I made this cute little guy a couple of years ago for Janome. Since then, mine has beefed up his collection of needles, and is looking very hedgehog-like! I decided to tidy up the pattern a bit, and put it in the shop here. Yes, it’s a freebie 🙂 The pattern doesn’t look like the […]
Paper-Pieced Block Patterns
There’s a new section in the shop, one just for paper-pieced block patterns! It came about after I posted a few paper-pieced crane blocks on Instagram from a project my mini-group and I are working on (we’re making a quilt that will be raffled for donations of socks for a local shelter), and you kind […]
Spring 2016 Pattern Releases
UPDATE: Shirley won the patterns! She was the THIRD person I contacted to win… keep an eye on your emails, folks! Now that Spring Quilt Market is done, I can show you all the new patterns I released for the first half of this year! They’re in stock and available in the store now! Before […]
Bragging on some friends – SPOOL featured in Quilt Sampler!
Did you ever have a moment where you saw a friend achieve something great, and get so proud you thought you could pop? I’m having one of those moments for my friends Maddie, Les, and Flaun, who own SPOOL, a great quilt shop in Chattanooga! Their shop won a coveted spot in the Quilt Sampler […]
Born For This
** UPDATE: Peggy won the book! One of the cool things about moving to Portland is that there’s a huge entrepreneurial community here. Within days of unloading the moving truck in 2013, I found myself at a holiday party with local followers of Chris Guillebeau, the author of the $100 Startup and The Art of Non-Conformity, […]
Spring Clean Your Studio 2016 – Come On In!
Welcome to my studio! When Cheryl Sleboda asked me to join the Spring Cleaning hop again, her timing was perfect. I’m in the middle of #SewingAtTheSpeedOfSam for Spring Quilt Market, and she caught me on a very messy day. So I took a few pix for my before shots! I was in the middle of […]
Rey & BB-8 Pattern – color charts – need your help!
Last week, a reader wrote and asked if I could chart the Rey & BB-8 pattern in Kona for her – sure thing! Not only have I charted it in Kona, but in Hoffman Indah Solids too (I made a second quilt in the Hoffman colors – look for it in their booth at Quilt […]
The Droid Is Not For Sale – It’s FREE
Spoiler alert: This post is about the new Star Wars movie. If you haven’t seen it yet, you might want to move along… this is not the post you’re looking for! I love a good action movie, but I’ve grown tired of not having lady heroes to root for. I’m a Wonder Woman aficionado, but […]
FREE Spoonflower shipping TODAY
If you were thinking about making one of these for someone in your life… … you might want to jump on getting the custom Spoonflower FQ for all the wordy bits TODAY – they are offering FREE SHIPPING through Dec1 at 9am EST And if you don’t have the pattern yet, you can get yours here […]
Quick Holiday Projects
Do you still have time in your holiday sewing schedule? Of course you do! It’s not even December yet! Over the years I’ve created some quick holiday projects and I’m reposting them here today in case you’re tempted to add them to your list. Holiday Table Runner – free pattern This pattern can be sized […]