First I’d like to wish my hubby a Happy 18th Anniversary! I can’t believe it’s already been 18 years…time really flies when you’re having fun. Plus, I think it’s a great sign that neither of us has landed in the looney bin yet. I guess we haven’t succeeded in driving each other bananas just yet. …
Most of you know I’ve spent the last 4 weeks finishing up quilts for my step mom. I wanted to share with you all how I made the labels. I had two different products that I tried for the labels. One product, EQ Printables, gets an A+. The other product, Dritz Printed Treasures, gets an …
I’ve been dying to try out some of the new fabrics we got a couple weeks ago. Today I decided to use one of the Simply Color charm packs and make a pillowcase. I used the same construction concept that I demonstrated in my easy pillowcase pattern. However, I did change up the construction of …
First, I would like to wish all the Fathers out there a very Happy Father’s Day! And to all the special men in my life, my husband, dad, step dad, & father-in-law {in no particular order ~ of course}. I want to share with you all how I trim my quilts to get them ready …
Welcome to Part 2 of our OLFA Circle Cutter Series. Today I’ll be sharing a tutorial. You all might remember this circle table runner from the recent guest post over at Melissa’s Sew Bitter Sweet Designs. I’m posting it here on our blog because OLFA has asked me to share my design with their facebook …
I brought my barn block to life today! It measures in at 16″ x 16″ so it took a little longer to put together than I thought. I love it! I thought I would share a little tutorial on how I made it. It’s pretty easy but there are lots of pieces and lots of …
I’m so excited! We have our very first guest blogger today…Sunni from Love Affair with my Brother! She’s going to share a tutorial that uses the Moda Salt Air charm pack. For those of you visiting us for the first time…Welcome! I hope you enjoy the tutorial. And a little birdie told me there will …
I’m going to start with the BIG announcement because I just can’t hold it in any more. Hannah, my 15 year old daughter, has her first pattern featured on Free Quilt Patterns! I’m so proud of her! I almost forgot…she’s the youngest designer they have ever featured! Woohoo!! Please check it out and click ‘like’ …
How NOT to Machine Stitch Binding & a BIG Announcement! Read More »
Happy Saturday to all my quilting buddies out there! I decided to work on my Pepto quilt today. The design I came up with is going to require 240 half square triangles. {HSTs} Say what! Yes I said 240 HSTs. I must be crazy. I wanted to show you a quick and easy way to …
Half Square Traingles made with the Strip Tube Ruler Read More »
It’s been another busy day around here. I didn’t feel like working on the binding for either of my quilts that need it…so I didn’t. But here’s a look at the Sunkissed Quilt without the binding. The soft pink and grey colors are so beautiful. Today I started working on 1 of 5 quilts that …
