Doll Days events

Doll Days events

The Doll Days blog tour is moving quite nicely. Yesterday, I posted a tutorial on   C&T Pub blog    for how to trace your patterns and preserve the originals, so they stay just like new. I also did a sew along and posted a bonus 

Doll Days Blog Tour

Doll Days Blog Tour

Get ready to sew along with me during the Doll Days! blog tour. It starts next week with a kickoff post on the C&T blog. It will go for 2 1/2 weeks and I will be doing several bonus patterns and tutorials! I’ll show you 

Summer Reflections

Summer Reflections

Summer’s almost here. The last few weeks of school always seem to get a bit crowded feeling. Music concerts were great this year! Soccer tournaments and graduations, end of year parties and planning activities to fill up our summer. I’m feeling thankful for the family 

Sew and Share Events

Sew and Share Events

Save the dates! This summer’s Sew and Share Events are going to be so fun! I hope you’ll join in. Here are the dates and the event links for facebook. Sew in Style Summer Sew and Share (for kids!) First session: June 6-18 Second Session: 

Spring Quilt Market

Spring Quilt Market

I’m attending the Spring International Quilt Market this weekend and it has been a blast! It’s been really busy and I’ll write up a full post of all the new fabrics, patterns, and fun booths when I return. I was there promoting my new book 

18″ Doll Knot Bow Headband Sewing Tutorial

18″ Doll Knot Bow Headband Sewing Tutorial

Recently, I created a project for the doll sewing magazine Too Cute Doll Designs. It’s published in their summer 2016 issue and you can get the full-size pattern here through Etsy. Space is sometimes limited in publications, so I thought I would offer some additional 

Happy Earth Day

Happy Earth Day

I’ve been so busy that I forgot all about Earth Day this year. Thank goodness for social media to help me remember things I don’t want to forget (and be reminded of things I wish I could forget, and see things I wish I had 

Playful Pinwheels Baby Quilt

Playful Pinwheels Baby Quilt

I’m embarrassed to see that I haven’t posted in over a month. I’ve been sewing a lot for Spring Quilt Market in Salt Lake City and has me busier than usual. I’m not sure how other busy moms balance it all. I seem to be 

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

So recently I discovered Andover fabrics has created some Little House on the Prairie Fabrics and is having a mini quilt show/class in Portland. Both Avery and I are so excited–we LOVE Little House on the Prairie. We have some of the DVDs and have 

Lattice Quilt: A Modern Quilting Tutorial

Lattice Quilt: A Modern Quilting Tutorial

Hello, and happy Leap Day! We’re not doing anything special…though this weekend was filled to the max with activities. Sewing classes on Friday, my oldest daughter played in a chamber orchestra concert, my older son celebrated his birthday, and we traveled almost to the California