So Tiny – I mean TINY applique

It was a total surprise and delight to see some of Pat Holly’s work in person at the NQA show in Columbus last weekend. She was a guest on the ‘The Quilt Show’ with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims recently and I was impressed with her work then but my goodness; nothing beats in person. [...]

And Sew it is…

I had a FABULOUS time at the National Quilt Association’s 41st Annual Quilt Show in Columbus, Ohio yesterday.  Today, June 20th is my 39th birthday – all I wanted was to go to this quilt show without the twins, for the whole day, and without being expected to prepare breakfast, lunch, or even dinner.  Thanks [...]

How to make cute shelves …

So I had a little ‘dry wall stuff?’ leftover from the reno last year and some cute fabric and a couple of shelf brackets and of course, the requisite need for some new shelves… Step 1: wrap fabric tightly around yucky bit of ‘dry wall suff’ and use you staple gun. Step 2: Use some [...]

Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs is have a free BOM!

I love Bunny Hill Designs and Anne is having another FREE Block of the Month this year.  Just click on the snowman on my side bar and you can get all of the details from the source itself! I hope to get this one done myself! Bunny Hill BOM

Apron Quilt Goodness….

I posted about this sweet apron pattern AGES AGO – I believe at the time I did say it sewed up a lot nicer than the cover pattern -well just look at what some of the block’s the were referenced here. There are more than these 2 posted – have a look:)

I love felt. I love felt. Don’t you?

Courtesy of: Craftapalooza: snippet.

Wow – check out this quilt – I love it!

The quilt is called  Florrie’s Garden Extraordinaire! and it is a reproduction quilt redrafted by Hoopla Patterns.  Click on the photo below to find out more about this fantastic quilt! Picture used with permission from Froncie Quinn of Hoopla Patterns. This quilt is becoming available as a pattern through Hoopla by use of the ‘Posy Packets’ [...]

Little Red Riding Hood at the Long Thread blog.

Thread Heaven – at a great price!

Brye Lynn and I share a common love – Thread Heaven – a little box of thread conditioner that makes much easier work of hand piecing (yes, I am STILL working on my Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt). I mostly get a chance to hand-sew on road trips and considering how many times we have driven [...]

Seams to Be (a lot of fabric here…)

Here are the photos of the fabric I found in the little shop in West Virginia – Seams to be. These were the best priced/high quality fabrics I have ever come across! Oy, did I have a good time:)