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We've had some glorious spring days; those days when one longs to be outside potting up pretty plants and flowers. We made our annual pilgrimage down east to our favorite nursery last week and brought home a carload of lush loveliness for that very purpose.The weather cooperated and I accomplished much but, alas, I'll be covering everything up tonight as the temps are dipping dangerously close to

 Happy Easter

So I'm on a Zoom call, and DH is texting me that he can't find certain things at the grocery store. What??? I NEED Easter chocolate. He always asks me to text him what I need from the grocery store. Yep --- we both go to the store, I buy the things I like, and he buys the boring stuff. The last couple of times I went, I have been tempted by all the Easter chocolate. Not that I needed it, but I thought I'd like some Easter chocolate when he asked me what I wanted. Just because ...

We are having a gorgeous Easter long weekend with beautiful sunny days. Even the resident magpie family agree and have been out and about checking out the Autumn foliage.

Easter decorating has been happening and there are a couple of new additions.

A little crochet bunny.

And a new hoop embroidery.

This is a Kathy Schmitz design that I was lucky enough to receive from Marina. ( Thanks, again, Marina.)

I reduced the size so that it would fit a hoop.It is ready to hang on the wall.

I found this cute little paper tree that I was planning to ...

Easter is so late this year, that it has almost gotten by me unnoticed. I was setting a table for something festive, when I realized I had used all these same things in exactly the same way before. It was this table, from 2021, and I did it without realizing it until it was finished, and it looked familiar. So I looked up some of my previous Easter tables, and there it was, right down to the exact same arrangement in the center using the same silk flowers pulled from my stash, same napkin rings, everything except the green fabric ...

I’m not sure this tiny Easter basket from Crafty Staci can get any cuter.

Made with very little fabric, it is an ideal scrap busting project and it is perfect for the holiday.  Make a bunch and fill them with goodies.  Then, after your Easter guests are ready to head home, give them all one these tiny creations.  They’ll love it!

Full of step-by-step photos and instructions, these baskets are easy to put together so you can make a lot of them in no time.

If you are looking for an easy easter sewing craft then look no ...

Gather up your pretty fabrics and get ready for some sewing fun!  Make one or more of these darling scrap fabric Easter eggs with this pattern by Orange Bettie.

What a fun and unique project just in time for the holidays.

This tutorial has a list of what you will need and step-by-step diagrams to help you with the sewing.

Great for scrap-busting, these little gems would be pretty in so many different colors and fabrics.  Put a bowl of them out for your holiday guests.  At the end of the day they can all take one home.

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Perfect to celebrate Easter, these five quilts radiate with the cross.  There are wall hangings and bed quilts and they are a lovely way to display your faith all year ’round.  These pdf patterns can all be purchased over on Etsy.

1. This striking design by Faith and Fabric Design comes with instructions for two sizes.
2. Designed by Quilt Lily Designs, this cross shines in this easy wall hanging pattern and looks lovely in various colors.
3. J Michelle Watts designed this pretty cross quilt.  It’s made using jelly roll fabric and the instructions come in 2 sizes.
4. A striking cross ...

Perfect for scrap-busting, this easy and adorable quilted table runner from Create with Claudia will make your Easter table a hit!

Combining easy piecing and some fun appliqué shapes, you can customize this pattern and make it entirely your own.  To get the shapes Claudia uses various cookie cutters.  So if you have a kitchen full of fun Easter cookie cutters then you are in good shape.

Change up the fabric colors and appliqué shapes and the topper could take on an entirely different look.

This free pattern is part of Claudia’s “Working Our Scraps Off” YouTube series which ...

Easter cuteness overload alert!  Look at this adorable Easter chick quilted wall hanging pattern that you can purchase over on Annie’s Craft Store.

From the Easter bonnet on the chick, to the umbrella, it is about as cute as it gets.

The finished size measures 12 1/2″ by 18″ and is designed as an easy skill level.  The purchase is for the five page pattern only and it is in an electronic format.

There are other holiday designs available as well.

This Easter chick is an ideal pattern to use up some of your spring like fabrics and ...

With Easter around the corner, I’ve wanted to make easter egg shaped bath bombs. However, I didn’t want to buy specific bath bomb grade molds for this task. I used this bath bomb recipe that I posted on my blog earlier this month. I ended up going to the dollar store (specifically Dollarama) to pick up some inexpensive fillable eggs. Usually these are used to fill with treats or small toys for kids.

Dollarama had two options for these. First was the traditional eggs. The plastic is extremely thin and kind of flexible if you lightly press them ...

For a quick and easy quilting project for Easter, look no further than this tutorial from Crafty for Home.  These are great stash busters and will make your holiday table shine.

If you have some festive fat quarters, they will also work perfectly for this pattern.  The instructions include a detailed supply list as well as a link to a video tutorial.

Projects like this are easy to make and are fun for the occasion.  Change up the fabric choices and these can easily be for any holiday, even with the egg shape.

Whip up a set of these in ...

Easter is right around the corner and it is always fun to make a seasonal quilt with some cute Easter themes.  Check out these five charming quilt block patterns that you can purchase over on Etsy.  All of them are available as digital downloads and they are all adorable.

1. Check out the cute back sides of these bunnies with this design by The Pattern Basket.
2. Ellis and Higgs designed this beautiful bunny rabbit in bright and fun Easter colors.
3. What Easter bunny doesn’t like carrots?  You’ll need this carrots block from The Sewing Loft to keep you bunnies ...

Today, we released Collection #61 to our Club members! Don’t you just love our Happy Easter quilt, table runner and table topper? I’m so pleased with how it came out- I think these projects are so fun and refreshing for Spring! (Members of The Art of Home Club get brand new patterns and projects on the 20th of every month.)

This pattern collection contains 7 different Easter/Spring themed applique and embroidery designs, as well as instructions to make the 3 different projects. Lots of choices! The designs include a hen, chick, bunny, Easter egg, egg basket, lamb ...

Pot Holders for All Seasons contains a wide variety of quilted pot holders. You can easily find the perfect, display-worthy design to dress up your kitchen for any time of the year or any occasion.

You can purchase this book here via Amazon  Pot Holders for all seasons.

Even though this festive table runner pattern from Fort Worth Fabric Studio is called Easter Candy, it could easily be changed up to fit any occasion.

It is a scrappy and easy pattern that does not require too much fabric.  I like the design because it almost looks like the squares and rectangles are floating on sea of white.

If you don’t want to purchase new fabric (yeah right?!) , this is an ideal scrap busting project.  And again, it is not just for Easter.  Think about greens and reds for Christmas or blues and silvers for Hanukah.  Red, white ...

Everyone loves to quilt for the seasons.  There are so many fun and lovely projects out there to choose from.  There have also been numerous quilt books written specifically for various occasions.  Here are seven seasonal books tht you can purchase over on the Annie’s Craft Store website.

1. Quilts for Autumn can be purchased as a hard copy or a digital download.  With 11 projects to choose from, you will be wanting to pour yourself a cup of pumpkin spice coffee and start sewing.
2.  20 projects are in this Springtime Sewing Book and they are not all quilts.  It ...

It's been a busy week, but I still (barely) managed to squeeze in enough personal sewing time to stay on top of my goals -- in addition to my "extra duties" as Family Event Planner, Easter Chef, and Travel Agent/Tour Guide to Out-of-State College Towns.  My label is appliquéd to my bear paw quilt and I sewed the binding to the front of my quilt today.

Bear Paw Binding Began Today