A Quilty Cannery

Last Saturday, we took a drive up to Waite Park, MN to Crafter's Direct, because they have a huge inventory of White Mountain...

We started and finished another White Clouds puzzle this week! This all about potato chips, and was really fun and fast to put together!...

This time of year is a great time for a family activity in the game room. We started a tradition of a puzzle around Christmas a few...

In December, I took a quick girls' trip to Chicago with my best friend and her daughter. During the trip, I was finally able to take the...

This week, I've been inspired by Karen Brown from Just Get It Done Quilts to begin the sewing room project I've been avoiding. She is...

A new journey written in thread... I was watching some YouTubers and their free motion and longarm quilting advice. One thing that came...

I made some progress on putting together my longarm and frame this long holiday weekend! Not as much as I was hoping, but I'm okay with...

This week, it was finally time to take down the Christmas Quilt that was hanging in the front hallway. Normally, I put up either a...

I finally made the time to put the binding on this Spools wallhanging that I started in 2022. This beautiful wallhanging (for the wall...

I had planned a series of posts all about the Mad Hatter's Tea Party quilt, but it went much faster than I expected. It was 15 days,...

Last night, I tried a new recipe from a home chef YouTuber that claimed that it was "better than takeout" chicken fried rice. It looked...

Finally finished cutting out all the blocks for my Tula Pink tea party kit, and decided to start with the teapot blocks. The instructions...

On the last day of 2022, my new longarm machine arrived, with little fanfare, on the front porch! My husband was backing out of the...

Over the holidays, I was sewing and listening to a recent two- part podcast from the Quilter On Fire. In episodes 97 & 98, she was...

In early December, I finally did it! I ordered a longarm quilting machine and frame. Because they were having a huge sale, I was told it...

A Year Spent in a Fabric Coma! Last year was a bit of a sewing production line for me! Here's a recap of what I believe are all of my...

My temperature quilt is finished, and that means it's time for the year-end round of up my quilt and sewing projects, skills and tools. A...

The quilt top for the Sherri McConnell (A Quilting Life) 2022 Sew Along/Block of the month is done! And it's Molly Approved. This...

This is a very atypical color (well, series of colors) and pattern for me... and that might be why I am absolutely loving how it's...

And here it is, Bossa Nova Pineapple Quilt (A kit from Shabby Fabrics), block 5 of 6. I finished and got these sewed into the rows with...