Tagged: quilting

August Color Challenge Block!

It’s the first day of August, so it’s a new color for the Monthly Color Challenge!  This month’s color is YELLOW-ORANGE! If you want more details on the challenge, read about it here.  I apparently did not have many yellow-orange fabrics, and they all turned out to be around the same shade.  Whoops.  Lesson learned, go for more variety in terms of value. Jen from...

My New Sewing Space! (Friday Foto Fun #40)

My sewing studio is at least 90% there!  I started some secret sewing this week that I can’t share yet, but I wanted to share my new space!  When we moved to Kansas City, I knew that I would want lots of space for my work area and to have lots of wall space to have design walls hung up.  I ended up getting the...

July Color Challenge Block!

It’s the first day of July, so it’s a new color for the Monthly Color Challenge!  This month’s color is YELLOW-GREEN! 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...

Sister Sewing Weekend! (Friday Foto Fun #36) 

My sister, Sandra, came to visit last weekend and it was the first weekend the house was on the market.  We did end up sewing a bit, but it was sew, pack up and leave the house when there was a showing, then return and take everything back out and sew some more, repeat.  Not ideal but we made it work. It has been a...

Around The Square Quilt Pattern!

I am so excited to share my newest pattern with you today!  Introducing Around The Square! Around the Square is Fat Quarter friendly.  The sample quilt is Bring on the Bubbly from Designs by Sarah J.  It used a fat quarter bundle of the entire collection and I just love the bright colors!

June Color Challenge Block! (Friday Foto Fun #34)

Today’s Friday Foto Fun is super special since it’s the first day of June, so it’s a new color for the Monthly Color Challenge!  This month’s color is PURPLE! 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...

Modern Stitch Affair Recap (Friday Foto Fun #30) 

We made it everyone… it’s finally FRIDAY!  There were a couple big announcements earlier this week, so I delayed my Modern Stitching Affair recap until today.  Did you miss the announcements?  Fall Into A QAL starts May 15 (read about that here) and my May Color Challenge block is up, so don’t forget to download the block for free before the end of the month...

May Color Challenge Block!

This month’s color is GREEN! 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 Jen’s block pattern from her blog here. The goal of the challenge is to...

April Color Challenge Block!

Happy April Fools Day! This month’s color is ORANGE! 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 Jen’s block pattern from her blog here. The goal of the challenge is to have...

March Color Challenge Revisited

Can you believe March is almost over?!  I am reminding you that the March Color Challenge link up is OPEN!!! YAY!!! Make sure to head over to Patterns By Jen’s blog to link up.  If you missed the kickoff of the challenge, you still have time to make something YELLOW and enter!  Read about the March Challenge here. This is my 3rd yellow block using...