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Our passion for crafting with Jelly Rolls knows no bounds. National Sew a Jelly Roll Day allows us to dive into our cherished precuts while pushing our creative boundaries, making it the perfect time to start our Jelly Roll-themed sew along!

For those who might not be aware, Moda Fabrics has formally designated the third Saturday of September as the official National Sew a Jelly Roll Day! If you’ve ever found yourself hesitating to unfurl a bundle of those 2.5″ fabric strips that have been hiding away, well, look no further – this is the day you’ve been ...

Simply Jelly Rolls is here! Simply Jelly Rolls contains 16 quilts featuring the cutest precut of them all, the Jelly Roll! With the Simply Jelly Rolls books finally hitting our shelves and yours, we couldn’t wait any longer to share that we are doing a quilt along to celebrate this pretty precut!

The Simply Jelly Rolls Sampler Quilt uses blocks from the book! Everything else you need to know about the Simply Jelly Rolls Quilt Along is below.

Join us for the Simply Jelly Rolls Quilt Along from September 16 to October 27, 2023! This Jelly Roll-friendly quilt along ...

We are sew excited to share with you, It’s Sew Emma’s newest book! This time around we are showing our love for Jelly Rolls with every quilt in Simply Jelly Rolls. These quilts are designed to show off these fabulous fabric cuts while including quilts in various sizes, from Lap to Queen.

Simply Jelly Rolls contains 16 sweet quilts in sew many different styles for the cutest precut of them all, the Jelly Roll! Break out your favorite strips for this book because no matter your mood you’ll find the perfect quilt in this book.

These Jelly ...

Take a moment to reminisce with us! Susan Ache and Lissa Alexander have joined forces again with their new book Celebrate with Quilts. They share twelve quilts in this book and 60 celebratory sampler quilt blocks in styles elegantly scrappy and unique to them. Use these quilts and blocks to honor milestones, special occasions, and holidays in your loved ones lives and your own!

These quilts will add some dazzle to your day to day with four block sizes, from 3″ to 12″, to choose from. This quilt book provides an abundance of inspiration for holidays ranging from Valentine’s ...

It's so nice to have time without a looming deadline! I have loads to do, but with no deadline, I had a great visit with my colleague yesterday. Of course, that put me behind with the day's schedule, and only ONE piece of paperwork disappeared, so this morning will be devoted to paperwork. 

However, loads still got accomplished once she left. I'm still working on the cutting table, which is like a revolving door. Something might get placed there, and it's gone within a day or two. This is its current state. 

The current state of ...

I'm excited about the announcement for this week's Project QUILTING challenge: A Novel Project. The one big rule is that our projects need to be inspired by a book we've read. Easy peasy! So many options. (I hope you'll consider playing along and making a quilt between now and Sunday!)

In the challenge theme announcement post Trish shared a number of her book inspired projects. It got me thinking about which quilts I have made inspired by books. Here's a wrap-up of those projects.

***click on the photos to read more about each project***

The ...

 I hate to put a word at the end of that sentence because the word is NOT a good one. 

I'm following a Facebook group for the Camino, and some of the comments would blow your socks off. The one that took the cake was a British person who commented how RUDE it was for people to smoke around other people. I think she was referring to the locals you meet in the villages. And granted, it is a shock to sit in an open-air cafe in Paris and have the people next to you smoke. Ashtrays on every ...

It was an exciting morning. I was prepping to leave the house to walk Murphy, and I saw the ominous-looking clouds and grabbed an umbrella. Then I checked the weather app, and it didn't look like we'd get rain for at least an hour. So I left the umbrella in the house, and we were off. 

BRRRR!!!!   It was a tad chilly outside. Can you tell me how we went from HOT to cool overnight? I had shorts on but wasn't going back to change. 

I stopped to take this picture of a beautiful tree in bloom ...

I am always asking my customers to send photos of the things they create using my patterns. Today I am sharing some of my favorite photos.

This adorable wall hanging was sewn by Carol Cheesman using LUMBERJACK GNOME, SANTA GNOME, and GNOME WITH GIFTS.

