Decorate Your Backyard Using Ornamental Trellises One of the quickest, easiest, and most affordable ways to inject some vitality into your outdoor space is to decorate with an ornamental trellis. Trellises are available in a multitude …Continue reading →

Thousand Pyramids TAGS: pyramid patters | pyramid quilts | quilting | sewing The quilt pattern, A Thousand Pyramids, has been around a long time. Repeat pyramids are not the easiest of shapes to sew, but by the time you make a quilt …Continue reading →

COOL PROJECT: CREATE A GARDEN TABLE TAGS: garden tables | gardening | outdoor garden ideas If you’re like me, you yearn for simple, quick-to-create garden projects. We all have those long-term plans (the raised beds, building a shed, constructing an arbor), so sometimes we love …Continue reading →

Fruits and Veggies TAGS: Eat Your Fruits and Veggies line | fruits | MODA | quilting | veggies With the debut of my “Eat Your Fruits and Veggies” fabric line from Moda, I am super interested in what kinds of fruits and veggies I can find on quilts! …Continue reading →

One Patch Wonder TAGS: antique quilts | patches | patchwork | patchwork quilt | quilting Have you made a quilt from one shape… repeated over and over? A “One Patch” wonder? I find them fascinating… and soothing… and just a tad intimidating. Could I actually …Continue reading →

April Showers… bring May … Baskets TAGS: baskets | quilting | quilts | sewing | spring quilts April Showers… bring May … um… May Baskets!  If you are a quilter a basket is a shape you are drawn to (or at least most quilters I know are!).  …Continue reading →

Sashiko TAGS: Bandana Almanac | patchwork | pre-printed backgrounds | quilting | quilting and sewing | Sashiko | sewing I am announcing today my love of learning! Do you challenge yourself to learn something new every so often? I’m fascinated by the Japanese embroidery style called Sashiko, which I’ve …Continue reading →

April Showers TAGS: April | International Quilt Study Center | May | quilting | quilts | sewing | spring | spring quilts April Showers bring May flowers.. and what do showers often bring? A rainbow! This antique quilt measures 87″ x 82″ and is embroidered with initials.  This kind of quilt totally …Continue reading →

The Sampler TAGS: quilting | quilts | sampler | scrap quilting | sewing Many of us learn to quilt by making a sampler. We start with an easy patchwork block, and then each lesson takes us a step forward to a new block …Continue reading →

In love with the Irish TAGS: fabrics | Ireland | Irish chain | Irish quilts | quilt collections | quilting | sewing I’m in love with the Irish ever since we toured the country with a bus load of quilters on a trip that included meeting two quilt guilds, what fun we …Continue reading →