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Way back in 2022 Gailen Runge and I had a long chat on Quilted Features about a whole lot of things, psanky eggs, Sew Emoji. Our first official meeting was at Quilt Market in Houston while working with Generation Q Magazine, I got to make a speedy delivery for Jake Finch.  One of my favorite things… Continue reading The Book Report: Blog Style

UPDATE Katie Callow is the winner of the digital copy of Stumpwork Embroidery! Congratulations. Stumpwork Embroidery & Thread Painting: Stitch 3-D Nature MotifsMegan ZaniewskiInstagramStash BooksBook $26.96e-b00k $21.99160 pages There are times in life when a book asks you to take a second look at a technique, viewing from a different vantage point and singing aha!… Continue reading The Book Report Blog Style: Stumpwork Embroidery Megan Zaniewski

Royal Icing CookiesMorgan BeckC&T Publishing/Stash BooksISBN 9781644033272Softcover $25.95E-book $20.99176 pages Okay quilters here’s the book you didn’t know you need and you can add it to your Christmas wish list. After watching the video come on back for a chance to win an e-book by letting me know what is your favorite pen or pencil,… Continue reading The Book Report: Royal Icing Cookies

UPDATE: Congratulations Barb Morgan, you are the winner of a copy of Judy’s Quilt As-you-Go ebook. Quilt As-You-Go for Scrap Lovers11 Fun Projects * Tips & Techniques * Color & Piecing StrategiesJudy GauthierC&T Publishing, 8.5” x 11”114 pages$29.95 softcover$23.99 e-book My first intro to quilt as you go happened when I took my first machine… Continue reading The Book Report: Blog Style

For our last project post of Autumn Jubilee, we are going to play with Mason jars in the sewing room, and then preview a few new releases from our giveaway sponsor.

Using Mason jars to separate buttons by color is a fun way to display your button collection. I put bits of Harvest Festival fabrics on the lids. The one on the left has a plastic ring from a cross stitch kit.

Making a sewing gift from a Mason jar is fun for the fall season. Using a pumpkin print, cut a square roughly twice the size of the ring ...

I’ve been playing in the craft room and there are lots of ideas on today’s post for using Mason jars in new ways. We’ll start simple, and go a bit more involved later on. I have shown these jar votive holders in the past, but I have new readers that may not have seen them. While at a big box store some years ago, I noticed some votive holders that had flared tops. Around the corner was a Mason jar display. I wondered, would those votives fit the jars? Yes, they did. Setting the votive holder on ...

Just Wanna Trademark for Makers: A Creative’s Legal Guide to Getting & Using Your Trademark Elizabeth Townsend Gard and Sidne K GardC&T Publishing208 Pages; 8.5” x 11”Book $44.95Digital Download/Ebook $35.99 There are books that I think we all need as quilt makers. And then there are books that I think all quilters who have a… Continue reading Virtual Book Tour: Just Wanna Trademark for Makers

Happy Tuesday Quilter Peeps! Welcome to the Round Fabric Art Bowls Blog Tour. Kirsten Fisher, C&T Publishing223 pages$24.95 book$21.99 digital download Kristin and I had a lovely conversation on The Book Report. One of the coolest things about the book, and about Kirsten is how she uses fabric to make really beautiful and useful bowls.… Continue reading The Book Report/Blog Tour

I am with Debby at her studio doing some piecing. The last time Debby and I got to be in each other’s company was 2019. This is so good, so rejuvenating and so much fun and so needed. I am making one of her Cutie patterns and modifying the pattern as necessary for the pieced… Continue reading It’s Second Coffee at Debby Brown’s Studio

Get ready for pure summertime fun! Piecing Palooza is a live, virtual event on June 29th for learning quilt piecing techniques and skills taught by expert instructors. Save your spot today for a day of playful piecing, exciting giveaways, and inspiration to fuel all your future projects. This. This is going to be a whole… Continue reading Piecing Palooza

Good morning Good friends! It is a quilting day for sure! I hosted an impromptu Instagram Live that I’m sharing here with you. Below this I’m also adding the information for the Quilters Color Mixer on Creative Spark. The Quilters Color Mixer is Thursday March 30 beginning at 9 am Pacific, 10 Mountain, 11 Central,… Continue reading Invitation

Autumn Jubilee just doesn’t have enough days for all the projects I have in mind, so today will be a bit of a hodgepodge of ideas and projects, and a tutorial. Sometimes just finding a wonderful seasonal item on sale brings a smile. This pumpkin welcome sign was just such a find, and now graces the front of our home every year.

As I was sewing the wool project and the sew-along project, I had a crazy idea. What if I put those two techniques together? Well, I did, and it was a fun project, a way to use ...

I’m excited to share with you a new feature on YouTube, a co-venture with Debby Brown, The Book Report. <—– click here to go watch the video. In this episode we talk about: Sew Cute Baby Animals, Mary HertelThe Big Book of Little Sparks, Carrie Bloomston Love Fat Quarter Quilts Quilters Color Wheel Carry-All Quilters… Continue reading The Book Report

Reading fiction, and playing with project books is fun when the weather turns chilly. Cooler days mean wearing cozy sweaters, bowls of hot soup, a crackling fire, and a good book. I like reading fiction books set in the fall season at this time. It is also a good time to look at project books and plan something fun for the holidays or gifts. For Autumn Jubilee this year, I have two recent reads that you will enjoy. Then, I’ll show you some of my bookshelf and maybe give you an idea or two to learn something new.

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This morning scrolling through social media I learned of the passing away of hand quilter extraordinaire Elsie Campbell. Her accomplishments in the world of quilting include award winning hand quilter as recently as Road to California (scroll to the bottom), author, and teacher. Elsie’s latest quilt honored her fifty year marriage with her husband, Ken.… Continue reading Quilterati: A New Look

Today we finish the project we started with machine embroidery. If you don’t have an embroidery machine, you can always substitute a cute little fussy cut for the center to make this project. When we left off, we had the embroidery done and surrounded with either a border of a coordinating print or a patchwork of scrappy squares.

You’ll need to cut some additional fabric from your stash. Measure your top piece, and cut one backing piece and two lining pieces the same size.

Sew the front to the back starting at the top, going across the bottom ...

Welcome to this Friday edition of TerifiCreations! Today I’m sharing the first in a series of interview of quilty people, some interviews will be specifically geared toward all things Quilt Market. Today I talk with Lee Chappell Monroe the creative genius behind May Chappell. We cover everything from her new book and the first thing… Continue reading An Interview With Lee Chappell Monroe

A couple of months ago Michele Muska of Oliso Fame introduced me to the effervescent Brandy Maslowski the Quilter on Fire. This name is representative of her work as a quilter and as a firefighter. And her work, WOW. Our conversation was thoughtful and fun. I am looking forward to sharing the interview with you… Continue reading Did you know

This month was a mixed bag of really, really good, and really disappointing. I found two books that I enjoyed more than anything I have read in quite some time, both with a psychological aspect that made the stories fascinating and difficult to put down. So, let me begin with the not so great and work up to the must-reads. Then I’ll show you the some fun quilting books using precuts from C&T Publishing. Amazon links are provided for the fiction novels so you can read the story synopsis from the publisher.

First, Maeve Binchy’s last published ...

Here in Texas last weeks deep freeze delayed the start of Quilt Market Registration as many of the staff experienced near zero temps, power outages, burst pipes and are still in the process of recovering. Now that they have heat, internet, and a drink of water they’re ready to dig into Quilt Market registration. Virtual… Continue reading Virtual Quilt Market March 2021