There’s something especially satisfying about finally finishing a quilt that has been part of your life for an entire year, and this one truly fits that description. My Raspberry Summer Block of the Month quilt officially began in January 2025 and wrapped…
Back in July, I jumped into a new block-of-the-month project featuring Sweetwater’s Hometown Christmas design—a cheerful mix of pieced blocks, embroidery, and the sweetest little applique’ houses. Each month brought four new blocks: two pieced, one embroidery, and one applique’….
Back in January, the Vintage Christmas sew along officially kicked off—but since I planned to use the leftover fabrics from my Quilted Snowman quilt, it was March before I actually jumped in. Once I finally started, I caught up quickly…
This month has been busy, not only with quilting, but also renovations and projects for Christmas giving. I was able to stay on top of all my current quilts and started a new sew-a-long and a couple other quilt projects….
I mentioned last month that we were starting a renovation of our house and I would be getting a new sewing room out of it. I’m happy to say that part of the renovation is done. I was able to…
Despite the fact that I was away from home almost half the month I was able to complete all my blocks for September although it did take me a couple days into October to finish them, which is why this…
When I attended the Garden of Quilts in Utah a couple of weeks ago, the one quilt class I signed up for was the Berry Market Quilt designed by Beverly McCullough. Fittingly, the fabric collection is also called Berry Market,…
When I first picked up the fabric collection A Walk on the Prairie by Melissa Gilbert of Modern Prairie, I immediately pictured something vintage and timeless. The prints felt like they belonged in a quilt that told a story of…
I traveled four days by car from Tennessee to Utah to attend the Garden of Quilts. On the first day, I drove through five states: Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri. Unfortunately, that first hotel stay was a nightmare and…
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had quite a bit of PTO time, and I used it to finally catch up on something that has been hanging over me for years—quilting all of my quilt tops. Some of these…