I don't know about you but I have quite a collection of Charm Packs waiting to become a quilted project. I cannot resist those packs of squares from my favorite lines. The Charm Pack above has been staring at me from the shelf for a while now. Such cheerful colors! The thing is, I have no idea what I will do with it and, thus, the collection keeps growing. To be sure, I do have books with patterns for precuts, but I am always looking for fresh ideas, something different, something new. I … [Read more...] about Lucky Charm Quilts
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Nature Sweet Pattern
The blocks for my newest pattern, Nature Sweet, are finally ready! I should be stitching them together tomorrow. The fabrics are so cute! Butterflies, bugs, and blossoms in this fun collection called Perch by Dear Stella. The pinwheels were easily made using the Strip Tube Ruler, which has become my most favorite method of making HSTs. I just have to look up at the table to find out the width of the strips I need to sew together as a tube, then place ruler on the stitching line and cut, … [Read more...] about Nature Sweet Pattern
Birds of Spring
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