Elise Brasseale made these cute little mug rugs using the elf from SEW YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS, and GNOME WITH LANTERN.

Crafty Judy Miniclier created this adorable GNOME QUILT, using assorted GNOMES FROM MY SHOP. Beautiful!

These Christmas blocks were shared by Joyce Albers. She is creating a holiday quilt. She used HO HO HO ...

Baptist Fan, Fabric Painting & Ombre Oh My!Have you seen my new project tote pattern, Aunt...

Another super day! Hey -- we have to look at each and every day with open eyes. We can choose to be sad or upset with events going on or choose to be happy. I CHOOSE to be happy! 

I have a new class this afternoon on Color Theory! YES --- I'm so excited about the class, and I've spent a bit of time ripping the house apart looking for certain items. Most of it was in one spot, so that was good. But I cannot find one particular quilt. 

Searching for a quilt

I swear it's in the ...

We can’t believe that the school year is almost over. On one hand we weren’t sure how school was going to look and now we are almost ready to close the books for this school year.

To that end, we have been on the busier side of getting t-shirt quilts completed in time for graduations as well as handling end of the school year things. So to say our schedules are a little convoluted right now would be an understatement! Thankfully there are just a few days left and we can settle into the normal summer schedule.

Finally ...

 As I was prepping the pictures for this morning, I wondered what title I should use for the blog post. I had just finished listening to Alex Anderson's "live" post from Wednesday morning. Oh boy -- people do NOT listen. She started a sew-along which I think is free to anyone. The pattern can be found on The Quilt Show webpage (top right-hand corner). It's only three pages, and there are kits - probably all gone by now. But any fabric would work. 

So the first session was on cutting and prepping. How many people asked - can I do this ...

My BQF (Best Quilty Friend) Heather Black of Quiltachusetts just wrote her 2nd book, Design, Make, Quilt Modern and I enjoyed reading it from cover to cover!

The book includes wonderful explanations of her design process including how the quilting can affect the look of the quilt, plus so much more useful info, especially if you enjoy designing your own quilts.

As a bonus, the book also includes 4 modern quilt patterns for you to make. They are:

#1 Grounded – I love how Heather explains her reasoning on why this quilt only has borders on 3 sides. At first you ...

Oh my gosh -- I don't even know where to start today - there are so many things to share!!! 

Let's start with the blue string quilt on the wall. Here's a picture in case you don't remember. I'm showing you the quilt on my portable design wall for a reason - just wait for it. 

The blue string quilt on the portable design wall

So - there's one block that is going in the opposite direction. I was going to change it, and then a blog reader suggested that I leave it for the humility block in ...

I’m thrilled that my 4th book has now officially been released and I have a signed copy waiting for you! Take a look at my newest pride and joy called 99 Machine Quilting Designs from Martingale/That Patchwork Place.

Click here to get your signed copy of 99 Machine Quilting Designs

As an author, it’s been great fun to open up boxes and boxes of my brand new book and get it out into the world.

99 Machine Quilting Designs includes a detailed photo, illustrated diagram, and step-by-step instructions on how to quilt 99 different machine quilting motifs ...

My favorite Sewlebrity is….Dr. Carolyn L. Mazloomi! Carolyn has been a champion for so many African American art quilters for many years.  She has been a mentor to our entire community.  We owe her a deep, deep debt of gratitude.  And, the entire quilting and art community is richer and deeper and more vibrant and …

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I am thrilled to announce a new series of interviews with some of my Quilt Friends– all artists , quilters, curators, designers and entrepreneurs—now available on my YouTube channel.  The series is called “On the Design Wall”. I have just uploaded the first two interviews in this series with many more to come in the …

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If there is one book of mine that I have completely worn out the pages, hands down it has to be Barbara Brackman’s ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PIECED QUILT PATTERNS. I could not have been more excited when Barbara told me she was going to be making the 3rd edition.  I have been stalking both Barbara and Electric Quilt Company so I would not miss out on any update. Well the time is getting really really close to when I am able to get my hands on the actual book. Merry Christmas to me!!

And if you are ...