My sister and I occasionally take on “Sister Projects” together. It’s seriously fun to have a sister close who quilts! She didn’t start quilting in earnest until 2001, but it’s as if she’s been quilting with me all along. I used to quilt with our grandmother, and Katy took up quilting a few months after […]
5 Comments. Continue Reading...It’s time once again to announce the new annual BOM program that I’ve designed for Sew Sweet Quilt Shop. Only this year, I have no quilts to show you! This year’s quilt is a MYSTERY! That’s right — we’re changing things up, and this year’s quilt is a mystery quilt in 12 installments. The quilt […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...It’s once again Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Last year, I participated in Moda’s Stitch Pink Quilt-Along, and made this quilt (which I still don’t have quilted yet): Moda is hosting Stitch Pink again this year, altho this year it begins on October 15th and runs for two weeks. This year’s quilt is very cute, but […]
7 Comments. Continue Reading...Have you started a pile of little Maple Leaf blocks by now? I’ve seen a few around, and some of you have sent me some lovely pictures! Here’s one Amanda made — the color in this is fabulous!!! I’m a little slow at it. It’s super difficult for me to cut anything. I ordered one […]
16 Comments. Continue Reading...Here we go! Have you picked out and gathered up your fabrics for your Maple Leaves? It’s time to get cutting and stitching! Let’s get right to it . . . CUTTING: The instructions are for cutting ONE block only. This way it’s a lot easier for you to make the blocks scrappy. For ONE block: […]
10 Comments. Continue Reading...In conjunction with the Brunswick Forest BOM, I’m hosting a quick little Quilt-along for those darling Maple Leaf blocks! They were so fun to make, I didn’t get enough the first time around while making the fall version of the quilt, and I want to do more. I want you to join me! They’re great […]
23 Comments. Continue Reading...As you probably know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Last year, on October 18th, I lost one of my closest, dearest friends to breast cancer. I miss her every day. This year, Moda is hosting a Stitch Pink Quilt-Along, presenting one block each day throughout October, to make this quilt: In honor of my […]
6 Comments. Continue Reading...Just in case you are running out of things to do, I thought I’d pop on today with a few links to some fun stuff I’ve run across lately. While I wish I personally had time to do all of these things my ownself, I’m pretty sure it won’t happen, but that ain’t stoppin’ me […]
3 Comments. Continue Reading...I’ve been seeing so many cute things that look like they’d be fun online lately. It’s all I can do not to start some of them! So, I thought I’d share them with you, and just live vicariously through watching other people do them, until I get my own mess a bit more under control. […]
9 Comments. Continue Reading...My bestie, Victoria, just launched her first Block-of-the-Month quilt, and I couldn’t resist jumping in on it. It’s called Off The Cuff, and I had the honor of quilting two of the sample quilts for this BOM, the red one, and the light one, and it was hard to pick a favorite — I think […]
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