It’s finally here!!
I’m so incredibly excited to present to you my newest design: Through the Woods.
This paper pieced quilt pattern has certainly been a labor of love, but every stitch was totally worth it! Before I even get started on all the details, I want to say thank you to all the pattern testers who made one (some made two already) top to make this an amazing pattern. Your feedback and input is priceless and helps make a great pattern for other quilters.
It’s the time of year when I start planning the summer garden, for canning, vacation—not to mention trade shows! I’m in the depths of planning new layouts, backdrops, pattern displays, and giveaways. I thought you might be interested in knowing when I’ll be exhibiting my designs and selling patterns & kits in 2018, so for the full scoop, make sure you check here, I’ll be updating this as talks and classes are scheduled throughout the year as well.
Keep an eye out for me and my little yellow trailer (which is hopefully getting a little bit of branding love this spring) at the following shows: (Continue reading…)
Today is a fun little post with a new idea! You may have seen the quilting detail in my Baby Doll Quilt pattern, and I’d love to share this new idea with you today. And don’t forget, you can get the Baby Doll Quilt pattern for free in my shop! Now, onto quilting…
A few months at my Modern Quilt Guild meeting, my friend, L, showed off her most recent finish, a bag! I fell in love with this bag and especially fell in love with the quilted detail on the top. I wondered what it might look like to quilt with a double needle, so I gave it a try on my baby doll quilt…my little niece, G, wouldn’t mind an experiment if it went wrong! (Continue reading…)
It’s finally here—you’ve finished your quilt! The binding is on and it’s ready for gifting or snuggling. Then you realize you forgot to label your masterpiece, and you just can’t bare to add one more stitch…Oh, I’ll get to it later, you think to yourself.
Yeah, right!
I come from a family of quilters, and the passing down of the tradition is obviously of huge importance to me. My grandmother, mother, aunts, and myself all quilt. I can fully imagine a day where my great-great grandchildren are digging through old boxes and wondering which quilts came from who and when they were made. I can imagine this and a million other scenarios where it would have been well worth my while to to take an extra ten minutes and sew on a label. (Continue reading…)
You guys, I’ve been busting for the past week and a half—I made the most adorable baby doll quilt for my niece and haven’t let myself share it with you…Christmas secrets are SO hard to keep! Anyway, I think it’s very funny that this little scrappy baby doll quilt it one of my most favorite projects so far—I tried some new things on it and was really happy with the result! I’ll be sharing those things with you in the very near future, so read on to get all the adorable (scrappy) details and your Scrappy Baby Doll Quilt pattern for free! (Continue reading…)
This past weekend, my aunt, sister, and I went to an amazing little spot in Lancaster that we just love! It’s called Henry’s Greenhouse and every time we go there, we squeal with delight, “these are our people!” They’ve always got the most amazing plants, adorable ideas, and I love their selection of succulents. These amazing little plants are just about the only thing that I can keep alive as far as foliage goes— and don’t they just have a fresh, modern look to them!?
Photo by Sara Bittner.
Today is the day that everything comes together! (Continue reading…)
It’s zipper day people.
This will probably be the most helpful part of the sew-along for you—i’ve got pictures of every step here to help you through the terrible tube of zippers! (I promise you’ll feel like a genius when you’re done with it though!). (Continue reading…)
Let’s start sewing and get making this wallet, shall we? Today we’ll start sewing the wallet together and creating the card pockets. It’s right about here that I start getting really excited about making these precise little creations. (Continue reading…)
Alright, now that everything is picked out, it’s time to cut this puppy out! I bet you’re just imaging all the things you’ll stuff your wallet with and how you’ll have it organized. And the reaction you’ll get from the cashier when you say, “Oh thanks for noticing—I made this myself!”
But that’s enough daydreaming for now… let’s start by cutting out all your template and interfacing pieces…
Welcome to Day 1 of the Perfect Wallet Sew Along! I’ve got a week of efficient Christmas sewing in store for you & can’t wait to get started! Make sure to show us your progress on Instagram and Facebook, you might just be the winner of one of our fantastic giveaways!
Today is all about shopping and gathering materials! Here’s what you’ll need to make the Perfect Wallet: (Continue reading…)
