I Wish You A Merry QAL – Completed Quilt

This quilt along has been such a great learning experience for me, and I even used this opportunity to stretch my quilting skills.  I am so proud of the finished quilt, as I straight-line and free motion quilted the entire thing! I used straight line quilting to stitch-in-the-ditch for outlining the different blocks and secure the basting before free motion quilting each of the different...

#365DaysOfArtPBQChallenge Week 1, Exercises 1-7

Welcome to the Week 1 wrap up of the 365 Days Of Art Challenge!  If you haven’t started yet, no worries!  The link up at the bottom of the post will be open all year and check back to see what other fellow creatives have made with this week’s exercises.  Read more about the challenge here. Without further ado, here are my 7 for this...

At Disney for Friday Foto Fun #13

Happy Friday everyone!  I survived the first week back in reality…I mean work.  It was a super short 3 day week for me since Monday was New Year’s Day, and I’m on vacation today!  I’m nice and warm in Orlando, FL for the Walt Disney World Marathon this Sunday.  It’s not going to be the best run as I’ve been plagued with foot injuries all...

My Best of 2017 and Quilting/Blog Recap!

My final recap of 2017 by the numbers: Quilts finished: 4 Mug Rugs, 6 Mini (<24″), 4 Small (<40″), 14 Usable size (>40″) Quilt tops finished: 8 Quilts/Works in progress: 10 Patterns released: 4 Other Works in Progress: 4 quilt tops from 2016 that still need to be quilted and finished! I didn’t take a count of all the zippy bags I made or other...

January Color Challenge Block!

Happy New Year everyone! Let’s kick this year off with this Monthly Color Challenge.  This month’s color is RED!  If you want more details on the challenge read about it here. Jen from Patterns by Jen designed a block that can be made in 6″ and 12″ finished.  I opted to make all the blocks 12″ to match the blocks I designed.  You can get...

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100th Blog Post! (Friday Foto Fun #12)

Today is a huge milestone for me since it’s my 100th blog post!  That’s so exciting! I have been blogging for about a year and a half, and it started out really slowly before I hit my stride.  For everyone that’s been reading since then (Hi, family!), thanks so much for joining me on this journey thus far!  This week at home has been pretty...

2018 Planning Party

Yvonne at Quilting Jet Girl is hosting this year’s planning party! I figured this would be a great way for me to detail out my goals for the upcoming year. Looking back through my blog posts for my 2017 goals, the only tangible goal I documented was releasing 4 patterns this year.  I’m happy to say that I achieved that goal, and I would like...

TGIFF!!! (Friday Foto Fun #11)

This week’s edition of Friday Foto Fun is extra special since I’m hosting Thank Goodness It’s Finished Friday!!!  I can’t wait to see everyone’s finishes this week on the last Friday before Christmas! My finish this week is my Tabby Road Quilt!  This amazingly original name comes from Tula Pink’s Tabby Road fabric line which is used in this quilt!

Introducing the 2018 Monthly Color Challenge!

So what exactly is this challenge? The challenge is to make something in a specific color designated for the month, either a quilt block or something else. Jen will be hosting a link up party at Patterns by Jen for the last week of the month.  Share a photo of your project for the month, and you will be entered into the drawing for a prize.  Jen will...