Sewing

The older I get, the fewer friends my age are having kids, so when I hear one of them is having a little miracle I get so excited!  When I got news several months ago from a friend, I immediately started planning a quilt for her. Later, she straight up asked me to make one […]

Continue Reading

I can’t help but be happy when I see this cheerful quilt! Most definitely because I used Happy Day fabric by Lori Whitlock for Riley Blake Designs, and it really is the happiest fabric out there right now. So when I grabbed myself some charm packs at my LQS (I had to have every print!) […]

Continue Reading

My husband came into my sewing room recently with a request- usually this involves something odd like “sew me a camping backpack!” but this time, it was for a quilt! His co-worker is expecting her first baby, and he was so thrilled for her that he wanted to do something special. That was something I […]

Continue Reading

Some of my patterns call for a “scant seam allowance”, and that may be an unfamiliar term to many people. Today, I want to explain the Scant Seam and why it is important! I’m going to show two seams today, the “Standard,” or the normal seam that people learn to sew with, and the “Scant”, […]

Continue Reading

When Lindsey released her Garden Snails Quilt Pattern, I knew I had to make it. And since only Lindsey can make snails this adorable, I knew I had to make it ASAP. When the Garden Snails Slow Sew Along was announced, I jumped right in, but instead of slow sewing, I had it made within […]

Continue Reading