A Quilty Cannery

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Progress is continuing on the Bossa Nova pineapple quilt! Here is block 3: Using the ruler has made this a lot easier, but is not error...

This year, Thanksgiving was bigger than originally planned, and so it was a great opportunity to make some homemade stock and make some...

The quilt progresses! Five of Block 2 (a purple/pink color way) have been added to five of Block 1s, which are more orange/red/pink. ...

In this technique, you start with a 2.5" center square, and do 8 rounds of adding 1 3/4" strips of fabric in varying lengths to the four...

Today's the end of Daylight Savings Time, which means time fell back and hour. I saw an interesting approach to that extra hour in a blog...

Just a few weeks left, and today they surprisingly dropped a "triple play" bonus block on us. I chose the pinwheel 9-Patch version: The...

The last month has been filled with a dozen different projects, which have pulled me away from my potholder of the week project. Given...

This week, the design of Block 18 is Crowning Glory, by Betsy Chutchian: The original pattern called for one of the fabrics to be...

I found a fun and simple design from Me and My Sister's Designs, and their fun and bright fabric (a favorite, that was always worth the...

A quick wrap-up: I finally finished the 10-block foundation paper piecing table topper I started with fabric and foundation papers from...

This spring, I picked up a book about baby quilts that are made with charm packs and yardage. There was a quilt pattern for the...