Home Sweet Home Quilt Along: little house block tutorial - Thank you so much to Kim at Kim's Crafty Apple for inviting me to design a block for her Home Sweet Home Quilt Along. I'm a pretty simple girl, so I want...

Somewhere in the middle - My pretty pretty tile. I'm thinking it will also look better when it isn't filthy. Yes? We are getting close. Well, closer. We still need a new mantel, baseb...

March Madness! - Fat Quarterly is having March Madness again, where you can go and vote for your favourite fabrics! And - to go VOTE FOR ST IVES! Oh go on. Please?

three sleepy time doll quilts - The best way to start off a week is with a parcel of new fabrics... and I was particularly thrilled to get these Lecien prints from Sew Deerly Loved because ...

Daylight Savings - Happy Wednesday! Another week is blowing by and I can hardly believe it! While the start of this week was tough after losing that hour of sleep on Saturd...

It's Sew Emma Spotlight: Check Me Out - I adore the simplicity of this design. It’s easy, universal and undeniably cute. While the idea comes first with other designs, Check Me Out starte...

Hotel Texture - [image: outside.my.door] Spokane is lovely. Really lovely. [image: stairs.to.my.room] I can't help but think that this hotel made sure that I knew that and w...

Pin Tryst - When I was designing my block for the Sew Out Loud quilt along, I was trying to decide what words I wanted to embroider...something about pins. Of course ...

MARCH TWELVE IN 12 TUTORIAL - Finally, the March tutorial is ready. I have a few more upcoming projects to go with these napkins, so there is a method to my madness. For some reason b...

A quick thought. - I've been feeling overwhelmed. I have a lot going on, and it feels like I'm going it alone, and I just don't want to do that anymore. I took a bike ride, the...

Summerlovin’ - I have had such fun playing with Pat Bravo’s new Summerlove collection. This summer-like week was the perfect time to work with these beautiful fabrics. ...

a few pinteresting things... - A little bit of spring is popping up around here! It's always a surprise to see our crocuses flowering. A wonderful surprise, of course! Today I am hoping to...

petal ring pillow tutorial - Firstly, I'd like to say a great big huge version of Thank You to all of you who responded to my request on the last post. I really enjoyed reading all of yo...

Moona Fabrics Giveaway ~ FQ Bundle of Summerlove by Pat Bravo - I know you enjoy a fun give away and hope that you will again participate to be in the running to win a bundle of fabric! Nicole from *Moona Fabrics* has ...

Sew-a-long Fabric Choices - What a great response! Thankyou! It is so much more fun to sew with others. You can grab the button in the side bar, the code is below it. Or grab the ...

New Quilt and Quilt Pattern- Trinket Box - The lovely Catherine, Editor of the Australian Homespun, approached me last year to design and write a new pattern for her magazine.. I had had this one fl...

Antique Tile and Nancy Cabot - As I wrap up work on more UFOs (hopefully to share with you soon!), I am letting myself cut into new projects with much less guilt. This week I added a few...

Those aren't pillows... - Hop on over to the Fat Quarterly blog today to find out more about this pillow I made using Moda's new line, Quilt Blocks and Jenny Pedigo'swonderful quick ...

envelope clutch pattern testers - I love sharing what the pattern testers have made. It's always fun to see someone else's interpretation of the pattern. One thing I really do love about ...

a vintage quilt & japanese + and x pillow - This week-end I went to a few antique shops in the area with my hubby as a little birthday treat!! It was my birthday on Sunday, so we celebrated it a l...

Warning: Cuteness Overload - One guess as to what was waiting on my front porch when I got home from work today....that's right! TWO giant boxes full of FMF happiness from my friend ...

The Invasion Continues - I started this quilt with the intention of finishing it for my nephew in time for Christmas. The winter holidays have obviously come and gone, but now my nep...

Sophie - Sophie Dianne was born Thursday after a quick (almost too-quick!) labor. We sure love her and are soaking up every second with her. She was a chubby 8 ...

