quilting

I am telling you, mitered corners still elude me. When working with them I still need to refer to directions, even after all these years of quilting. It is probably because I don't use them in all my quilts, but some borders won't look good without them. I wish I had someone next to me right as I am doing it... ... but the next best thing is a good reference book. Quiltmaking Essentials 2 by Donna Lynn Thomas covers not only borders but also backings, bindings, sashings, and quilt … [Read more...] about Quiltmaking Essentials

I can finally show you the quilt I had been working on for Moda Bake Shop! I had a  lot of fun designing, piecing, and quilting it. All Grown Up, going from small 4-patches, to medium and then larger 4-patches... the growing patches symbolize the coming of age of little girls (or boys, just change the colors). Moda fabrics are so easy to work with! Very little fraying, soft hand, and Bella Solids have such amazing colors! This pattern would look great in a number of color trios. The free … [Read more...] about All Grown Up Irish Chain Quilt

  Welcome to the last stop on the Stash-Busting Blog Hop hosted by Stitch Craft Create! The entire month of April brought us a lot of beautiful creations, all based on either one of the books shown below: Retro Mama's Scrap Happy Sewing by Kim Kruzich, and 50 Fat Quarter Makes, edited by Ame Verso.    Photograph by Kim Kruzich 18 projects? '18 ways to keep you happy in your sewing room' is a more fitting title for this book. The projects are delightful - here are just a … [Read more...] about Stash-Busting Blog Hop and Giveaway

The sun shined very briefly this morning, right after I took these pictures; yet, I think you will be able to enjoy them. I am really happy with this wall hanging called "Studio Garden" - when I made it there were no flowers outside, so I had to make up my own in my quilting studio. The wall hanging is 35" long and 18" wide and is fat quarter friendly. There is a lot of machine applique in this wall hanging, including the flowers, leaves and stems, and... surprise - the borders! No … [Read more...] about Garden in my studio

My pattern for the Nesting Bread Baskets was just published in the Summer 2015 edition of the Quilter's World magazine. I am still waiting for the shot they printed in the magazine, and will update this post with their photo as soon as I receive it. You can make this set in a couple of hours and customize them for the season. They make a great gift! The fabrics I chose are super cute - too bad I did not have a lot of them. However, this set is mine, and I will make more to give away to my … [Read more...] about Nesting Bread Baskets

I checked out my stash of flannels and found these leftover rectangles from a quilt I made for myself a while ago (see it here and here). Since I really like those Woolies, I decided to use them all in a tote for yours truly. This is the back side. I stitched all the pieces in a big rectangle, marked the pleates with a pin and stitched 1/8" from the edge to secure them. I then chose a lining fabric, cut a rectangle of it with matching size, marked and secured the pleats. I added a large … [Read more...] about Flannel bag