Life is full and busy on my end these past few weeks, but I didn’t forget that I wanted to share a free project every month this year. This month’s freebie is several projects that, with any luck, will lead you to use up some stash and try something new too! It’s my turn over…
I am finding it hard to keep quilting on my list of things to do and still enjoy it. I thought you might be too! This post will go through how I keep my supplies and fabrics organized so that I can move this project forward and enjoy the time spent doing it. There’s nothing…
I’m late! I’m late! But never one to completely give up on a challenge – so here’s my quilt top. Finally! The challenge was originally issued back in 2009 by Pat Sloan. If you ‘google’ madhatter tea party quilt challenge you will find the applique templates for the tea cups, tea pot, cream and sugar.…
One of my goals this year is to offer more tutorials here. I’ve called this one Scrappy 9 churn dash – enjoy! You can see my first attempt at this block in my Christmas sampler quilt from this year. I needed to make another 12″ block to finish a row. I also had lots of…
Happy New Year! Best wishes for some productive time quilting this year. I spent the time leading up to Christmas and a few days after working at putting this lap quilt top together. It’s made up of random blocks that were sitting in a pile waiting patiently – some longer than others. The 6 pointed…
It’s my turn to share over at QUILTsocial.com this week! Lucky me I’m reviewing the PFAFF passport 3.0! I call it a workhorse pony – it definitely helped me get ready for the gift giving season. First up I shared finishing up some mug rugs that I started last year (ahem.) Thanks to this sweet…
Next year marks Canada’s 150 birthday and the preparations are well under way. As a Canadian quilter, I was thrilled to find out about a quilt along with 150 blocks each representing a Canadian woman. Next Step Designs releases three blocks a week through their newsletter. There will be a CD available at the end…
It’s been another wonderful year of quilting and this past weekend was Pat Sloan’s birthday. Pat has brought a lot of JOY to my quilting experience. The friends, the challenges, and her happy fabrics, but especially her enthusiasm and quilt designs 🙂 Here are some of the things I made this year thanks to Pat!…
A quick thank you to everyone who participated in the Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Blog Tour giveaway! I’ve contacted my winners by email – Congratulations! 🙂 Christmas is coming and my birthday is almost here – again! This year I participated in a block exchange with some of my bestest quilting friends. You can read this…
