Happy New Year! I spent my New Year’s Eve weekend online with my quilting friends at Pat Sloan’s Quilt Mashup Forum. Pat hosts an awesome – and awe inspiring – weekend of UFO busting on New Year’s and this year – I busted! My string quilt from 2010 is now a QUILT! I finished quilting…
My final Design Wall for 2011 I’m so excited to be starting a new year of quilting! I have lots of little quilts – and a few big ones – ready and waiting for me to finish them next year. This little one fills me with Joy! It was designed by Jan Patek for Quilt…
For my son, Samuel Christmas 2011 Michigan Mystery Quilt 2009 Pattern “O Sole Mio” (My Own Sun) by Debbie Caffrey Pieced and Quilted by Sarah Vanderburgh {size: 53″ x 74″} Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours! Wishing you Peace and Joy, Sarah Vee
One of my current happy places in my house is right next to my sewing machine. I’m not sewing much right now, but I do get to walk by and glance at some of my favourite things more than once a day. Do you see my new mug?! Time will tell if any more will…
The first weekend in December I found myself headed to the curling rink to watch my daughter in her first ever bonspiel. I knew I would have a lot of time on my hands and my four year old son! A perfect opportunity to try out my idea to make these little cards. I had…
Welcome to the Party! I’ve been rather busy this month away from my blog, but still thought I could help celebrate the season by joining this giveaway hosted by Michelle at the Quilting Gallery. There’s still time to get a little making done this season. Here are a few ideas Stocking – simply make and…
When I designed this quilt I knew I would use Mistyfuse for my applique. Why? Because with Mistyfuse I can make my letter templates the right way up and not have to think backwards at any step in the process. I can draw my template the way I want it to look on my quilt…
Okay, Joyful Peeps, Let’s Get Ready for the Season of JOY! Jolly Holiday List for allsorts Make a Pretty List – I’m using these sweet little elves to give me a jolly grin while I check off my to-do’s for December. Jenny at Allsorts made this cute list to print out. I printed out enough…
My design wall is Fu -ull this week! All 3 projects are for ME and will probably be up there for a little while as I try to finish up some Christmas gifts. One project – an ongoing sampler project using these 4 fabrics – the poinsettia print, gold, hand dyed pink {by Jackie} and…
How could I resist an invitation from Sandi to participate in this week’s Oh Thank Cuteness Linkup? Especially when it led to a wonderful discovery that Scott is heading up this great magazine! Cuteness comes and goes around here, usually depending on my amount of sleep {wink} Today the cuteness came out with our…
