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Welcome to the third quilt block tutorial of Scrap Buster Blocks! This series features a different scrap-friendly quilt block tutorial every month that will help you use up your scraps and make some fun quilts along the way. QUILT BLOCK TUTORIAL Right here on my website, you’ll find the rotary cut instructions for making the 12″ quilt block (finished). If… Read More
Welcome to the second quilt block tutorial of Scrap Buster Blocks! This series features a different scrap-friendly quilt block tutorial every month that will help you use up your scraps and make some fun quilts along the way. QUILT BLOCK TUTORIAL Right here on my website, you’ll find the rotary cut instructions for making the 12″ quilt block (finished). If… Read More
Welcome to the first quilt block tutorial of Scrap Buster Blocks! This series features a different scrap-friendly quilt block tutorial every month that will help you use up your scraps and make some fun quilts along the way. QUILT BLOCK TUTORIAL Right here on my website, you’ll find the rotary cut instructions for making the 12″ quilt block (finished). If… Read More
I don’t know about you, my scraps seem to multiply faster than I can use them… or give them away! (I pass on the pieces that are too small or oddly shaped to a friend who will use them!) I used to barely use my scraps because I was not a fan of the super, super scrappy look. It felt too… Read More
Since first running Women of Advent in November, I’ve absolutely loved seeing finished quilts pop up on Instagram and in our private community on Facebook! And to hear their stories of what this journey meant to them, and the lessons they’ve learned from Women of Advent has been so powerful. Here’s a handful of them, and what their makers had… Read More
It’s common knowledge in quilty circles that if you want a Christmas quilt (either for decor or as a gift), the best time to start is “Christmas in July”. That gives us time to piece the top, and get it quilted and bound in time for December*. Which is why I knew I had to run Women of Advent in… Read More
Last month, I shared about a brand new quilting book by Jenni Smith – Quilting With Liberty. As a part of that review, I made up some Love And Kisses blocks and really enjoyed it… so I decided that in order to motivate myself to make some more, I’d invite you all to join in! With Jenni’s blessing, I am… Read More
Can you believe that it’s been almost a year since we gathered together as a creative community and quilted our way through those first few crazy weeks of a global pandemic?! In March 2020, I hosted a mystery quilt along – the Happy Scrappy QAL – where I encouraged you to dig into your scrap buckets and just play creatively… Read More
Way back in March 2020 (I know, it feels like a lifetime ago!), the world really, uh… “hit the fan” and shut down. Those of us with kids suddenly found ourselves supervising home learning, many of us were juggling working from home at the same time, and for some strange reason, everyone bought up on toilet paper. And in the… Read More
Christmas is a beautiful time of the year, full of meaningful traditions and experiences that we share with our families and friends. Advent is one of those traditions celebrated by millions of Christians around the world, whether it be as the start of the liturgical calendar and celebrated from four Sundays before Christmas Day, or as a daily devotional from… Read More