• Follow Your Bliss: Find Your Treasures!

    The Follow Your Bliss Makealong “officially” starts on Monday, July 18.BUT, since I have some things to show you and I’ve left you hanging for a bit, I thought I’d start you off on the adventure a little early. Besides, this part might take you the most time! Official Like Details The Makealong is open…

  • A Birthday Pillowcase

    Another niece, another birthday!This time I made a pillowcase. I used the piano key band free pattern from American Patchwork and Quilting’s 1 million pillowcase challenge. Click on this link to the free pattern page. To find out more, here is the link to the main info page. Each side of the pillowcase uses a…

  • A Blog Break

    A Blog Break

    I’ve been taking a bit of a blog break. Actually when I went to type the title I spelled it “brake” and that would be accurate as well! Life is busy outside of blogland – who knew;) I am still working away at my Lady of the Lake quilt. My header photo is from two…

  • Happiness KEY Lime Pie

    I am having so much fun with Pat Sloan‘s and Emilie Richards‘ Happpiness Key Mystery. Especially now that I’ve made a key lime pie! There is a group of dedicated “Sloanies” working on this project together. We share stories and especially stories about pie. One of the characters in Emilie’s books is slightly obsessed with…

  • WOW! Wading into a Quilt Along

    I’m so glad you want to quilt along with me! Maybe you’ll change your mind[s] when you understand better what I’m planning Nothing is finalized in my head yet, no dates either{remember, I HAVE to finish THIS first}, BUT, I thought I would let you in on my idea now and see if we can…

  • Drowning in my Lady of the Lake – Quilt Along, Anyone?

    Okay, maybe I shouldn’t be so dramatic. I am so close to a finish.Some of my friends over at Pat Sloan’s Quilt Mashup Forum even made blocks for me. Enough that I will have another row in my quilt. Enough so that I didn’t have to do much at all to get this 11 year…

  • Perhaps for a Paper Bag Princess?

    I pulled out some leftover Block Lotto blocks last night. I measured the leftover fabric and came up with a quick plan. I had a little bit of fun playing with my sewing machine stitch selector and some variegated thread. One more bag hanging. One more birthday present. Only 2 more to go this week!…

  • New Pillow Pattern

    A new PDF pattern for you to enjoy.It’s in the shop now. At a special premiering price:) To celebrate, I put my placemat pattern on special, too. With Joy,Sarah Vee

  • Colour Play Exercise

    An inspiration print – an extra piece from cutting out backing panels for my Lady of the Lake. I reached into my scrap bin that holds all of my recent off cuttings. It’s pretty full right now.I dug right down to the bottom and kept pulling out pieces that matched the colours in the print.It…

  • Joy Framed and Bordered

    Remember this wallhanging? It’s made from my block in Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Vol.3. You can find the quick tutorial for it here. Well. I put it up on the dining room wall just. like. this.With pins and no backing.So I stare at it while I’m eating.I eat a lot! I realized it needed something more.…