Have you been dying to know about the BIGGEST block in my Solstice challenge? I can’t wait to see what you do with this block… and I have bonuses.. let’s get to it! “Among The Stars” is super sized, which is bigger than Upsized! at 32″ finished you can make a dent in your scraps […]
In 2016 my Row quilt ran each month in American Patchwork & Quilting magazine. I had SUCH fun designing this! Plus I loved seeing your versions.. so inspirational! If you missed an issue, or the entire thing (I know.. I can hardly believe you did either!) …. Now you can make my quilt! DOWNLOAD the […]
If you have not listened to my talk show yet, I had a SUPER show on Monday and I think you should take a listen. With 6 years of shows already, there is a lot of super quilting talk that you can listen to while sewing, ironing, waiting on people like we have to do. […]
Thank you for joining me in making my Solstice quilt! This is a free pattern, and today I’m sharing a photo of the layout! This quilt is my journey to do a project from the first day of Winter Solstice to the First day of the Summer solstice. That is 182 days this year. I […]
All this wild and crazy weekly sewing… makes you really stop to think about how you do things right? I find I MUST store my fabric together for projects or I go nuts looking for it. A few people asked me about the storage container I use, I like these bins that stack really nicely […]
I am the host of Aurifil’s Designer of the Month program for the last 6 years. And during that time we have had so many cute projects from our fantastic designers! I suggested to the Aurifil we run the 2012 Embroidery Block of the Month again as it’s darling and many of you might have […]
How is your cutting mat, rotary cutting blades? Are you still using the same rotarty cutter you bought 15 yrs ago? time to update and upgrade quilters! check them out! For some weeks of this challenge I’m spending time looking through old notebooks and sketches. After all these years I see a shape or the […]
Are you enjoying my new site ‘I Love to Make Quilts’? I sure am!! It’s SEW exciting to see your Solstice blocks pop up on Wednesday! My goal is a twice a week post for this website, the second will be either another fun quilt along I am hosting, maybe a cool deal I spotted, […]
Some great fabric sets in the clearance right now.. check them out! Surprise….. Applique today! I know a LOT of you are new and this will be a new technique for you.. way to go jumping in and learning new things! I appliqued on my very first quilt. It is NOT hard or scary.. it’s […]
Some great fabric sets in the clearance right now.. check them out! REMINDER – If you signed up for email notices, those are generated at 11am EST (my time). So if you want a pattern sooner, come to the website. This is my Cobble Stone block for my Solstice quilt. I am really smitten with […]