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Normally, I like to release several new designs at one time.  Under the circumstances at this time however, I thought we could all use a rainbow to remind us that every storm eventually runs out of rain!

This is my latest in the Colorful Cats series of Cross Stitch patterns.  What do you think of Rainbow?

Welcome to the Happy Scrappy quilt along! This is your low-key, casual, creative therapy, quilty distraction from what’s going on in the world this year. For all the details, you can read yesterday’s blog post that provides more info on how this QAL is being run, but here’s the quick rundown:

• The Happy Scrappy QAL will be run right here on my blog, and go for about a month
• It’s a mystery quilt designed to use up some scraps, so get scrap-bin digging and don’t overthink the process
• Every 2-3 days I’ll be posting ...

So. This is quite the time going on, hey?! Never has this world felt so small than when we are globally dealing with the same crisis that is COVID-19. We are all dealing with the cancellation of big things in life – school, trips, birthday parties, concerts, etc. Life feels full of The Unknown, not quite sure what’s happening next and where our next roll of toilet paper will come from! When there is lots of The Unknown happening, it causes anxiety and a lot of restless, nervous mental and emotional energy.

Last week, I took all that restless and ...

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky to have the opportunity to test out Jessica's newest pattern, the Patchwork Tea Quilt. I made one block, which was lots of fun! I plan to make more blocks to add to it down the road.

I had a great time teaching at Mountain QuiltFest in Pigeon Forge Tennessee this month.  I taught five modern quilt classes and gave a lecture, “What Makes a Modern Quilt?”. Several of the classes used patterns from my book, Madly Modern Quilts . The Fibonacci pattern  and the X block pattern can be purchased here. [ ...Continue Reading ]

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I often design patterns for fabric companies, and recently I designed two patterns for new fabric collections by Dear Stella.

The first pattern is called Sonoran, and it was designed for the Desert Bloom collection.

Sonoran is designed to use a mix of prints and solids, and you could make it using any favorite collection. Here it is in “Flights of Fancy” by Moda.

Sonoran makes a wonderful lap quilt, finishing at 62” x 72”.

My other new pattern features the Mythical collection by Dear Stella, and it ...

Hello and happy Friday. I hope that all is well with you and your family as we enter into some pretty uncharted territory here over the next few weeks. At home, we are finishing up our move this weekend. And I’m also trying to get a couple of my Balboa quilts off to the quilter! […]

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Today’s projects are floor cushions and toss pillows from Michael Miller’s adorable new fabric line, SuperFred and Space Pals. As soon as I saw them I knew I’d love to make some floor cushions for my daughter-in-law’s Kindergarten classroom! You can find part 2 here as of March 12, 2020.

Last year, I had great fun designing some exclusive quilt patterns for Connecting Threads, and the first one is now out!

Party Pie is a 24″ mini quilt that uses a charm pack and a couple of fat quarters of background to create a fun checkered pattern with a sprinkling of pies… I mean, circles. Quartered circles.

For those outside Australia, party pies are a classic party food here in Australia. They are mini meat pies – beef and gravy baked inside flaky pastry, then usually smothered in tomato sauce. There’s no baking involved in making this mini quilt, though ...

Good Morning, Quilters! Today we are going to learn how to quilt Twisted Loops! It is a real treat to showcase the extremely talented quilter and seamstress Jana Malanikova from the Czech Republic! Jana has several sewing machines, but she does a lot of her free motion quilting on a treadle sewing machine! I first…

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Today we’ll wrap up the last steps in this fun apron. Get ready to make a Kitschy Cocktail wearing the cutest apron ever to cover a frock. Enjoy a nice sip, preferably with a little paper umbrella! Make mine a pina colada, please!
For the blogpost for Part 1 of this pattern, click here.
For the blogpost for Part 2 of this pattern, click here.
To download a Free-in-2020 PDF pattern with ALL the instructions and images, click here.