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Learn how to make a simple and stunning three yard quilt that’s perfect for beginners, stash-busters, and anyone looking for a fun, fast finish!

This quilt is a fantastic way to turn just three yards of fabric into a beautiful baby quilt—or make it scrappy by piecing together smaller cuts until you have a full yard for each fabric.

The best part?

You’ll learn a quick, no-fuss method for making flying geese four at a time—perfect for creating star quilt blocks that really pop!

Whether you’re working from your stash or pulling from your favorite ...

T-shirt quilts are a fantastic way to preserve memories, turning your favorite old t-shirts into a beautiful quilt that tells your unique story.

Whether it’s concert tees, sports jerseys, or shirts from special events, each piece holds sentimental value.

But one common question arises: How many t-shirts do you need to make a quilt?

The answer depends on several factors, including the desired quilt size, the size of the graphics on your shirts, and the layout you choose. Let’s explore these elements to help you plan your custom t-shirt quilt.

If you are anything like me, you like ...

Let’s go fly a kite!

This freemotion quilting design looks like a series of kites strung like beads on a necklace. Or maybe you see a squadron of manta rays soaring through the ocean?

This dynamic design looks great on projects with themes like flying a kite, outdoor activities, children, childhood, manta rays, ocean, sea creatures, wind, Mary Poppins.

Why Mary Poppins?

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Don’t be too shocked – I have done some actual sewing at last! At work I did a very nice Liberty star quilt for a customer and finally got to grips with the L890 project, “Bloom & Grow”. There were parts that I really liked on the project but others that I would probably change if I do it again or teach it as a Quilt-Along. Mainly, it is not super accurate but it is fast. The point of the project is to experience lots of techniques that the L890 excels at but sometimes I felt that it would have been ...

Thursday was the last day. In the flurry of excitement I didn’t take as many pictures as I planned.

The students gained confidence in their sewing.

And had a consistent enough seam allowances to make a high precision project, like a mini wallet.

And go freestyle with their own ideas and create things like stuffed rubix cube.

A good time was had by all!

Thank you for your support and encouragement. The most common remark at the end was, “I need a sewing machine.”

Hi Quilters, 

Welcome to Week 4 of the Summer Jubilee Sew Along!

Don’t have your kit yet? No problem — get yours here,  and jump into the fun!

You've done all the heavy lifting.  You've made all the units and are ready to begin assembling the Rosette Blocks.  Hip hip hooray!

From here on out, it's just sewing.  That's the best part, am I right?

The only thing you really need to watch for now is making sure you don't flip around any pieces.

Keep reading, I have a couple of easy, quick tips to ...

I am blogging in my garden! While farmers are no doubt worrying about potential drought conditions, I am basking in sunshine. I got my plant troughs filled which has created another chore for me keeping them watered. I had to take down one of my window boxes because it was dribbling mud all down the wall. Having been warned that removing the dangling wires would cause certain death by electrocution, I decided to disguise them with fake wisteria. It does need more strands to bulk it out but I think it looks jolly. 

At work I have cracked on with ...

Fabric can be such a mess! You cut off your selvages…..now you have no idea what the fabric line is.

You cut the larger piece into a smaller piece…now you have no idea what size you really have now.

There is a monster pile of pieces of fabric….who knows what you really have?!

Today, we are going to learn together a new sewing room idea and how to conquer the problem of fabric.

Hi Quilters,

Welcome to Week 3 of the Summer Jubilee Sew Along!

By now, you have made your Starburst blocks, and now we are ready to dive into the Rosette Blocks!

Chain piecing will be your friend this week as we make all the little units that will become the Rosette blocks.

These blocks may feel complicated, but they consist of blocks you are probably already really familiar with:  half square triangles (HSTs) and Flying Geese (FGs).

The HSTs are made 8 at a time, and the FGs are made 4 at a time so you can create the units ...

When I got up this morning, I had almost two hours before I had to "do" anything! That meant two free hours of sewing. I was beside myself—where would I even begin? 

On the days I go to the gym, I lose those two hours, and when I have a deadline, I must work on the deadline items in those two hours. Today, there was nothing, although I still have writing to do, and I'll focus on that later today. 

So I dug out my older sewing machine and dedicated a spot to sewing only. And I sewed ...

Hi Quilters,

Welcome to Week 2 of the Summer Jubilee Sew Along!

If you are just joining or haven't chosen fabrics yet, kits are still available HERE.  Grab one while they last!

This week we are cutting our fabrics and will begin assembling the units to make our Starburst blocks.

I love to start with a fresh blade and usually begin with cutting the background first since this usually has the most cuts (and honestly, it keeps me motivated to keep cutting since the prints are the most fun to cut, right?

There are fabric labels provided for you ...

It has rained most of the week, which has been wonderful for tamping down the wildfires. It has made the grass and weeds grow, and brought the azaleas in full bloom. I’ve been taking more photos of them. We have this deep pink, along with the pastel pink and white ones. A few days from now, there should be blooms all the way down the driveway.

My Merlin app says we have a blue-grey gnatcatcher in the local avian choir, but I have not seen it yet. They look a lot like a titmouse without the tufted head. There ...

This week, I had a couple of days where I could spend the whole day in my she-cave. It was a good time to load up the embroidery machine and let it stitch while I was working around the room, pulling things out and working on the decluttering. Here are two of the kitchen towels that will be for sale at the fall festival.

I’m still working on the declutter challenge with my guild area, and got the rulers and applique patterns done while the embroidery machine stitched. I started on the fabrics, and took several yards to guild ...

The first edge of a new piece

I’m Speaking at the Quilters Life Summit – and You’re Invited!

I’m so excited to share this with you… I’m one of the presenters at the upcoming Quilters Life Summit! 🎉

This summit is packed with talented designers, makers, and creatives from all across the quilting world—and yep, we’re all coming together in one place to help you stitch more joy, play, and creativity into your quilting life.

My session is all about finding your quilting mojo again (you know… turning those quilt piles into quilt smiles). If your sewing machine has been giving you side-eye ...

embroidered cloth.

Spring is arriving when the ajugas bloom, although this week has been a full-on Blackberry Winter with lows near freezing, and that will continue into next week. It may damage the plants that have already begun to bloom, like the azaleas, but these ajugas can take it. We have lots of clumps all over the lawn out front and the back yard. Most are purple like these.

Here and there are white ones.

The dogwood is blooming, this year a pretty white. Some years the blooms tend to a greenish color.

They are just lovely, looking like springtime at the ...

Some of you know that my school offers children a learning experience known as Intensives. The week before Christmas, and the last week of school in the Spring, students don’t attend regular classes. (Honestly, what really gets done in classes at that time?) Rather, each student selects from a menu of classes and attends that one course for the entire week. Offerings include theater, music, rock climbing, engineering, local history, and…sewing!

While on Spring Break this past week, I prepped samples for the Spring Sewing Intensive. SEW much fun!

There are still a lot of details to work ...

There are a lot of mini wallet tutorials out there, but I like the combination of velcro closure and the added split ring (or you could use a swivel hook instead). You, might, too. Let’s take a look…

MATERIALS:

DIRECTIONS:

• Fuse ...