Sew Joy Creations

I live on the shady side of the street (my daffodils didn’t come out this year. again.) I decided to plant pansies to add some colour to my porch and garden. They’re bright and reliable – and growing! (Did you notice that I had to put those purple ones in the middle for some ‘pop’?…

This is where the quilt top started. It almost ended here too! I was really tempted to get out my white fabric and go for it. (I did pull out the white fabric in the end, but I don’t have a picture of what I did with it – yet!) I started to add in…

Now that my basket block has become my official unofficial leader ender for the year, I’ve found that making each one out of scraps means that I might not have the right sizes of fabric to cut based on my original directions. Basket Block for Layer Cake Quilt Along Instructions When I made my instructions…

My husband may or may not have been serious when he mentioned last night that I should make him a quilt for Father’s day. Any other day I might have pretended to not hear him or rolled my eyes at him, but I had already been thinking about making him a quilt! hmmm Here’s the…

FINALLY! And with a FLOURISH, my latest patterns are ready. I actually designed and made the mini quilt when my sewing space was in my laundry room! I was inspired by my friend Shirley who is a Christmas fanatic – F A N A T I C ! to make a red and green holiday…

There is joy in making, and joy in sharing, but lately rarely time to do BOTH! I’m still working away at the patterns for this block. I did find the time to make, and now share, a quick video showing the pillow made in two different styles. This is an easy, versatile block. I need…

Thank you to all my newsletter readers who have downloaded my newest tutorial! {If you don’t already subscribe to my newsletter you can click here to get it:) } I’m getting  a new pattern ready – actually it’s three patterns in one! – and they use a new block I designed that uses selvages! In…

This is for my friend Linda who thought I should take my own picture of the rhubarb cake! My suggestion for colour combination viewing with these two photos? Look at each one and think about what happens to the yellow of the slice of cake.  In the first photo, your eye is drawn to the…

I had today off and spent the morning working on my International Soul Art Day piece. It’s still a quilt top but this is as far as I know what to do to with it right now. I blanket stitched around the feet and hands with some sea blue variegated Aurifil thread. I knew from…