October Island Batik Ambassador project and…
Hi friends! It has been while since my last post- a month! Where did the time go? Since I last posted I have been to Des Moines to the AQS quilt show. I had a...
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June Island Batik Challenge
Hi friends! The Island Batik Ambassador challenge for June was to create a curved pieced quilt. Curves. Have you done a lot of curves? Do you like to do curves? I love how curves...
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Fabric Dyeing: Ice Dyeing Tutorial
Hi friends! Last week was a busy week for me! How about for you? On Thursday, I went to my local quilt guild meeting and was part of Demo Night. It was great! We had...
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Wonky 9 Patch Tutorial
Templates, templates, templates! So many templates to play with! Fons and Porter has a Template of the Month program and it is a fun way to build up your template collection. They asked me to...
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8 Tips for piecing blocks–great for The Splendid Sampler™
Hi everyone! I know I have told you about some different BOMs out on the web right now. One of them started this past Sunday. I had been debating jumping on The Splendid Sampler™. It...
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Block Design boards
Have you ever made one of Lori Holt’s block design boards? I have seen a few people post links to her YouTube video where she shows how to make one and I thought, why not try...
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Needles
Many of us know Schmetz needles- we use them all the time in our sewing machines. And now be honest, how often do you change your needles? At the start of a new project? Only...
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Quick Valentine’s Table Runner Tutorial
Hi friends! As promised, here is the tutorial for a cute heart runner you can whip up this weekend and have on the table for Valentine’s Day. To get started, you need either 3 or...
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Scrappy Backs
Today is another scrappy post- a great way to use up chunks of your leftover fabrics is to make scrappy backs. I have always liked pieced backs- it seems like you get two quilts in...
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Scrap Monday- see what I made!
Last week as I was getting ready to go to Quilt Market I had a ton of things to do. And not one of them included making this adorable scrappy strap for my camera! But...
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