Hope in a Season of Waiting What have you waited for this past year? For most of us, we have probably waited for more things in the last 12 months than we have the rest of our lives. We have…
Friday Finish: Homespun Tumbler Quilt
This Homespun Tumbler quilt is certainly an example of the sum being greater than the parts. This quilt began simply as a way to use my stash of brushed homespuns. I wanted an easy pattern that could be cut and…
Sunday Meditation: Isaiah 54:10
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10 Earlier posts about love were…
Friday Finish: Rectangle Wrangle
This Rectangle Wrangle quilt started as a group project when my friends, Barb and Deb, came over from Minnesota for a sewing week last summer. I’m sure both of them finished their quilts months ago while I still had a…
Monday Motivation: A Gift You Give Yourself
“The work you do today is a gift you give yourself tomorrow.” Jon Acuff I like this quote so much I have it written on the whiteboard in my sewing room. Jon Acuff’s books are so good. Have you read…
Friday Finish: January Stars
Wow, my third Friday Finish post in a row! It is so nice to get a few things completed. This week I finished January Stars, so named because I started this quilt in January and I’m terrible at picking names….
Sunday Meditation: 1 Peter 4:8-11
8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace…
Friday Finish: The Neighborhood Quilt
This week’s Friday Finish is The Neighborhood Quilt. This was a quick and easy quilt and I just love how it turned out. The pattern is “The Neighborhood” (of course!) by Villa Rosa Designs. You can find the pattern here…
Current WIP: Violet Quilt A Long
Oh, how I love a quilt-a-long. Maybe it’s because I want to make every quilt in the world, maybe I need the motivation of a schedule or maybe it’s just FOMO, I have a hard time scrolling past a QAL….
Stars Around the Garden July OMG Finish
Stars Around the Garden is a big quilt but somehow I managed to finish it this month. The One Monthly Goal challenge really motivates me to finish something every month. There is no penalty if you don’t meet your goal,…
Monday Motivation: Make a List
I LOVE lists. It is so satisfying to see things written down in an orderly fashion and even better to check things off when they are completed. When I feel anxious and overwhelmed I make a list. I have lists…
Friday Finish Flutterby
Another week and another UFO completed. This time it is Flutterby, a pattern by Villa Rosa Designs. I’m pretty sure, though, I did not follow the pattern and just made up the sizes to fit my fabric. Most of the…