hello Monday! just thought I would check in…life has been full of not fun drama… we do have some new babies on the horizon for family and a close friend….which always means to me that it’s time to make a baby quilt! so off I went to my local quilt shop…fell in love with this […]
hello Monday! I recently received a request to make some tablerunners using purple and green fabrics… I found this line, which had the perfect combination of colors for my customer… still haven’t completely decided what exactly I am creating…my request is for two long runners and a placemat size piece…any ideas you would care to […]
hello Monday! so for my next caterpillar quilt variation…I cut larger blocks of the caterpillar fabric to alternate with four-patch blocks where I cut up some of the many different hungry caterpillar fabrics I have collected…. I used my “solid” pieces for half of the four-patches and the prints for the other half… so, so […]
hello Monday! this past week I dug into my diving board fabric from Alison Glass…I decided to work with the cool colorway… using my Baker’s Dozen book for quilt guidance…this is a super old book that gives lots of room for creativity…we shall see where we go…. just a little glimpse into my world…this is […]
hello Monday! just love seeing a pile of fresh cut strips! so I decided to mix holiday with some fun neutrals – some Christmas themed and some Alison Glass…. I knew my project with the strips would be to make a variation of Courthouse Steps…old block done in modern fabrics…always love that twist! this gives […]
hello Monday! last weekend when I was scrolling on instagram looking for some inspiration….I saw gogokim working on this amazing snail trail quilt! I have been smitten with doing that block for awhile. I was able to see that gogokim was using this book….so I bought a copy! this is a super cool book! lots […]
hello Monday! sometimes there are good fabrics in your stash! I went looking for fabric for another baby quilt project and pulled out these…. the best part was discovering squares were already cut and ready to be sewn together! who could refuse that??!! this weekend I worked on making 4 patches….it was refreshing to sit […]
hello Monday! well….I am happy to say that my sewing machine and I had some quality time this weekend…I have three of these little animal blocks done…I like them, but they weren’t high on my list…. so next I thought I would add two more blocks to my other baby quilt project…. the fall colors […]
hello Monday! I pulled my blue and green fabrics from this fun line….I had a request for a lap quilt in this color scheme…. I pulled my coordinating solids out and put them in color order…. I am working on making some crosses for a border first…so fun to re-visit these from long ago project… […]
hello Monday! we have dear neighbors who are moving soon and I wanted to sew a little centerpiece….I pulled these fabrics as the gal decorates in these “ice” blues in their current home… some fun 2.5 inch squares… loving how this is coming together….now to get back to sewing…. wishing all of you a Happy […]
