Today kicks off Week 1 of the blog hop and my day to share my project with my “SURPRISE” fabrics from our first ambassador box that we received in January! You can check out my unboxing video here. My surprise fabric line is Blueberry Patch! I really love this fabric line and all the variations of blue. I even had a quilt in the...
Happy August Everyone!!! Island Batik Ambassadors will be showcasing the spring fabric line collections all month! These collections will be shipping to shops in September! Find your local Island Batik carrying quilt shop with this handy store locator! Be sure to visit the Island Batik blog and all the ambassador blogs for some amazing projects, inspiration, and best of all, GIVEAWAYS! The event kicks off...
Today is my day to share my project from Masterpiece Quilt’s Christmas Collection book! The Christmas Collection has a lot of fun festive projects ranging from coasters to full-sized quilts that can be used year-round with some slight modifications to the color palette. My project is the Mistletoe Magic Pillow! This is one of the patterns that can be a quilt or a pillow and...
Block 11 of Sew Let’s QAL is released today! Read all the details of the QAL here. Don’t forget to bookmark my quick links page for easy access to all of the designers’ and hosts’ blog posts! Block 11 is designed by Becca of Pretty Piney Quilts! The block features bolts of fabric! Remember that all patterns for the QAL will be free until September...
This month’s Island Batik Challenge is Artsy Fartsy! The task is to use any fabric art/non-traditional quilting/sewing/thread painting technique using 3 Aurifil thread weights. The fabrics, batting, and thread featured in this post were given to me by Island Batik, Hobbs Batting, and Aurifil!
Whenever I host a giveaway and ask “what would you make with this fabric?” inevitably someone will always say I would make a New York Beauty quilt. And every time I needed to look it up. My reaction has always been, “Oh right… this block. Uhhh… no thanks, that looks impossible.” So imagine my reaction when C&T Publishing asked me to do a book review...
Happy Friday and welcome to one of the hottest weekends so far this year (for me)! That means I’ll be hunkering down in the basement to sew all weekend! My studio has been a bit neglected this week with all the chaos happening at work lately, but I will make up for some lost time! Today I’m officially announcing the Barn Quilt Block of the...
Block 10 of Sew Let’s QAL is released today! Read all the details of the QAL here. Don’t forget to bookmark my quick links page for easy access to all of the designers’ and hosts’ blog posts! Block 10 is designed by Laura Piland of Slice of Pi Quilts! The block features buttons! The way Laura has written the construction of the block is so...
This is one of those weeks where I wonder, “How is it already Friday?! What happened?” Work has been so crazy lately that things have kind of gotten away from me. Sometimes it’s just exhausting, and I need to remember to give myself the grace to relax and recharge. There is no need to work myself to the point of a mental breakdown. There are...
Have you ever seen a new fabric line and thought I know EXACTLY what I want to make with that?! That’s what happened to me when I saw Night of the Nutcracker by Paintbrush Studio Fabrics. Paintbrush Studio Fabrics is based out of North Kansas City and is a fabric manufacturer that has some really cute prints and lots of beautiful solids. Paintbrush Studio Fabrics...
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