I am working on a couple of new quilt patterns, and have chosen for both of them Dear Stella's new fabric collection called Perch, designed by Rae Ritchie. The beautiful, soft colors will complement my designs very well the . The first pattern should be available in one week or so. The birds, little bugs, and flowers make me feel as though Spring comes from inside my studio and spills onto the garden, not the other way around. Toby gave up watching me. Apparently, the … [Read more...] about Birds of Spring
Spellbound Quilt Along
Welcome to the Spellbound Quilt Along hosted by Fat Quarter Shop! My version looks a little bit different from Fat Quarter Shop's pattern because at the last minute I succumbed to the "What if..." urge! This pattern uses one print jelly roll, one background jelly roll, and the Creative Grids 90 degree Double Strip Ruler. It is super fast to make because you sew jelly roll strips together and use the ruler to cut patches. I chose gorgeous Hoffman batiks for this project: Dot … [Read more...] about Spellbound Quilt Along
Crochet Baby Gifts
One of the young ladies at my trusted UPS store just had a baby girl. For a change, I decided to crochet some gifts for her baby. Crocheting or knitting gifts for babies is one of my favorite things to do. In fact, it was one of my favorite gifts to receive for my own babies. I have kept all the beautiful items they got, as well as the baby afghans I made for each of them. I guess I need to write another post to show them to you! The gray is not showing correctly on the photo above, but at … [Read more...] about Crochet Baby Gifts
Dwell Quilt Blocks
Two more blocks for my Dwell Quilt! I love to mix and match the fabrics from the Olive's Flower Market collection by Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics, to figure out what to add to the door or what block to insert in place of it. The hymn "Love at Home" gave me the idea to applique' the heart to the door... ... and I had to have that brown/black dots fabric on the chimney so I pieced the scraps I had left over from that fat quarter to make it (in the true spirit of scrappy … [Read more...] about Dwell Quilt Blocks
Storing my Quilts
I finally got a tall shelf unit from IKEA to store my quilts. I did not want anything with doors so it would be easy to get to them, pet them, show them to friends, and use them. One change I made: I used to fold them with the backing out to 'protect' the front. Forget that! This winter has brought so many gray days that it has me craving colors every day! Now I can see them in all their glory. Although I have moved my quilt room to a larger room in the basement, there was no room for the … [Read more...] about Storing my Quilts
Bella Solids Skill Builder Sew Along
Welcome back to the Bella Solids Skill Builder Sew Along, hosted by Fat Quarter Shop and using Moda Fabrics Bella Solids! This month we are practicing the Orange Peel blocks. One block has 16 dark peels, another is a lighter version of same block, and the other block has only 6 peels. Easy! The pattern said to use your preferred applique' method so I will show you below mine: 1. Start with HeatnBond Light fusible web from Therm-o-web. I buy it by the bolt because … [Read more...] about Bella Solids Skill Builder Sew Along