When you start free motion quilting, you are told to just do an all over meander, keep everything curvy and don’t overlap your lines. It sounds easy to someone who
The Future Quilter is OBSESSED with My Little Pony. I don’t even want to know how many pony figurines we have in the house between the stuffed animals, plastic toys,
There’s nothing better than an easy pattern that looks complicated. 18 Carat fits that bill. You just need to be able to sew a half-square triangle and cut strips to
This summer is full of exciting news! I am the the designer of the August block for the National Quilt Museum Block of the Month Club! I was so honored
I never meant to become a cat owner, but we ended up with one about a year ago. What was supposed to be a temporary stop until we found it a home, turned into a permanent residency. I am used to owning dogs. My husband and I have had more than half a dozen throughout […]
When you start free motion quilting, you are told to just do an all over meander, keep everything curvy and don’t overlap your lines. It sounds easy to someone who has been quilting for a while. But to a true beginner, that can be very intimidating. You have to learn how to create smooth even […]
The Future Quilter is OBSESSED with My Little Pony. I don’t even want to know how many pony figurines we have in the house between the stuffed animals, plastic toys, squishy gel like like things with giant heads. It is a little out of control. But of course I had to add to the MLP […]
There’s nothing better than an easy pattern that looks complicated. 18 Carat fits that bill. You just need to be able to sew a half-square triangle and cut strips to make the blocks for this quilt, but it looks like you cut super complicated templates and worked for weeks on a top you can get […]
This summer is full of exciting news! I am the the designer of the August block for the National Quilt Museum Block of the Month Club! I was so honored and excited to be chosen for the Museum’s first Block of the Month Club and I was really excited to try to figure out how […]
I just love Quilt-As-You-Go Placemats. I have so many that I have created using my favorite 2 1/2-inch strip rolls. I just love how each one turns out a little different, but they all are clearly part of one set showing off the fabrics from your favorite line. And the best part, because this is […]
I just love a good craft kit and the Flower Surprise Crafting Kids from Happy Cube was awesome. I got this on Zulily, for way less than the retail price and it came with everything my daughter and I needed to make a foam flower bouquet. This craft kit is recommended for ages 5+, […]
When I started quilting 10 years ago quilting magazines were my lifeblood. I learned so much from the pages of magazines and they were the source of my inspiration. I learned how to make triangles from squares, paper piece, sew curved seams. If I liked the pattern in the magazine and felt challenged by it, […]
The Future Quilter and I had a major score at Goodwill. We picked up a Spin Art Maker by Crayola for just $2.88 at our local thrift shop. We’ve scored a couple other awesome kids crafts at the thrift shop, so I’ll be sharing those too in future videos. The whole reason I started crafting […]
A couple of years ago I was invited to come interview Kaffe Fassett, Brandon Mably and Liza Lucy at the opening of Blanket Statements, an exhibition of Kaffe’s quilts that traveled the U.S. You can read all about it by clicking here. I live in the Midwest, where traditional quilting reins supreme. Walked into the […]
