When we were in Honolulu recently, we stopped off for a rainy-day tour of ‘Iolani Palace, the home of the last kings and queens of Hawai’i. We’d driven past it countless…
Quilts & Quilting
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This one’s from the “warm” sample for the new Your First (Modern) Quilt series we’re doing. Maybe I’m having a little more fun than strictly necessary. Yummy bright colors for this…
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So far, so good! This is a sweet and simple nine patch quilt top, made from the Sudoku Quilt Kits Moda has put out for the Central Park collection–you do the…
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Project details: Huge thanks to Rae for the Storytime Squares pattern (free on her blog!). I added another round of squares on this one to make it a full 60″ square. …
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Last night, I taught an English Paper Piecing workshop, and was reminded how enamored I am of this technique. It’s very Zen and meditative and repetitive in the most soothing way,…
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I fully stand behind every word I wrote about using multitudes of fabrics from various collections when sewing, to really revel in the color and the chaos, but having said that,…
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Y’all, Quilt Market was a blast. This was only my second trip–I went in Spring 2009 in Pittsburgh, but that fall was our famous flood and this past spring our baby…
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My husband and I went out to eat recently with some Twitter and blog friends, one of whom is a noted ghost hunter. She mentioned wanting to visit her grandfather’s grave…
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The ladies of the Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild have been holding their monthly meetings at Whipstitch, and have been gracious enough to loan us some of their beautiful mini-quilts to hang…
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Another version of the Anna Maria play quilt I made a few weeks ago, this time for our newest little one. Remind me to tell you about how I’ve–without planning to–made…
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On Sunday, I got together with some ladies to shower one of my dear friends with gifts for her new baby, due any minute now. We don’t know if she’ll be…
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This: Plus this: Equals this: Just a little sneak preview until the mom-to-be gets her gift on Sunday! Full reveal next week Am thinking seriously of keeping this one for myself. …