Tagged: sew kind of wonderful

Tool Time Part 1! (Friday Foto Fun #103)

Happy Black Friday! I don’t have a sale today, but be sure to be on my newsletter to get my Cyber Monday deals! However, that’s not what this post is about!  November is over in like 2 days… down to the wire to finish this month’s challenge! The Island Batik Ambassador Challenge this month is Tool Time, use a tool or a specialty ruler to...

Metro Rings Mini Quilt

I love mini quilts so much and mini quilt swaps are my absolute favorite!  A few weeks ago I signed up for an Alison Glass mini swap.  I figured this was a great opportunity to use some of the Alison Glass fabric that I love and have been saving.  I’m trying to actually use my fabric that I love rather than hoard, so this was...

Tru Inspiration! (Friday Foto Fun #9)

This week I was traveling for work in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and I stayed at Tru, a new Hilton brand family hotel. It’s a really trendy hipster more affordable hotel.  I saw inspiration for quilts everywhere with all the bright colors and designs throughout the hotel.  My favorite was this amazing wallpaper.  I actually want to make this into a quilt! (Who would have guessed?  It...

Quilter’s Block

Quilter’s Block

I feel I have a quilting version of Writer’s Block…so Quilter’s Block? The cause is Pattern #103, but I’m not quite sure why I’m not able to make progress on it.  It’s not technically a hard block, and it looks amazing in the simulated photos, like nothing I’ve seen done before. But why can’t I seem to get myself to make progress and actually work...

1 Day before QuiltCon East!

I leave for QuiltCon tomorrow, and I am so excited to go!  I feel a little bad I signed up for so many classes…I was one of the lucky ones that was able to get into all their classes before the registration site crashed last summer.  But I am so ready to LEARN all the things!  One of the classes I’m taking is called “You...

Winter Quiltfest 2017 Recap

Winter Quiltfest 2017 was absolutely one of the most fun weekend retreats I’ve ever been to!  It was my first quilting retreat, but that doesn’t matter; it was AMAZING!  I did the whole package for Winter Quiltfest; I arrived Wednesday afternoon and stayed all the way until Sunday.  I took 5 different classes and learned all sorts of different techniques.  The organizers for the event...