed to rein in my small, but constant, spending on stationery/scrapbooking supplies/quilting stuff. With QuiltCon less than 6 months away, it’s time to start saving up my spending money for that instead! My QuiltCon buddy and roomy (and roadtrip driver!) Melissa… Read More
Last night, I read two very important blog posts – both related to the cost of quilting but from very different perspectives. I want to share these with you and some of my thoughts about these subjects. Gemma at Pretty Bobbins had some very wise words about valuing herself as both an artist and as a businesswoman. Learning to value… Read More
Just over an hour ago, I dropped my kids off for their final day of summer vacation care at their preschool, and my list to do is a lot longer than the time I have! First off is to make some kinda of headway in clearing this space up a little. Yes yes, I know, it’s definitely not the worst… Read More