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March Color Challenge Block!

Happy March! This month’s color is YELLOW!  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 an entire...

Quilt top or Mock up? (Friday Foto Fun #19)

So last week, I talked about only using your Camera to mock up a quilt (read about that here).  I have a confession to make… I really love PhotoGrid.  To be clear I am not affiliated with PhotoGrid whatsoever, I just really heart any sort of collage maker app.  Look at this really cool quilt!

Making a Custom Serger Cover

I bought my Juki serger at the Original Sewing Expo last November, and I decided that I wanted to make a custom dust cover for the machine.  I made the cover without a formal pattern, and I think it turned out pretty well. Here is the following process I used to make my custom serger cover.  Please note that sergers come in all different shapes...

February Color Challenge Block!

Happy February! This month’s color is BLUE!  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 an entire...

January Color Challenge Revisited

January is almost over and the linkup for entering to win the January prize opens tomorrow on Pattern By Jen’s blog! If you missed the kickoff of the challenge, you still have time to make something RED and enter!  Read about the January Challenge here. I decided to make Jen from Dizzy Quilter’s block as well with a slight modification.  I did not have the...

Let it snow and let’s “Decorate A Snowman”!

Introducing my “Decorate A Snowman” block pattern!  YAY!  This is the pattern I designed for the I Wish You A Merry QAL that has been updated and had sizes added!  The pattern is now a paid pattern and you can get it from my Craftsy Shop. The pattern includes instructions and templates for a 12″, 18″, and 24″ block.  I used the 18″ block  as...

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...