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Earlier today we released our “Seaside Getaway” collection for The Art of Home Club! This Collection contains 5 different applique and embroidery patterns, all with a seaside theme that is just perfect for summer!

Members of The Art of Home Club get brand new patterns and projects like these on the 20th of every month.

The theme this month is seaside cottages, perfect for summer decorating. Instead of making a quilt, I thought we’d keep things “cool” for the summer by making bed runners. It’s simply a long narrow quilt (like a table runner) that you can put ...

Earlier today we released our “Seasons & Celebrations” collection for The Art of Home Club! This Collection contains 7 different applique and embroidery patterns! One is a Happy Birthday cake, and the other 6 are flower pots with seasonal designs like a pumpkin, Christmas tree, tulip, sunflower, shamrock, and heart. You can make a wall hanging and matching table runner for every season and celebration!

Members of The Art of Home Club get brand new patterns and projects like these on the 20th of every month.

The applique & embroidery designs are large (8” x 16”.) With designs this large, our Members ...

Earlier today we released our “Home Comforts” collection for The Art of Home Club!  This Collection contains a pocket wall hanging, square table topper, and a mug rug. There are 7 embroidery and 6 applique designs to choose from, and all of them have the theme of comfy things that make spending a day at home cozy!

Members of The Art of Home Club get brand new patterns and projects like these on the 20th of every month.

Use the pocket wall hanging to hold mail, recipes, a *small note pad, etc in the kitchen. In the bathroom, it could ...

Seems like warm weather is here to stay, and it is time to bring out the pretty pastel colors of spring. I can wear my white shoes now, as my mother always said you couldn’t do that before Easter Sunday. Do you remember those days as a child where you had a pretty new dress, new white patent leather shoes and a little hat for Easter Sunday? Those were the days, when we dressed for church, or going out to eat, or getting on an airplane, or just gathering for whatever reason. Ah, but that is where we are ...

This super quick Free Bunny Sewing Pattern is great for any occasion, and seriously they are so easy to make. 3 things are needed- fabric, ribbon, polyfil.

A few years ago, I convinced my Eliza to sew up a few bunnies for some cousins.

Sewing with kids isn’t terrible….but it does take the right blend of everything. 

This does it…… which just means that if she can do it, you can too!

These bunny softies are perfect for Easter gifts, for your best friend. It’s such a cute bunny, and super simple to sew.

You can make ...

This super quick Free Bunny Sewing Pattern is great for any occasion, and seriously they are so easy to make. 3 things are needed- fabric, ribbon, polyfil.

A few years ago, I convinced my Eliza to sew up a few bunnies for some cousins.

Sewing with kids isn’t terrible….but it does take the right blend of everything. 

This does it…… which just means that if she can do it, you can too!

These bunny softies are perfect for Easter gifts, for your best friend. It’s such a cute bunny, and super simple to sew.

You can make ...

Good morning. Let’s start off the day with a nice photo of the pear tree in bloom. I went out when the sun came out earlier in the week to get a better shot of the lovely white flowers with the mountain background. It is something to help your mood this morning as we all deal with the time change. Ugh, I hate this switching to daylight saving time.

I really like this one, and it may be an entry in next year’s state fair photography contest.

I’ve been clearing out a lot of my tablescaping stuff ...

... and it's coming in like a lamb here today; what's the weather like where you are? Up at my Mom and Dad's in New Hampshire they're buried under snow with more forecast to fall on Saturday. My Dad loves it but my Mom has had enough already! Speaking of my parents, today is their 71st wedding anniversary! This picture was taken a while ago, but you can see how cute they are! Happy Anniversary,

... and it's coming in like a lamb here today; what's the weather like where you are? Up at my Mom and Dad's in New Hampshire they're buried under snow with more forecast to fall on Saturday. My Dad loves it but my Mom has had enough already! Speaking of my parents, today is their 71st wedding anniversary! This picture was taken a while ago, but you can see how cute they are! Happy Anniversary,

The Free Pattern!

It’s my turn for Pat Sloan’s Bird Song fabric tour, and we have so much FUN planned for you today!! We have a GORGEOUS FREE pattern for you, a FABRIC & THREAD giveaway, and lots of other beautiful inspiration!

First, let’s talk about this beautiful FREE wall hanging and hand embroidery pattern I am offering this week only! I’m calling this project, “Kind Words” — and don’t we all need MORE of that nowadays!? The quote on the heart says:

The world is full of kind people. If you can’t find one, be ...

There are seven bins full of batiks in my studio, one of which is scraps. From the book “Scrap=Basket Bounty”, I chose the Snippets pattern to make use of the scraps. The cuts are 1 1/2″ squares and 1 1/2″ by varying lengths. There are 80 blocks with 16 pieces in each – in all 1,280 pieces! Here is the first round of piecing:

Then another. Chain sewing makes for quick work, but I’ll admit to getting bored part way through and switched to another project.

Finally, there were blocks to put on the design wall ...

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

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

With the warming weather, I think many of us get a bit of cabin fever, wanting to do some outdoor activities and spring projects. I thought it was time to hang a Spring Wreath. I made this one a few years ago, and it is still looking good.

Spring is a nice time to send some special cards, especially if you missed sending Easter ones like I did. These rabbits work on the inside as well as the front of a card. Punching a decorative window on the front gives you a dimensional card. See the entire post on how ...

 Today's post is not about my current quilting activity (although I've been piecing every day), it's about native spring wild flowers here in Ohio.  The spring before Covid, I visited the southwest corner of Ohio to participate in a Wild Flower Pilgrimage and have wanted to return each spring since.  Finally this spring, in the company of a friend, I was able to do that. 

I think that first trip was a turning point for me and my home garden because now I just want to fill it with native wild flowers.  Their beauty has won me ...

Angela announced that April is Pink.  And nature got the memo :-)

Delicate Pink

Hot Pink

Reddish Pink

Pretty Blooms

It is like the sun and breeze shared a naughty joke and all flora blushed. 

Looks like my fabrics are blushing too. I will be sharing with Angela's linky party.

Starting Point

Plus Background Strips

Cut and Sew

Easter Bunny?

When a pink Easter bunny hopped on to my work, I ate him up :-D 

Voila!!!

With a lot of mixing and matching, cutting ...

I saw a pantograph that I really loved and had to have; in true "one thing leads to another" form I found myself ordering more than one once I had logged onto the website, a dangerous place for me to spend too long! Anyway, one of these new (to  me) pantographs, that I didn't even know that I needed, is "Malachite". I'm excited about the resulting texture on this scrappy Maze quilt that I had

I saw a pantograph that I really loved and had to have; in true "one thing leads to another" form I found myself ordering more than one once I had logged onto the website, a dangerous place for me to spend too long! Anyway, one of these new (to  me) pantographs, that I didn't even know that I needed, is "Malachite". I'm excited about the resulting texture on this scrappy Maze quilt that I had