Are you or someone you know a Doctor Who fan? If so, you’re going to love this TARDIS quilt that I made for our son. I rarely have any trouble coming up with gifts to make for our girls but coming up with ideas for gifts to make for my husband, Dave and our son is always challenging. So when…
Have you ever put off doing something because you’re don’t feel confident enough in your skills and you don’t want to take the chance of ruining the project you’re working on? That’s me sometimes when it comes to free motion quilting. Even though I free motion quilted waves, figure eights and feathers on the quilt I made for our oldest…
January’s pieced and applique blocks for the In Our Garden BOM bring this year long block of the month quilt block collaboration to a close. My last two blocks are done and I’m so pleased with how they turned out. Amy designed January’s blocks in addition to the first two blocks back in February of 2016. Her “Garden Cabin” was…
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had a chance to work on the final four blocks for the In Our Garden BOM 2016. Jan from Sew and Sow Farm designed December’s blocks. Block 21 was her beautiful pieced block that I have made in blue and white fabrics: I absolutely love how this block turned out. It’s such a…
I’ve been busy trying to get the hand stitching done on this month’s applique block that Lana from It Seams to be Sew designed for November – In Our Garden BOM. Lana loves bunnies so her little pilgrim bunny is here to wish you a… As you can see… I had a bit of fun stitching that bunny! First, I…
Do you ever feel like someone has pressed fast forward on the world and that you’re always playing catch-up? This whole year has seemed like that to me! But there’s one thing that I’m almost caught up on… the In Our Garden BOM. I’m about half way through the hand stitching on this month’s applique block designed by Lana from…
If you’ve been following along in the In Our Garden BOM 2016 that’s being hosted by Amy over at Sew Incredibly Crazy you know that each month a different designer shares two blocks; a traditionally pieced block and an applique block. Vickie from More Stars in Comanche designed October’s blocks. Her pieced block called Squash Blossom is such a beautiful…
WOW… where did August go??!! With my sewing machines shoved into the center of the room and covered in plastic for most of August while we painted my sewing room/office, I didn’t get much chance to sew. Now I’m playing catch up! Kris over at Kris Loves Fabric was August’s designer for the In Our Garden BOM. Sunday afternoon found…
Back at the end of July, Afton over at Quilting Mod issued a fun challenge. She would send a select few who commented on her post 12 fat eighths of Art Gallery Fabrics Round Elements. In return, those accepting the challenge were to create a finished work including at least some of the fabric and link up from Oct. 1-7. The…
This is the Wednesday post that turned into the Friday post! I got busy with a fun new project and the week slipped away from me. I’ll be sharing the tutorial and pattern for it just as soon as I can get to the fabric store to buy some much needed solids to finish it off. But to give you a…
