Doll Days Blog Tour Continues

Doll Days Blog Tour Continues

Last week 3 tutorials were shared on how to embellish or add a different feature to the sewing patterns in Doll Days to give you even more designs from the basic patterns. We got the party started with a free bonus pattern for the knot 

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 

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 

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 

Spring Sewing

Spring Sewing

Working on my submission for the spring/summer issue of Too Cute Doll Designs magazine with the theme “summer camp” has me thinking about our online summer sew and share event…it’s going to be so fun to see what everyone sews for their dolls. I can’t 

Youth Quilt Guild Sews some Hearts

Youth Quilt Guild Sews some Hearts

As usually, it’s pretty busy around here. Sewing classes and the Youth Quilt Guild have been stitching away! At the February meeting, the kids made heart blocks! I donated fabric for the blocks that I had received from EE Schenck Company. The Maywood Studio fabrics 

Another Sneak Peek at Doll Days!

Another Sneak Peek at Doll Days!

I’ve been doing a little of this and that over the last week or so. Teaching keeps me a bit busy. Had a great time at my local quilt guild meeting last week and we  have our Willamette Piece Makers youth guild meeting this week,