My Little Stash - I'm so desperate to *not* do my taxes that I'm getting a lot of other things done instead. Such as, I cleaned my kitchen, vacuumed the downstairs (wood an...

GIVEAWAY! Pellon Quilting Supplies! - Have I got a great giveaway for you today!! If you have been following along on our New York Beauty Quilt Along, perhaps you will be needing some batting...

Pleated Boxes Pillow: Envelope Pillow Back + Make Pillow Form - First things first. The winner of the Mend It Better book is comment #53 Sofia, who said, “A seam ripper. Who knows how many times I’ve used and it has sav...

Waste some time with me and my boy ... OK GO! - If you don't have the privilege of living with a thirteen year old boy who can educate you about OK GO and Goldberg machines, then allow me to do you a fav...

Make It Like Mine! - If you'd like to stitch up 'A Few of my Favourite Things - Sewing Roll' or a 'Sew Laugh Love' stitchery it's now easier than ever: Both of these projects are...

Eeek! Round 2! - Oh boy! I'm on to round 2 in the Moda Sliced Finals. There are 3 of us now. I really had no idea whether I would make the cut after reading a bunch of the ...

Recap: Indy Modern Quilt Guild Retreat - I'm now fully recovered from the crazy fun quilting weekend! Remember when I told you I was hosting a retreat for the Indy Modern Quilt Guild at my house? ...

New Tool Means New Possibilities! - [image: New Tool, New possibilities!] Well, I think it is about time that I got me some curved rulers! More on which ones I got and how I like them once t...

Itching to be Stitching - New Pattern Cover! - The lovely ladies - Amanda and Ashleigh - of The Frosted Pumpkin Stitcheryhave released a new cover for the pattern I designed for them - Itching to be Stit...

Huzzah! - The Baileys had a day in the sun—much needed. We dawdled around the Renaissance Festival for a few hours with my sister Julia and her family. Hermione guid...

Sewing Summit 2012 - Many of you have already heard, but I'm so excited to announce that I will be co-teaching at Sewing Summit 2012 with the amazing Faith from Fresh Lemons ...

Mystery Solved - Wasn't the Mystery blog hop fun? I realized somewhere along the way that making guesses is not so easy! So i don't know about you, but i can't wait to see ...

First Quilts on the First: Sarah of FairyFace Designs - Please welcome Sarah, of FairyFace Designs, as our guest on First Quilts on the First today!  I am so happy that Sarah is bringing us an international "first...

Art Box Musings - I have a few different art supply storage items. All of them have a hand-crafted element to them. You saw this one a few weeks ago. Here is another - It's an...

Revive Fashion Show - Joel and I were invited to be guest judges for a fashion show at Utah State University Monday night. Aside from the awkward three-hour-long introduction of...

Summer! - So it's not officially summer yet, but it sure has felt like it! We've had temperatures nearly to the 100's already. That's early for the mid-west! Then o...

Five Tips for Beginner Runners - Disclaimer: I still consider myself a beginner runner. Also, at least one of these tips has some TMI in it . . . . if you already have the involuntary shak...

Hopping into Easter - Unfortunately, we were a little late for St. Patrick’s Day favors because of the move. :( I didn’t want to miss out on Easter because I designed some reall...

what i wore wednesday - Hi friends! It’s Wednesday and I’m linking up with Lindsey at The Pleated Poppy for some fashion inspiration.The kind people at Shabby Apple sent me this v...

Are You Ready for Spring? {I am} - I live in Colorado and I have to admit that I am pretty spoiled with all this sunshine, mild winters and pretty fabulous summers. It is so true. But even w...

Come out of the closet month - I’ve decided to name the month of March as “come out of the closet” month. If you have a green rubber band then put it on your wrist and stand up proud! I ...

what would it be? - If you could do or be anything you wanted right now, without any change, consequence or sacrifice, what would it be?

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