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Thriving is definitely happening over here! I wish I could say it feels good all of the time, but I’m still learning to stop, look, and listen { like in fire drills at school:) } Stop I have a hard time stopping to celebrate success. A finished quilt is definitely up there as a highlight…
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We finally have snow! Two snow falls and it’s hard to remember we could see the grass at Christmas time. My first official finish of 2016 is this Temecula Quilt Company mini basket quilt. It’s been sitting stashed away waiting to be quilted and I finally just did it. Although unexpected, I’m pretty delighted with…
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I couldn’t resist any longer! Pat Sloan got me again! She rocks at designing blocks that pull me in and her newest Block of the Month *My Secret Garden* is no exception. This is my stash of fabrics – lots of blue! – that I am going to finally let bloom into a quilt! Pat…
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Happy New Year! I finished my Mini Christmas over the holidays and planned what quilts I want to focus for the beginning of this year. We Wish You a Mini Christmas by Temecula Quilt Co. Over New Year’s weekend {as part of the annual luau with my Pat Sloan friends} I decided I want to…
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It’s that time of year – time to reflect and celebrate, pause and plan. Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs has a linky party set up to help quilting bloggers share their Top 5. Here are my Top 5 Tutorials from 2015 My Liberated Churn Dash Tutorial was my most popular post – still! The popularity…
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Which one would you pick? Temecula Quilt Company’s We Wish You a Mini Christmas Which would you choose? Do you think I would choose differently – why? Looking forward to your guesses. I’ll share with you in a couple of days. I’ll be supply teaching and attending Christmas festivities for the next couple of days…
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My Christmas tree is ready and waiting to be decorated. To be honest, this tree skirt is one of my favourite decorations! It was a gift and it’s paper pieced. I love the design and the fabrics – and would never have made it for myself. Sometimes those are the best gifts!I think I might…
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I can blame it on no snow. It’s 2 weeks before Christmas and I still have a lot of making to do. Making that I knew about and planned for the most part several months ago. And here it all sits on my cutting table! To be fair, it’s still a doable pile. If it’s…
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Thank you Temecula Quilt Company for the We Wish You a Mini Christmas! A daily surprise mini block. A mini quilt in 12 days. Hard to resist! A fun treat at this time of year. I bribe myself with it – get your projects done and you can play with your scraps and the wonderful…
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The birthday party was cancelled. I found this out at about this point in my process. I kept going. Kind of. My diagram is confusing but useful – it shows where the axe is to be and the orange squares are actually turquoise in fabric – but adding more blue to the diagram was going…
