Since releasing the pattern for Block 1 of The Celebrate Quilt block of the month last week, I decided it might be helpful to create a tutorial of the block construction. First, grab a copy of the pattern from the…
Introduction to The Celebrate Quilt
The Celebrate chunk of the month quilt If you are on my email list you got the first look at The Celebrate Quilt in Saturday’s newsletter. This is a free 12-month program, but instead of making a block every month,…
Chunk of the Month-Coming in January
Many years ago I made this quilt as a block of the month. It is really a “chunk of the month quilt” as it is made with a 12″ block and small filler blocks. I still love the quilt, but…
Scrap Happy Quilt Along
If you’ve been around here any time at alll you know I love scrap quilts. When American Patchwork & Quilting started the Scrap Happy Quilt-Along, I was able to reisist for the first few weeks. But as more and more…
String Spiderweb UFO
In my never-ending effort to declutter my sewing room I came across this String Spiderweb UFO. This project was started at a Bonnie Hunter retreat in 2017. I have never been a fan of string piecing but had loads of…
Sunday Meditation: Romans 15:13
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…