• Blocks in Progress

    I have a whole mess of different bee projects going on right now, which is fun, because it means I get to dabble in some different styles of quilt block without…

  • Giveaway Day: Pinafore Pattern! CLOSED

    Once again, I’m joining the fun at the Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day and offering a copy of the Pinafore pattern to one winner!  This is the same design as the…

  • Lost and Found Hand-Me-Down

    We’ve lived in this new house for about five months now, and are still finding boxes to unpack.  My husband and I were superstars a couple weekends ago and completely cleaned…

  • TARDIS Quilt, I Knew You Existed.

    When I’m sewing, I often will hit my Netflix Instant account and re-watch programs I’ve seen and loved as I work.  I have exhausted most of those–I’ve gone through all the…

  • Essential Quilting E-Course Now Registering!

    Over the past two years, I have taught the Your First (Modern) Quilt class to dozens of (amazingly cool, smart, awesome) women, and it has been incredible amounts of fun.  Last…

  • Rainy Days and Silent Films Quilt

    The spiky free-motion quilted project I mentioned last week is complete!  And just in time for a rainy, rainy day. This is another 1600 quilt, like the Domestic Bliss one I…

  • Date Night Redux

    I find myself in the same boat I’ve been in before, and so I thought a flashback post might be in order. My husband and I are heading out to an…

  • Kitchen Backsplash: Penny Tile!

    It took months and months, but I finally decided on a tile for our kitchen backsplash.  And once the decision was at last made, I pulled the trigger and we got…

  • Spiky and Black

    I’m working on quilting another jelly roll project.  And this time it’s spiky FMQ a la Elizabeth Hartman. Wait for it.…

  • A Day in the Life

    I got an email recently asking how I “fit it all in.”  Which is funny, because most days, I decidedly do not feel as though I am getting it all done–far…

  • An Embarassment of HSTs

    I’ve got three separate HST projects going on at the moment.  Which either means I am a complete, obsessive nutcase or a wild-haired genius. Either way, lots of triangles over here.…

  • Nesting Birds for the Little Girls

    I went to a baby shower recently, and as is my apparent habit, liked the gift I gave so much that I came back home and made another for our house! …