Mom, you’re the best.

It was made to go with our thread catchers. I happened to have a little bit of fabric left over.

I used the whip up tutorial, and it was VERY easy. Only two concerns: 1)  I filled the pincushion with sand…because it sharpens needles, but I think the sand I purchased was way [...]

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Suz alerted me to this cool new product (it’s on her Christmas wish list). If your bobbin winder is broken, no longer do you have to worry about taking it in for an expensive repair. Don’t want to worry about re-threading? The portable bobbin winder is the perfect solution.

photo courtesy of clotilde.com
The Sidewinder runs [...]

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I take my camera everywhere, vowing that I will take pictures to document my adventures and escapades. But I am really bad at actually remembering to get the camera out and take the pictures, is the thing. Such good intentions, but no follow through. Here’s the one picture on my camera from my trip to [...]

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Two posts in one day?! Shocking, I know. I’ve been feeling like I’ve been neglecting my craft by focusing on other writing, so I am trying to make it up to you…
I’ve decided to create a new “feature” for my blog. The feature is titled CRAVE, and each CRAVE post will relate to some quilt [...]

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I’ve started thinking about my next project. I know, I know, I haven’t even actually quilted the blue quilt for PRD. In a post a couple of months ago I talked about how my cousin and I finally settled on a design for a new quilt. It recently occurred to me that I should [...]

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If you’re interested at all about the culture of quilting – I’ve found the book for you.

In doing research for an article, I came in to contact with a woman by the name of Marybeth C. Stalp, a professor at the University of Northern Iowa, a sociologist, and quilter. She has a book coming out [...]

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So I have been spending a ton of time on Stylehive lately, being obsessed with all things design, fashion, and lifestyle related, and I came across some great quilt designs that I had to share with you all. Pamela Hill is a northern California quilter, who has done some fabulous work and has been featured [...]

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The quilt we’re making in our Saturday quilting class is not something that I would ever personally choose to make, but it’s a class, and hey…you don’t get to choose. Lila is wise in pointing out that classes are important for many reasons, but particularly because they expand our skill set (which is necessary).
So [...]

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Here are some photos from the fun quilts gallery website, as promised yesterday…

I also checked out Amazon, and if you are interested, Fun Quilts also has a book out. It’s titled The Modern Quilt Workshop: Patterns, Techniques, and Designs from the Funquilts Studio. I found it starting at $15.61. You can get [...]

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I really think that Sunday mornings are my favorite part of the weekend. Sundays usually mean no errands, and no leaving the house – not even changing out of pajamas if we don’t feel like it. We each work on respective projects – and just generally hang out. This morning I’ve been [...]

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