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Pat Sloan invited us to join her Bird Song Fabric Tour! This new collection has bright birds, flowing florals, and lovely colors making it the perfect choice for so many summer quilts! The designs have a folksy, cheerful charm we love. Read on to see what we made, and details for a special giveaway!

In celebration of her new fabric collection, Pat has organized makers to share their projects from July 11 through July 16, and today we’re sharing two quilts we made with it.

A Beautiful Morning for Bird Song

When we saw Bird Song by Pat Sloan ...

It’s our turn for the Purr-fect Patchwork book blog tour! Our friend Pamela has written the cutest book full of all sorts of sewing projects, all about cats. There are so many cute bags, pillows, quilts, and more to choose from. It was hard for us to decide, but we chose to make the Just […]

 Stripy String Quilt

A little while ago Carla from Creatin in the Sticks put a call out to those of us that love stripes - any size any way, striped fabric, striped binding, strips of fabric to make stripes (here's where I come in) literally anything goes! 

There are so many fantastic bloggers taking part over the week(schedule at the bottom) and a whole host of different projects, ideas and inspirations that you can read about and try out - I hope you will join in and show me your stripes!

If you have read by blog for a while ...

We have something fun to share with you today! Kimie and Missy from On Williams Street sent us a copy of their brand new I Spy book, which is full of 100 foundation paper pieced block patterns. We love this fresh take on the I Spy quilt, plus you can just use the blocks for […]

Welcome to the final stop on the Halloween Hoppers blog tour! If you’ve not dropped by before, this is the home of the Epic Halloween Quilt-Along, above, but before we get to that, I want to share a simpler pattern.

For those of you who don’t know me, my background is in science, and so I often make science-inspired quilts. The first science quilt pattern I wrote was for Potions, a quilt inspired by glassware in chemistry labs. As it happens, though, this also makes a great Halloween quilt, as shown in this little pillow!

This particular pattern ...

Today I’m excited to tell you about a fabulous new book, from my friend Lilo Bowman.

Lilo Bowman

Love Your Creative Space: A Visual Guide to Creating an Inspiring & Organized Studio Without Breaking the Bank is Lilo’s new title from C&T Publishing. It’s full of ideas, solutions, and creative ways to set aside and love your personal space for making.

Click here to buy Love Your Creative Space on Amazon. 

So backing up a little, I first met Lilo when I was a guest on The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims. She’s ...

Hello and happy Thursday! Today is my day on the Mix it Up Quilt Book blog tour, and I have a wonderful giveaway to share as well (hint: it’s more than just a book…keep reading). I was able to teach this quilt at the Moda/Martingale Restore retreat this summer which was a retreat for shop […]

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Hello and happy Tuesday! Today I’m sharing a little bit about my friend Vanessa Goertzen’s new Jelly Filled quilt book. This book is a fabulous book with 18 different jelly roll projects you’ll love. Because all of the quilts are made with jelly roll strips, they are also so very scrap friendly. Many of the […]

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